Managing Socio-Technical Integration in Iterative Information System Development Projects

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bendik Bygstad
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Information System Development ◽  
Technical Integration

How to Support Agile Development Projects with Enterprise Modelling

2011 ◽  
pp. 159-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janis Stirna ◽  
Marite Kirikova
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Tool Support ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Information System Development ◽  
Enterprise Modelling ◽  
Modelling Process

This paper analyses the potential of using Enterprise Modelling (EM) in agile information system development projects on the basis of a number of empirical findings. We outline the current issues and challenges that projects using agile development approaches are facing. To address these challenges we analyse what are the objectives of using EM in agile development projects and give recommendations concerning the modelling process and tool support.

Risk Perception during Information System Development in Non-Profit Health Care Organizations

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (03) ◽  
pp. 302-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Timpka ◽  
M. Ljunggren ◽  
V. Vimarlund
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information System ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
System Development ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Information System Development ◽  
Team Members

AbstractThe perception of risk exposure among design team members during the early phases of information system development projects can provide valuable strategic information for clinical organizations. To develop a typology of perceived risks during information system development projects in health care, interviews were performed with key team members from a specialist clinic, primary health care, and an informatics research group, during the requirements specification. Phenomenological data analysis and secondary integration of the results in available theories were performed. System objectives, the user requirements definition procedure, the communication pattern between design team members and project management were found to be perceived as the main risk areas. In the secondary analysis, the technical factors, identified as preventing a maximization of the use of the resources, were lack of informatics knowledge among economic decision makers and differences between customers and suppliers regarding their views on the nature of system design. During the implementation of a given strategy, decision makers may consider the requests of their own sponsors in the first place and maximize the use ofthe project resources in the second place. Informatics knowledge plays a key role in risk perception during the development of an information system in health care. Political considerations by team members are important to take into regard, since these may influence technical and economic decisions.

Successful Information System Development Projects

1977 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert Debrabander ◽  
Anders Edström
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Information System Development

scholarly journals Users As Developers In Information System Projects

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raija Halonen
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Working Process ◽  
Information System Development ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
System Project ◽  
Empirical Material

Users have been described as necessary experts in information system developments. This research introduces a viewpoint that the users are the main actors in development projects and the other participants only give their experience for the use of the actual developers. In addition to the strong involvement of users, our research emphasises the special nature of the information system project with earlier-made specifications. This article suggests that in order to achieve a successful output, a reflective and flexible working process is needed. This suggestion is valid especially in a case that is out of the line of common approaches that are described in the literature. The research approach in this study was qualitative and the empirical material was gathered from a case study. The approach was subjective and it necessitated interpretation when analysing the results. The case included an information system development that was carried out to produce an inter-organisational information system to support certain functionality between organisations. Despite the output was an information system, we argue that the approach with active users is also applicable in the development of any other artefact.

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