An inventory of personal constructs for information systems project risk researchers

Moynihan, Tony

doi:10.1057/jit.1996.9

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“…personal construct system, which is not biased by the researcher's frame of reference and worldview (Reger, 1990). In addition, the semi-structured approach associated with the RepGrid is more efficient than unstructured approaches (Moynihan, 1996).…”

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Important characteristics of software development team members: an empirical investigation using Repertory Grid

Siau

Tan

Sheng

2007

Information Systems Journal

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An information system is typically developed by a team of information systems (IS) professionals. Research shows that teams staffed with the right people are more likely to be effective and efficient. There is a paucity of study that examines the important traits of IS professionals in team contexts. The objective of this research is to identify and understand the important characteristics of good team members in software development projects. We applied an established psychological technique (Repertory Grid) to guide our interviews with 21 experienced IS professionals, who have had extensive experience in software development teams. The comprehensive list of important characteristics was analysed qualitatively using open coding method of grounded theory. Fifty-nine unique characteristics were identified and classified into eight categories. Among them, attitude/motivation, knowledge, interpersonal/communication skills, and working/ cognitive ability were perceived by research participants to be the most important categories. Our study provides a context-specific (i.e. software development team) evaluation of important characteristics of IS professionals. The results have significant implications for IS recruiting, IS training, IS staffing, and IS human resource management. Our study also supplements the research on management of IS development teams.i sj_254 563..580

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Section: Repertory Gridmentioning

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Important characteristics of software development team members: an empirical investigation using Repertory Grid

Siau

Tan

Sheng

2007

Information Systems Journal

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“…In an earlier study (Moynihan 1996), I identified the situational variables which a sample of experienced project managers (PMs) claimed they took into account when planning and managing bespoke software development projects for new, external clients. I used the technique of personal construct elicitation for that purpose (Bannister and Fransella 1989 ).…”

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Coping with ‘requirements-uncertainty’: the theories-of-action of experienced IS/software project managers

Moynihan

2000

Journal of Systems and Software

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“…Recent applications in organizational studies include organizational design (Wacker [70]), organizational dynamics (Dunn and Ginsberg [13]), strategic groups (Reger and Huff [54]) and managerial competencies (Cammock et al 1995). In IS, the technique has been used in developing an expert system in customer tender evaluation (Phythian and King [52]), modeling knowledge (Latta and Swigger [40]), assessing IS project risk factors (Moynihan [46]), and exploring what make "excellent" systems analysts (Hunter [29]; Hunter and Beck [30]). A comprehensive discussion of the relevance of the PCT and RGT to IS research and practice can be found in Tan and Hunter [68].…”

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Aligning business and information systems thinking: a cognitive approach

Tan

Gallupe

2006

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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Abstract-Business-information systems (IS) alignment has become an important strategic imperative for organizations competing in the global economy. Recent research (Reich and Benbasat [56]) indicates that building a shared understanding between business and IS executives is one way of strengthening this alignment. This paper describes a study that examines the cognitive basis of shared understanding between business and IS executives. Using Personal Construct Theory (Kelly [36]), this study uses cognitive mapping techniques to explore the commonalities and individualities in the cognition between these executives. Eighty business and IS executives in six companies participated in this study. The results indicate that a higher level of cognitive commonality is positively related to a higher level of business-IS alignment. This is supported by findings that greater diversity in cognitive structure and cognitive content of business and IS executives coincide with a lower level of alignment. Implications for practitioners and researchers are discussed.

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An inventory of personal constructs for information systems project risk researchers

Cited by 50 publications

References 7 publications

Important characteristics of software development team members: an empirical investigation using Repertory Grid

Important characteristics of software development team members: an empirical investigation using Repertory Grid

Coping with ‘requirements-uncertainty’: the theories-of-action of experienced IS/software project managers

Aligning business and information systems thinking: a cognitive approach

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