Collaborative Development of Global Information Systems: Toward Community Based Generification

Abstract

This paper examines generification in open source software development of information systems for low resource environments. The challenge addressed is that of designing generification processes in which key aspects of generification -information flow, selection and prioritisation -involve a distributed community. The objective of this study is to understand how this challenge is dealt with in practice, with the aim of expanding the current analytical scope available to researchers to study generification processes as well as the guidance available to practitioners to address its practical challenges. Doing so, we build on the work of Gizaw et al (forthcoming) who broach a debate on more 'open' generification. We propose a reconceptualization of open generification by being more specific on its conditions and process aspects. Open, we argue, is about closed generification circuits that enable a 'community based' generification process.

Optimizing government resources through collaborative consumption in resource‐constrained countries: The need for creative thinking skills

“…Government organizations of LICs are currently facing a digital revolution marked by high degrees of connectivity, ubiquitous technology, peer‐to‐peer engagement, and open access to resources (Janowski, 2015). Despite the digital revolution, there is limited use of and access to digital government platforms especially in LICs (Fruijtier & Pinard, 2017). Leismann et al (2013) identify that when users are comfortable with digital government sharing platforms, they tend to share, rent, redistribute, and donate resources between government organizations.…”