Why situational method engineering is useful to information systems development

Baker, Elizabeth White

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2575.2010.00352.x

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“…This research agrees with others who found that in order to increase our understanding of agility beyond the ASD environment, researchers need to consider the ways in which organisations set up their supporting organisational structures and processes (Agerfalk et al, 2009, Lyytinen and Rose, 2006, White Baker, 2011. Our findings suggest that while the Beyond Budgeting model is complementary to an agile systems development (ASD) environment many legacy organisational structures, processes and mechanisms are not suited to an agile way of operating.…”

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A Performance Management Model for Agile Information Systems Development Teams

Lohan

Lang

Conboy

2013

Building Sustainable Information Systems

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The prevailing trend in ISD is one of poor project performance, with budget overruns commonly in excess of 300% and many failing altogether. To address this trend ISD research always focuses on the ISD process, user involvement, and the people involved. Rarely, if ever are wider organisational processes questioned. This paper argues for a cohesive and ongoing inclusion of wider organisational factors in efforts to address and improve ISD project performance. Given the poor budgetary performance of ISD projects, budgeting is one are we feel requires particular attention. Contemporary research in budgeting (e.g. Beyond Budgeting) and in ISD (e.g. agile methods) attempts to address similar issues albeit from a different angles. This paper draws on 2 case studies of 7 ISD teams to apply the Beyond Budgeting model to an ISD environment. We demonstrate the value of using the Beyond Budgeting model to develop a cohesive research agenda within ISD used to identify gaps and suggest improvements to agile methods, probably the most well known and accepted contemporary ISD approach.

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Section: Implications For Theorysupporting

confidence: 76%

A Performance Management Model for Agile Information Systems Development Teams

Lohan

Lang

Conboy

2013

Building Sustainable Information Systems

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“…The paper of Elizabeth White Baker (2011) also looks at information systems development but is much more of a philosophical piece. It distinguishes between methods and methodologies and presents a methodology for information systems development as applied to a specific context: a professional bureaucracy.…”

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Avison¹,

Fitzgerald²,

Powell³

2011

Information Systems Journal

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The papers in this issue look at different aspects of applications development and adoption. Juhani Iivari and Netta Iivari (2011) discuss user-centred design in the context of information systems development methodologies. This is one focus of current research, especially in the human-computer interaction community, and in the practice of information systems development. Although there is some ambiguity about the concept in practice, the authors consider four dimensions of user-centred design as being crucial: user focus, work-centeredness, user involvement and system personalization. These four dimensions are then used to evaluate four systems development approaches to see to what extent they adhere to the ideals of usercenteredness. The four (allegedly) user-centered systems development methods considered in this study are goal directed interaction design, contextual design, scenario based design, and human-centered systems development life cycle. The analysis shows considerable variation in how these methods address the four dimensions of user-centeredness.The paper of Elizabeth White Baker (2011) also looks at information systems development but is much more of a philosophical piece. It distinguishes between methods and methodologies and presents a methodology for information systems development as applied to a specific context: a professional bureaucracy. This is defined as an organization in which there is collective control of the administration by the professionals involved and an emphasis on the standardization of skills and autonomous working conditions. In such organizations as a university or a hospital it is important that users and developers converge on a common ontological and epistemological approach for analyzing their system needs. The author argues that there is a need to develop a comprehensive information systems development methodology which is philosophically consistent and practically useful by ensuring that the approach is congruent with the organizational structure within which they work.The paper of Gamel Wiredu (2011) uses the case study approach to discuss how teleconferences can aid globally dispersed teams in software development. Data collected from one organisation is used to demonstrate the value of teleconferences in coordinating and supporting communication within these teams. This is clearly an area that will continue to expand as global communications infrastructure becomes more accessible and cheaper. The analysis is based on a qualitative study showing how a subunit of 13 software developers, distributed across three sites in the USA and one in Republic of Ireland, used teleconferences to address its coordination and communications challenges. The research demonstrates how interactions in teleconferences are crucial for coordinating global software development: for managing

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A mapping study on the feasibility of method engineering

Kuhrmann

Méndez

Tießler

2014

J. Softw. Evol. and Proc.

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Software processes have become inherently complex to cope with the various situations we face in project environments. In response, the research area of method engineering arose in the 1990s aiming at the systematization of process construction and application. Although the research area has gained much attention and offered a plethora of contributions so far, we still have little knowledge about which basic concepts are finally established and what their feasibility is. To overcome this shortcoming, we need a systematic investigation of the publication flora in method engineering. To reach this aim, we contribute a systematic mapping study and investigate, inter alia, which contributions were published over time and which research type facet they address to distill a common understanding about available method engineering concepts and their maturity. On the basis of the review of 83 publications, our results show that even if a high number of contributions is available, most of those contributions only repeat and discuss formerly introduced concepts, whereas reports on empirically sound evidence on the feasibility are still missing. Although the research area constitutes a many contributions, yet missing are a common understanding of method engineering and empirically sound investigations that would allow for practical application and experience extraction. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Why situational method engineering is useful to information systems development

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A Performance Management Model for Agile Information Systems Development Teams

A Performance Management Model for Agile Information Systems Development Teams

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A mapping study on the feasibility of method engineering

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