... in systems engineering and working for years in IT consulting, I have my own ideas about the systems development life cycle (SDLC), also known as the systems development model or methodology (SDM). All seven phases of the cycle and key tasks are described. When discussing design, system documentation...

...Lars Mathiassen Reports from a systems development research tradition in which emphasis is put on relating research activities to practice and on establishing fruitful collaboration between groups of researchers and practitioners. Describes and evaluates a specific research project in which a large...

... by critically examining the discourse that emerges with an eye toward identity and power negotiations. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Information systems Communications Systems development It is widely recognized that requirements analysis is a critical phase in information systems...

...Simon Rogerson; John Weckert; Chris Simpson The rapid advance of computer‐based technology has led to social policy vacuums. Most information systems development tools concentrate upon technical issues, and offer few if any guidelines that address the moral issues inherent in new application...

...Andreas I. Nicolaou Examines sources of control over information system development decisions. Although past research has examined sources of internal organizational control that were solely determined by technical/rational goals, this article analyzes the symbolic role of social institutions...

... that the treatment of organisational issues is perceived as more important than technical issues in determining the successful outcome of systems development projects (Ewusi‐Mensah and Przasnyski, 1994; Hornby et al., 1992; Long, 1987; Lucas, 1975). Unfortunately there is also much evidence to suggest...

...D.E. Avison; A.T. Wood‐Harper; R.T. Vidgen; J.R.G. Wood Multiview was defined in 1985 and has been since refined to become an influential approach to information systems development. It has soft and hard aspects and, as a contingency approach, is not prescriptive but adapted to the particular...

... was established connecting PACS with the hospital information system (HIS) and connection to the other modalities is also planned. Co‐operation Design Product development Project management Systems development The following case study concerns the customer‐vendor co‐operation in a project dealing...

...Lucas D. Introna; Edgar A. Whitley Provides a critique of method‐ism ‐ the view that methodology is necessary and sufficient for information systems’ development success; method‐ism presupposes also that systems developers understand the value of methodology and will prefer to work with it rather...

... involved in complex systems development and learning, and research propositions to evaluate mobile any‐time, any‐place support. Baseline measurements have been obtained and early results support the value of mobile group support technology. Examples of systems development processes are: 1...

...Lucas D. Introna Provides a critique of teleological information systems development methodologies. Argues that these methodologies lead to “dead” systems that make very little sense to their users. Presents the work of the architect Christopher Alexander as an example from another discipline...