This paper reports on selected results of a survey of New Zealand information systems development processes conducted in mid 1998. The survey generated information on relative importance of different criteria in judging the success of information systems. These results are discussed in relation to broader issues of technical and social distinctions in information systems.

Information systems are identified as enablers of agile manufacturing. Despite the continuous utilisation of IT/IS applications, there is growing evidence that information technology/systems do not deliver their expected benefits. In this work we investigated three main issues related to information systems: competitive bases-general goals, development and infrastructure. We tested our approach...

Information Systems Development (ISD) covers a wide spectrum of methods and approaches (Avison et al. 2006), each aiming to make the process better and more successful. However, although ethics is seen as a core element with professional practice, it has yet to make an impact within the ISD process itself. This paper seeks to extend previous work, looking at the integration of the Ethical Grid ...

Received: 8 January 2005 Revised: 23 September 2005 Accepted: 27 January 2006 Abstract Prior research on the use of electronic communication media by teams performing complex tasks has led to contradictory findings. Much research has suggested that electronic communication media, due to not incorporating important elements found in face-to-face communication, pose obstacles for communication in...

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Research on information systems development methods has by and large acknowledged a significant difference between a method and its use and that the use depends on the situation and the developers, as well as other contingencies. We extend this research and focus in particular on the relationship between actors’ competencies and their deployment of methods, arguing that this relationship is des...

Data warehousing success is not high enough. User dissatisfaction and failure to adhere to time frames and budgets are too common. Most traditional information systems practices are rooted in hard systems thinking. Today, the great systems thinkers are forgotten by information systems developers. A data warehouse is still a system and it is worth investigating whether systems thinkers such as C...

The paper presents a framework to interpret information systems development (ISD) as composed of activities for the creation and exchange of knowledge. The framework is based on the five inquiring systems presented by Churchman (1971). The framework shows that the inquiring systems: rationalism, empiricism, idealism, dialectic, and pragmatism should be used by the participants in ISD projects i...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss both the findings of a case study into IS Strategy conducted in a medium sized financial institution, and the interpretive process used. The research methodology was based on the FMA framework and consisted of two iterations – the first using a Business Alignment Model for inquiring into the practices within the organisation. The second to provide insight...

traceability is a basic requirement for the most of products from the viewpoint of governments and customers. it has base of quality systems and supports integration of supply chain information systems. this paper has presented a holistic model for supply chain traceability through structural equation modeling. this model will support recall of products, quality assurance requirements, improve ...