Nandhakumar, Joe and Avison, David E. (1999) The fiction of methodological development : a field study of information systems development. Information Technology & People, 12 (2). pp. 176-191. doi:10.1108/09593849910267224 ISSN 0959-3845.

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Abstract

This paper describes the findings of a field study that explores the process of information systems (IS) development in a large organization. The paper argues that traditional IS development methodologies are treated primarily as a necessary fiction to present an image of control or to provide a symbolic status, and are too mechanistic to be of much use in the detailed, day‐to‐day organization of systems developers’ activities. By drawing on the insights gained from this study, the paper outlines some implications for IS development methodologies. A secondary purpose of the paper is to illustrate the use of an “ecological” research approach to IS development as advocated by Shneiderman and Carroll.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Information Systems & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	Information Technology & People
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN:	0959-3845
Official Date:	1999
Dates:	Date Event 1999 Published
Volume:	12
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 176-191
DOI:	10.1108/09593849910267224
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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