New Perspectives on Information Systems Development: Theory, Methods, and Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Stakeholders and Boundaries in Strategic Information Systems Planning....Pages 1-18
Gender Perceptions in the IT Industry....Pages 19-28
Diagnosing Metrics Practices in a Software Organization....Pages 29-42
An Approach to Institutionalisation of Software Processes....Pages 43-57
Interdisciplinary IS Competence at an Individual Level....Pages 59-70
From Information Islands to a Knowledge Society....Pages 71-82
Implementing the Killer App....Pages 83-94
Taxis — A Conceptual Model to Support the Early Stages of the ISD Process....Pages 95-111
Information System Development in the “E-Age”....Pages 113-123
Necessity, Challenges, and Promises of Peer-To-Peer Architecture of Information Systems....Pages 125-134
Selection of Projects in Software Process Assessment: New Perspectives....Pages 135-146
Personality Types of Managers in Development of Intelligent Systems....Pages 147-159
Leveraging Formal Specifications: Integration of Formal Paradigms in Multidimensional Modeling Space....Pages 161-175
Demystifying the Internet-Based Software Artefact....Pages 177-188
Adding Domain Analysis to Software Development Method....Pages 189-204
Influence of the Information System Function Maturity in the Approach to the Requirements Engineering....Pages 205-215
An Analysis of Extreme Programming Based on the Classical Model of Management Functions....Pages 217-227
The Production of an Interactive Multimedia Tutorial....Pages 229-235
Changes in Organisational Languages During Information Systems Development....Pages 237-247
Impact of End User Computing on is Development: A Study of it Usage in an Engineering Organization....Pages 249-258
Entity-Media Modelling: Conceptual Modelling for Multimedia Database Design....Pages 259-274
An Explorative Study into the Influence of Business Goals on the Practical Use of Enterprise Modelling Methods and Tools....Pages 275-287
Workflow Application Modelling Using SDL and UML....Pages 289-298
APIs for XML: DOM, SAX, and JDOM....Pages 299-308
Using XSL in IS Development....Pages 309-319
Multimedia Multi-User Communication Service for QOS Improvement in Wireless ATM....Pages 321-329
Intelligent Farmer Model for Network Management Agent Design of IMT-2000....Pages 331-344
Chained Bucket Hashing Method for Real Time Processing in Mobile Telecommunication....Pages 345-354
A Multi-Agent Virtual Seminar System (MAVIS) in Collaborative Distance Learning....Pages 355-366
Collaboration in Information Seeking....Pages 367-376
Towards Enhanced Automated Support for Collaborative Software Requirements Management....Pages 377-389
Incorporating Human, Social, and Organisational Dimensions into is Development....Pages 391-405
Perspectives on it and Organisational Change: Some Implications for ISD....Pages 407-419
Choosing a Philosopher of Science for ISD....Pages 421-431
The Strategic Role of Customer Databases in E-Marketing....Pages 433-438
Comparison of the Performance of Several Data Mining Techniques for Loan-Granting Decisions....Pages 439-448
Database Connectivity....Pages 449-460
Data IS Executed Policy....Pages 461-471
A Methodology for Multimedia Database Design....Pages 473-488
XML in the Stars: A New Approach to Data Warehouses....Pages 489-506
Transforming a Method Department....Pages 507-518
Transferring a Method for Pre-Usage Evaluations of Case-Tools....Pages 519-534
Trust and Confidence in E-Commerce....Pages 535-549
Creating a Successful Web Presence by a Leading Manufacturer of Memory Products....Pages 551-559
Electronic Commerce Strategy Development....Pages 561-572
Building Interactive Relationships Between Customers and Suppliers....Pages 573-583
Mutual Learning and Informing Between Academia and Practice in ISD....Pages 585-597
Continuous Quality Measurement in Higher Education....Pages 599-609
Experiential Learning within Computer Information Systems Courses....Pages 611-618
The Principal Synergist: Combating Confusion in Knowledge Management....Pages 619-631
Enterprise Resource Planning and Knowledge Management Systems: Synergistic Solutions?....Pages 633-646
Organisational Knowledge in IS: A Tool to Support is Intervention Methodologies....Pages 647-659
Coping with Client-Based “Peopleproblems”....Pages 661-671
Political influence, organisational Structure and managerial co-ordination in Virtual Teams....Pages 673-680
Evaluating Rigorous Project Management and Control Mechanisms for Prototyping and Rapid Application Development....Pages 681-692
Back Matter....Pages 693-695