DESIGNING AN APPROPRIATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

David Avison, Jan Pries-Heje

2007

Abstract

The number of information systems development methodologies has proliferated and practitioners and researchers alike have struggled to select a ‘one best’ approach for all applications. But there is no single methodology that will work for all development situations. The question then arises: ‘when to use which methodology?’ To address this question we used the design research approach to develop a radar diagram consisting of eight dimensions. Using three action research cycles, we attempt to validate our design in three projects that took place in a large administrative organization and elsewhere with groups of IT project managers. Our artefact can be used to suggest a particular one-off approach for a particular situation.

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Avison D. and Pries-Heje J. (2007). DESIGNING AN APPROPRIATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS . In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-90-0, pages 63-70. DOI: 10.5220/0002360100630070


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@conference{iceis07,
author={David Avison and Jan Pries-Heje},
title={DESIGNING AN APPROPRIATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2007},
pages={63-70},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002360100630070},
isbn={978-972-8865-90-0},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - DESIGNING AN APPROPRIATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS
SN - 978-972-8865-90-0
AU - Avison D.
AU - Pries-Heje J.
PY - 2007
SP - 63
EP - 70
DO - 10.5220/0002360100630070