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MIS40670 – Silver Bullet, Chaos Model, Scrum Methodology
The week three readings in Managing System Development course were articles on different software engineering methodologies. Brooks Jr. F. P. (1987) No Silver Bullet Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering, Computer, 20, 10-19 Brooks_NoSilverBullet_1987 An interesting analogy between Software Projects … Continue reading
MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry – Knowing, Believing and Acting
The following readings were discussed 1. Brannick, T. & Coghlan, D. (2006). ‘To Know and to Do: Academics’ and Practitioners’ Approaches to Management Research’.Irish Journal of Management, 26(2), 1–22 1.Brannick2006-To Know and To Do 2. Huff, A.S. (2000). ‘Citigroup’s John … Continue reading
MIS40670 – Enquiry methods
Allen gave the class choice of different enquiry methods for a small research exercise. Elena & myself picked up Extreme User Interviews as our enquiry method for this exercise. Extreme User Interview is a very useful technique to highlight key … Continue reading
MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry – Critical Thinking
The following articles were discussed 1.Deep Play-Notes on Balinese Cockfight-Geertz1971 Geertz C. (1971) Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight. In: Geertz C. Myth, Symbol and Culture. New York: W.W. Norton, 1–37. 2.Managerial Succession and Organizational Effectiveness-Grusky1963 Grusky, O. (1963) … Continue reading
MIS40670 – Build the Things Right
Had a very good discourse in today’s class on how to build things right. The classic project management view used to put only a little emphasis on the scoping of the requirements and as a result most of the large … Continue reading
MIS40670 – Large Systems: A discourse
Question: The topic for group discussion for the week was enquiry into large systems and to explore why some systems are large? To analyse the question posed by Schwartz rather incisively “I must admit that I have frequently asked myself … Continue reading
MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry Syllabus
University College Dublin College of Business and Law Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School MIS10040 Skills for Research Enquiry MSc in iBusiness – Innovation through ICT (F/T and P/T) Prof Donncha Kavanagh Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organisation (CITO), email: research.ft@ucd.ie … Continue reading
MIS40670 – Managing Systems Development Syllabus
Course Title: Managing Systems Development Lecturer: Allen Higgins, CITO: Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organisation Rm Q223, Quinn Building UCD School of Business University College Dublin Belfield, D4 Ireland Logistics: Classes are held on Tuesdays in D104. FT class 10:00 … Continue reading
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