Tag Archives: IS

Readings of the Week: Brown – Managing understandings – niche marketing Orlikowski & Hofman – Improvisational model Presentation: Managing the IS design & development process Minutes of the Class: Week 10’s lecture, as with other recent weeks was in three … Continue reading →

Readings of the Week: Grey – The fetish of change Walsham – Chapter 10 Critique on Grey & Walsham papers Questions & Comments: “The most striking thing about change management is that it almost always fails” is clearly a line … Continue reading →

Readings of the week: Fitzgerald – Formalized systems development methodologies Sommerville – Software process models Hayes & Andrews – An Introduction to Agile Methods Wastell – The fetish of technique Presentation: Managing the IS design & development process Minutes of … Continue reading →

Readings of the Week: Curtis, Knasner and Iscoe – Field Study Software Development Process Lyytinen & Robey – Learning failure in ISD Chaos report summary 2009 Questions & Comments: Lyytinen & Robey conclude that “learning from experience can be a … Continue reading →

Readings of the Week: Mintzberg – Rise and fall of strategic planning Wilson & Howcroft – Power politics IS evaluation Walsham – Chapter 8 Questions & Comments: Mintzberg paper: Mintzberg’s concern with strategic planning is a valid one but I … Continue reading →