Loitering with intent: dealing with human-intensive systems
Författare
Redaktör
- A D'Atri
- M DeMarco
- N Casalino
Summary, in English
This paper discusses the professional roles of information systems analysts and users, focusing on a perspective of human intensive, rather than software intensive information systems. The concept of ‘meaningful use’ is discussed in re-lation to measures of success/failure in IS development. The authors consider how a number of different aspects of reductionism may distort analyses, so that processes of inquiry cannot support organizational actors to explore and shape their requirements in relation to meaningful use. Approaches which attempt to simplify complex problem spaces, to render them more susceptible to ‘solution’ are problematized. Alternative perspectives which attempt a systematic, holistic complexification, by supporting contextual dependencies to emerge, are advocated as a way forward.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
33-40
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Interdisciplinary Aspects of Information Systems Studies
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Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Information Systems, Social aspects
Nyckelord
- Critically Informed Analysis
- Contextual Inquiry
- Contextual Analysis
- Systems Analysis
- Systems Development
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-3-7908-2009-6