INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

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1 Introduction to IS Development 1 1 INTRODUCTION Information systems abound in society today These systems are generally made possible by the use of information technology and have been developed for an almost innite number of purposes A fundamental principlewhich may seem obvious but is nevertheless not always statedis that all these systems have to be developed and further that someone must assume responsibility for doing that Identifying the purpose functions structure and aesthetics of these systems is an extremely complex process This book is about that process and how it can be approached in a methodical way We believe that information systems development ISD is at the core of the IS eld An analysis of the emergence of the eld would certainly support this view The major impetus behind the initial coalescing of the eld of Information Systems was the fact that purely technical approaches to ISD did not successfully address the fundamental problems in information systems development namely that systems took too long to develop cost too much to develop and did not work very well in the context in which they were eventually deployed Information systems development is the fundamental process performed when engaging information technology to achieve a specic purpose in a specic context although it involves much more than simply the deployment of technology It is an activity that is fundamental in that it is stable over time even though the context in which it is performed changes For example it is well known that technology evolves1 Introduction to IS Development 1 1 INTRODUCTION Information systems abound in society today These systems are generally made possible by the use of information technology and have been developed for an almost innite number of purposes A fundamental principlewhich may seem obvious but is nevertheless not always statedis that all ...these systems have to be developed and further that someone must assume responsibility for doing that Identifying the purpose functions structure and aesthetics of these systems is an extremely complex process This book is about that process and how it can be approached in a methodical way We believe that information systems development ISD is at the core of the IS eld An analysis of the emergence of the eld would certainly support this view The major impetus behind the initial coalescing of the eld of Information Systems was the fact that purely technical approaches to ISD did not successfully address the fundamental problems in information systems development namely that systems took too long to develop cost too much to develop and did not work very well in the context in which they were eventually deployed Information systems development is the fundamental process performed when engaging information technology to achieve a specic purpose in a specic context although it involves much more than simply the deployment of technology It is an activity that is fundamental in that it is stable over time even though the context in which it is performed changes For example it is well known that technology evolves

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