Decision Sciences Journal
Volume 31, Number 2
Spring 2000
An Integrative Framework of the Information Systems Development
Process
V. Sambamurthy
Decision and Information Technologies, Robert H. Smith School
of Business,
4307 Van Munching Hall, University of Maryland, College Park,
MD 20742-1815, smurthy@rhsmith.umd.edu
Laurie J. Kirsch
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, lkirsch@katz.pitt.edu
ABSTRACT. Despite more than 25 years of research on
the processes and outcomes of information systems development
in organizations, deficiencies exist in our knowledge about the
effective management of complex systems development processes.
Although individual studies have generated a wealth of findings,
there is a need for a cumulative framework that facilitates interpretation
of what has been learned and what needs to be learned about the
process of information systems development. This paper reviews
prior research on ISD processes and identifies the different
types of contributions that have been made to our growing knowledge.
More important, it generates a cumulative framework for understanding
the process of ISD that could provide a valuable template for
future research and practice.
Subject areas: IS Implementation and Systems Development
Methodologies. |