Conceptual designs of most information systems (IS) reflect a design/use dualism of
technology making it difficult for users to be responsible for computerized aspects of work …

Although many information systems development methods (ISDMs) are available, past
experience indicates that none of them completely supports the design process. One of the …

The close relationship between the concepts of information systems and information
technology creates issues for researchers. Usefully distinguishing between the concepts is …

More than a decade has passed since the publication of the first article on building
information systems design theories (ISDT) that appeared in Information Systems Research …

Information systems (IS) research often attempts to examine and explain how technology
leads to outcomes through usage of IS. Although extensive research in this area has …

There are increasing concerns about the relevance and identity of Information Systems (IS)
as a scientific discipline (Benbasat and Zmud, 1999; 2003; Galliers, 2004; Hirschheim and …

This paper proposes an organizing device for accumulation of information systems (IS)
design theory components within a study but also across research studies. The proposed …

Abstract New Information Systems Development Methodologies (ISDMs) are suggested in
the belief that their deployment would be beneficial to consultants in their work. A large …

The business criticality of information systems (IS) and their development (ISD) appear to
have increased recently. Backsourcing, cosourcing and multisourcing of ISD are some of the …

The lack of an agreed upon definition of information system (IS) is one of many obstacles
troubling the academic IS discipline. After listing a number of definitions of IS, this paper …