Trying to adopt systems development methodologies - A case-based exploration of business users' interests

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 255-275

  Sauer, Chris ^a,c,d   Lau, Colleen ^b,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b IFIP Working Grp Info Technol T ^*  (Australia)

^c IFIP Working Grp Info Technol T   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Australian Technol Resources Group   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g Australian Buddhist Community   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business; Information systems; Methodologies; Organizational form; SSADM; Systems development; Users

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008538172     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.1997.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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