Client-Led Information System Creation (CLIC): Navigating the gap

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-231

  Champion, Donna ^a   Stowell, Frank ^b   O'Callaghan, Alan ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Information systems; Modelling participation; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; COMPUTER BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELING PARTICIPATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 20444398541     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2005.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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