Towards a distinctive body of knowledge for information systems experts: Coding ISD process knowledge in two IS journals

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-342

  Iivari, Juhani ^a   Hirschheim, Rudy ^b   Klein, Heinz K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Expert; Information system; Professionalization

Indexed keywords

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (BOK); COMPETENCE; EXPERTS; INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT (ISD); PROFESSIONALIZATION;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4644257677     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2004.00177.x     Document Type: Review

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