Choices and challenges in e-Government field force automation projects: Insights from case studies

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 232, Issue , 2007, Pages 408-416

  Scholl, Hans J ^a   Liu, Shuhua ^a   Fidel, Raya ^a   Unsworth, Kristene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process analysis; Cognitive systems engineering; Cognitive work analysis; Digital government; E government; Field force automation (FFA); Fully mobile wirelessly connected (FMWC); Information systems; Integration; Interfacing; Mobile government; Pervasive computing; Ubiquitous computing; Work content; Work context; Work centered design; Workflow

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE WORK ANALYSIS; DESIGN WORKFLOW; DIGITAL GOVERNMENT; E-GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; PERVASIVE COMPUTING;

AUTOMATION; BRAIN; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

FLOOD CONTROL;

EID: 77953734561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1328057.1328142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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