A comparative survey of activity-based methods for information systems development

ICEIS 2004 - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 221-229

  Quek, Amanda ^a   Shah, Hanifa ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Activity theory; Information systems; Methods; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE NETWORKS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURVEYING;

ACTIVITY; ACTIVITY THEORY; AT-BASED METHODS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 8444250615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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