Amethodical systems development: The deferred meaning of systems development methods

Accounting, Management and Information Technologies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-79

  Truex, Duane ^a   Baskerville, Richard ^b   Travis, Julie ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amethodical systems development; Emergent grammar; Emergent organization; Information systems development; Methodical systems development; Postmodern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902456618     PISSN: 09598022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8022(99)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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