Advances in Information Systems Research, Education and Practice

by Avison, David; Kasper, George M.; Pernici, Barbara; Ramos, Isabel; Roode, Dewald

• ISBN13: 9780387096810
• ISBN10: 0387096817
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-17
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP TC 8 Conference on Advances in Information Systems Research, Education, and Practice held at the 20th World Computer Congress in Milan, Italy on September 7-10, 2008. The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of refereed international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Information Systems Education
The Practical Relevance of IT Education: Skill Requirements and Education Expectations of Practitioners	p. 1
Challenges of Professionalization: Bridging Research and Practice through a body of knowledge for IT specialists	p. 15
Mapping Research Questions to Research Methods	p. 29
Keynote
Reflections on 50 Years of Computing: Impact of Professionalism on Teaching, Practice and Research	p. 43
New Perspectives on Information Systems Development
Advances in Information Systems Development: From Disciplineand Predictability to Agility and Improvisation	p. 53
The Emergence of Partnership Networks in the Enterprise Application Development Industry: A Global Corporation Perspective	p. 77
Challenges of Consumer Information Systems Development: The Case of Interactive Television Services	p. 89
Defining, Modeling and Diffusing IS Projects
Improving diffusion of Information Technology in communities in a developing world context	p. 101
`Driving' IS projects	p. 113
Bridging the Gap Between Service-Oriented and Object-OrientedArchitectures in Information Systems Development	p. 125
Keynote
The IFIP International Professional Practice Partnership: Transforming and Informing IT Professional Practice	p. 135
Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence
Requirements Elicitation in Data Mining for BusinessIntelligence Projects	p. 139
Social Networks and KMS Use in US IT Services	p. 151
Realizing the Value of Business Intelligence	p. 163
Applications and Emerging Technologies
An RFID Adoption Framework: A Container Supply Chain Analysis	p. 175
Adoption of Service Oriented Computing from the IT Professionals' Perspective: An e-Government Case Study	p. 189
Introduction of a Public Sector e-Procurement Solution: Lessons Learned from Disappointing Adoption	p. 203
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