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作者：SWANSON, K; MCCOMB, D; SMITH, J; MCCUBBREY, D
作者单位：University of Denver
摘要：This paper describes an approach to application software development (the Application Software Factory) that enables over 90 percent reuse of code, produces application code where quality is measured in defects per million lines of code, and generates productivity exceeding that of interpretative 4GL environments. The environment is built on top of a commercial CASE tool and does not rely on exotic technology. The delivered systems are COBOL transaction processing systems using relational data...
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作者：NELSON, RR
摘要：One of the fundamental issues inherent to both practice and academia emanates from the need to know what knowledge and skills personnel must possess to successfully perform their jobs. This article addresses this issue by performing an educational needs assessment, one that considers the deficiencies of both IS and end-user personnel. To this end, an instrument has been developed, tested, and completed by 275 employees within eight different organizations. The findings of this study suggest th...
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作者：GERLACH, JH; KUO, FY
摘要：Over the past 35 years, information technology has permeated every business activity. This growing use of information technology promised an unprecedented increase in end-user productivity. Yet this promise is unfulfilled, due primarily to a lack of understanding of end-user behavior. End-user productivity is tied directly to functionality and ease of learning and use. Furthermore, system designers lack the necessary guidance and tools to apply effectively what is known about human-computer in...
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作者：EMERY, JC
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作者：LASHER, DR; IVES, B; JARVENPAA, SL
作者单位：Southern Methodist University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：The introduction of a large-scale image processing system at United Services Automobile Association (USAA) required both external and internal partnerships. The USAA-IBM external partnership demonstrates how the traditional arms-length relationship between a vendor and a customer evolved into a close relationship of mutual benefit with blurred boundaries between buyer and seller. Two internal partnerships, one within USAA and the other within IBM, illustrate the importance of internal partners...
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作者：ALLEN, BR; BOYNTON, AC
摘要：This article addresses how information systems architecture can be used to support organizations in the 1990s-organizations that face the dual challenge of speed and flexibility and low cost and efficiency. At the heart of this challenge is the basic notion that information systems have been anything but flexible in the past and that, for many firms, information systems are more disablers of flexibility than enablers. The article discusses two architectural solutions to this problem: the high ...
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作者：NIEDERMAN, F; BRANCHEAU, JC; WETHERBE, JC
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：This three-round delphi survey of senior IS executives is the third in a series designed to determine the most critical issues in IS management. Analysis focuses on respondents' assessments of specific issues as well as emerging trends. Key findings include: (1) Continued concern for traditional issues such as strategic planning and organizational alignment; (2) only six of the top issues from 1986 remained in the top 10; (3) one new issue, technology infrastructure, made the top 10; (4) three...
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作者：MEYER, MH; CURLEY, KF
摘要：The development and use of knowledge-based (expert) systems has grown dramatically across a broad range of industries. Yet despite its growing importance, the study of expert systems lacks a cohesive framework for differentiating and comparing expert systems initiatives across different applications and in different industrial settings. The problem for IS managers is that a system that works in one situation may not be appropriate for another. This article presents a classification methodology...
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作者：GILLENSON, ML; STUTZ, JD
摘要：The range of journals in which to publish scholarly papers in the management information systems (MIS) field has expanded over the years. The perceived ranking of the journals by those in the field is an important issue to academics. Another question of importance to academic personnel in the MIS field is whether the writing of books counts toward tenure and promotion. This article presents the results of a survey relative to these two questions. It was conducted in late 1989 and early 1990 am...
