Browsing Enterprise Agility by Author "Conboy, Kieran"
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Agile Practices in Use from an Innovation Assimilation Perspective: a Multiple Case Study
Wang, Xiaofeng; Conboy, Kieran (2007)Agile methods have been adopted by many information systems development (ISD) teams and organizations in recent years. However, while agile method research is growing, many studies lack a strong theoretical and conceptual ... -
Agility from first principles: reconstructing the concept of agility in information systems development
Conboy, Kieran (Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2009-09)Awareness and use of agile methods has grown rapidly among the information systems development (ISD) community in recent years. Like most previous methods, the development and promotion of these methods have been almost ... -
Beyond Budgeting: A Performance Management Model for Software Development Teams
Lohan, Garry; Conboy, Kieran; Lang, Michael (2010)The Beyond Budgeting performance management model enables companies to keep pace with changing environments, to quickly create and adapt strategy and to empower people throughout the organisation to make effective choices. ... -
Building a dolmen: an ISD approach to the management of innovation
Costello, Gabriel; Conboy, Kieran; Donnellan, Brian (Springer, 2008-10-24)This paper addresses a ¿challenge in practice¿ by describing the initial stage of an information systems development (ISD) project to support the management of innovation within a subsidiary of APC-MGE. To begin with, a ... -
A case study of risk management in agile systems development
Coyle, Sharon; Conboy, Kieran (2009-06-08)A principal objective of agile development methods is to reduce risk thereby resulting in more successful and effective information systems. However, while there is an extensive body of academic literature on risk ... -
Combining open innovation and agile approaches: implications for IS project managers
Morgan, Lorraine; Conboy, Kieran (2010-06)This paper describes a research-in-progress that explores the applicability and implications of open innovation in a multiple-project environment that employs agile approaches to information systems development. In doing ... -
Contribution behaviours in systems development - a position paper
Coyle, Sharon; Conboy, Kieran; Acton, Thomas (2009-12-02)This development research paper explores concepts associated with contribution behaviours. Contribution, in its simplest context occurs in organization settings where employees share knowledge with one another. Usually, ... -
Decisive and Incisive - The Path of DSS
Sharkey, Ultan; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2008)Through this study we explore the literature discussing what management information systems are what decision support systems are in an attempt to clarify the taxonomies available in the literature into a holistic discourse. ... -
A Delphi study on collaborative learning in distance education: The faculty perspective
O'Neill, Susan; Scott, Murray; Conboy, Kieran (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-09-21)This paper focuses on the factors which influence collaborative learning in distance education. Distance education has been around for many years and the use of collaborative learning techniques in distance education is ... -
Future research in agile systems development: applying open innovation principles within the agile organisation
Conboy, Kieran; Morgan, Lorraine (Springer Verlag, 2010)A particular strength of agile approaches is that they move away from 'introverted' development and intimately involve the customer in all areas of development, supposedly leading to the development of a more innovative ... -
Having a Customer Focus in Agile Software Development
Lohan, Garry; Lang, Michael; Conboy, Kieran (2010)This research looks at the customer focus of agile software development teams. The study is part of a larger study examining how the twelve principles of Beyond Budgeting are operationalised in the context of an agile ... -
'Lots Done, More To Do': the Current State of Agile Systems Development Research
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Modelling the Effects of Decision Tools in Online Shopping
Sharkey, Ultan; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2009)The provision of tools to focus user interaction in analysing data to come to a decision is the core principle of a decision supporting system. This became the inherent characteristic of decision support systems to ... -
Optimal Product Information Display Formats in Online Shopping Scenarios: Implications for Management Practice and Policy Formation
Sharkey, Ultan; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2009)The second key challenge noted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (2004) eBusiness Strategy report is the building of confidence among Irish SME's and Micro-enterprises in the development of online ... -
People over process: key people challenges in agile development
Coyle, Sharon; Conboy, Kieran (IEEE, 2010-09-02)There is a common perception that, while there may be some 'teething' problems experienced during the initial transition to agile, people are much happier, engaged and ultimately more productive in these environments. ... -
People over process: the implications of agile for IS skills
Conboy, Kieran; Coyle, Sharon (2009)Agile approaches to information systems development have become increasingly popular in recent years, as more and more IS organisations are eager to capitalise on the alleged opportunities and benefits they provide. ... -
Performance Management of Agile Software Development Teams
Lohan, Garry; Lang, Michael; Conboy, Kieran (2010)Around the same time as the emergence of agile methods as a formalized concept, the management accounting literature introduced the concept of Beyond Budgeting as a performance management model for a changing business ... -
Project failure en masse: a study of loose budgetary control in ISD projects
Conboy, Kieran (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010-05-18)This paper investigates the tightness of budgetary control over projects in a large systems development multinational. This represents a case of extreme information systems development (ISD) failure en masse, where all but ... -
Project Management in Information Systems Development
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The role of the user story agile practice in innovation
O hEocha, Colm; Conboy, Kieran (Springer, 2010-10)The concept of an innovation space where different knowledge and perspectives can interact leading to innovation is central to lean thinking. The SECI framework of organizational knowledge creation identifies five enabling ...