Browsing Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change by Author "Conboy, Kieran"
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Access rights as a part of information security in enterprises
Golden, William; Conboy, Kieran; Acton, Thomas; Halonen, Raija (Association of Information Systems, 2008)This paper highlights the problem with access rights as a part of information security in enterprises with many information systems and their human users. In many organisations, users often write down their user names and ... -
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, ... -
Data presentation for agile information systems project decision making
Halonen, Raija; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2008)Awareness and use of agile methods has grown rapidly amongst the information systems development (ISD) community in recent years, and have been largely well received. While there are a number of purported benefits, many ... -
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. ... -
DeLone & McLean success model as a descriptive tool in evaluating the use of a virtual learning environment
Conboy, Kieran; Golden, William; Acton, Thomas; Halonen, Raija (2009)This paper contributes the discussion about applying DeLone & McLean success model. Since its introduction in 1992, the model has been widely used and evaluated. In this paper the model is used as a descriptive tool in ... -
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 ... -
The Impact of Agile Practices on Trust in Software Project Teams
McHugh, Orla; Conboy, Kieran; Lang, Michael (IEEE, 2012)Agile software development involves self-managing teams that are empowered and responsible for meeting project goals in whatever way they deem suitable. Managers must place more trust in such teams than they do in teams ... -
Information systems - unavoidable nuisances in combining local administratives?
Golden, William; Conboy, Kieran; Acton, Thomas; Halonen, Raija (2009)Local administratives face challenges similar to enterprises due to changes in their environment. Municipalities need to join their resources to reimburse and to deliver services. However, municipalities have not received ... -
'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. ...