Browsing Enterprise Agility (Conference Papers) 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 ... -
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. ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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: 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 Management in Information Systems Development
Lohan, Garry; Lang, Michael; Conboy, Kieran (2010) -
Understanding Agility in Software Development through A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective
Wang, Xiaofeng; Conboy, Kieran (2009)Agile software development methods have emerged in recent years and have become increasingly popular since the start of the century. While much research claims to study agile methods, the meaning of agility itself in ... -
Using focus groups in studies of ISD team behaviour
O hEocha, Colm; Conboy, Kieran (Academic Conferences International, 2010-06-25)This paper discusses an innovative focus group approach used to study an Information Systems Development (ISD) environment. The research had to cope with the application of a broad framework, untested in practice, seeking ... -
What's technology got to do With IT? A Dephi study on collaborative learning in distance educatio
O'Neill, Susan; Scott, Murray; Conboy, Kieran (London School of Economics, 2009)Collaborative Learning (CL) is increasingly being used in Distance Education (DE), as it has been identified as an effective solution to known weaknesses such as high average rates of dropout and low quality of learning ...