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Project failure en masse: a study of loose budgetary control in ISD projects
(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 ...
People over process: key people challenges in agile development
(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. ...
A Delphi study on collaborative learning in distance education: The faculty perspective
(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 ...
Combining open innovation and agile approaches: implications for IS project managers
(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 ...
The role of the user story agile practice in innovation
(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 ...
Using focus groups in studies of ISD team behaviour
(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 ...
Having a Customer Focus in Agile Software Development
(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 ...
Performance Management of Agile Software Development Teams
(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 ...
Beyond Budgeting: A Performance Management Model for Software Development Teams
(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. ...