Browsing The Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change (Conference Papers) by Author "Acton, Thomas"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Effectiveness of Decision Support Systems on Mobile Devices
Acton, Thomas; van der Heijden, Hans; Golden, William (2008-11-26)This paper reports the results of an experiment as part of a study assessing the impact of decision aid use on performance-based decision-making. We examine the effect of a single- user decision support mechanism for ... -
Effects Of See-Through Interfaces On User Acceptance Of Small-Screen Information Systems
van der Heijden, Hans; Golden, William; Acton, Thomas (2008-11-26)Small-screen devices such as mobile phones are increasingly pervasive. Reduced screen areas compromise the ease-of-use of such devices, and consequently, a concern for system designers becomes the maximization of ... -
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 ... -
Presenting data for team-based decision-making in agile information systems projects
Halonen, Raija; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2009)Although there are a number of purported benefits of agile systems development methods over traditional forms, many in the Information Systems Development (ISD) community highlight the difficulties that the dynamic, turbulent ... -
Presenting the un-presentable: how to display data for decision making
Acton, Thomas; van der Heijden, Hans; Golden, William (2008-10-20)A concern with computer systems is how best to present onscreen data. This can be particularly problematic for large quantities of data and in contexts of organisational and managerial decision making. Another concern ... -
Usability and Acceptance in Small-Screen Information Systems
Scott, Murray; Gudea, Sorin; Golden, William; Acton, Thomas (2004)The small screen sizes of mobile phones can create problems for users. There is a need for acceptable user interfaces that enable a better, more maximised use of the limited screen size while still providing high ...