Journal of Systems Management articles from May 1993

Journal of Systems Management archives from May 1993

Object-oriented approach: magic bullet or viable development methodology?
May 1, 1993... Just about the time we began to employ, on a fairly wide scale, the structured approach to systems development after many years of extolling its virtues, we now have the object-oriented approach to consider. Clearly, the object-oriented...

TQM in system development: a paradigm without a sound foundation. (Total Quality Management)(includes experts' definitions of quality )
May 1, 1993... This paper discusses the plethora of research that has studied quality in the area of systems development, including the recently published IEEE/ANSI standards, and the shortcomings of these approaches to defining quality. Recently, there...

Effective IS attitudes in the 90's. (information systems)
May 1, 1993... Some system analysts protect the computer systems they develop as if those systems were national secrets. These analysts "often treat information about the system as privileged, believing that users have neither the interest nor the ability to...

Effective user documentation: focusing on tasks instead of systems.
May 1, 1993... Users are often unhappy with system-based documentation. That is, documentation concentrating on a systems function. An alternative is task-based documentation, showing how to combine the system's functions to complete tasks. Users can write it...

Overcoming organizational barriers to systems development: an action strategy framework.
May 1, 1993... Four major barriers to successful systems development and implementation are discussed. They are: bureaucratic complexity, personality conflicts, technical complexity and acute resource scarcity. The author analyzes the conditions and describes...

Multimedia for better training.
May 1, 1993... Six organizations from different industries were polled about multi-media systems they had implemented for training. The study shows that the effects of multimedia training are not industry-specific. The technology is highly effective. However,...