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Project Contexts and the Possibilities for Mixing Software Development and Systems Approaches
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Author(s): D. Petkov (Eastern Connecticut State University, USA), S. Alter (University of San Francisco, USA), J. Wing (Durban University of Technology, South Africa), A. Singh (Durban University of Technology, South Africa), O. Petkova (Central Connecticut State University, USA), T. Andrew (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)and K. Sewchurran (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 16
Source title:
Software Design and Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4301-7.ch018
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Abstract
It is widely agreed that no single approach for software or systems development addresses all problems and contexts. This chapter summarizes three software development and systems approaches that are often viewed as somewhat unrelated: soft system methodology (SSM), work system method (WSM), and agile development. Next it presents a framework linking stakeholder interests and problem contexts known as the System of Systems Methodologies (SOSM) from Jackson and Keys (1984) and frameworks from Bustard and Kennan (2005) and Alter and Browne (2005) for visualizing various Information Systems (IS) contexts. It uses SOSM to position and explore alternative sets of IS project contexts described by Bustard and Kennan (2005) and Alter and Browne (2005) using their own frameworks. Comparison of these contexts in relation to SOSM leads to observations about the suitability of SSM, WSM, and agile development in different project contexts. Contributions of this research include identifying and comparing alternative contexts for software and system development and identifying possibilities for including within one project combinations of methodologies that are often viewed as unrelated.
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