Web-Based Systems Development: An Empirically-Grounded Conceptual Framework

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Author(s): Michael Lang (National University of Ireland-Galway, Ireland)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 19
Source title: Systems Analysis and Design for Advanced Modeling Methods: Best Practices
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Akhilesh Bajaj (University of Tulsa, USA)and Stanislaw Wrycza (University of Gdansk, Poland)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-344-9.ch013

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Information Science Reference / Systems & Software Design / Systems and Software Engineering

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This chapter encapsulates the main findings of an in-depth study of Web development practices in Ireland. The essential research objective was to build a richer understanding of the modern context of Web development and of how that context influences design practices. At the outset, a conceptual framework was derived through a synthesis of issues in the literature and an analysis of existing models of IS development. Data was then gathered through a dual-mode (Web and postal) quantitative survey which yielded 165 usable responses, and later through a series of 14 semi-structured qualitative interviews in a follow-up field study. Following an interpretive approach, elementary statistics and grounded theory were used to iteratively analyze the data until a reasonably comprehensive and stable explanation emerged. This is presented in the form of an elaborated conceptual framework of Web-based systems development as “situated action.”

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