On the Suitability of Soft Systems Methodology and the Work System Method in Some Software Project Contexts-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

On the Suitability of Soft Systems Methodology and the Work System Method in Some Software Project Contexts

Published:2013-07 Issue:2 Volume:6 Page:22-34
ISSN:1935-570X
Container-title:International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach
language:en
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Author:

Petkov Doncho¹,Alter Steven²,Petkova Olga³,Andrew Theo⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Business Administration, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, USA

2. School of Management, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

3. Department of Management Information Systems, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA

4. Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

Abstract

This paper proposes the use of the System of Systems Methodologies (SOSM) framework by Jackson and Keys for mapping of diverse software project contexts analyzed previously in the software development literature. In addition it presents an evaluation of the suitability of Soft Systems Methodology by Checkland and the Work System Method by Alter for those specific situations within SOSM. Thus we extend the work by Bustard and Keenan and by Alter and Browne on software project contexts that may lead to better tailoring of software development processes by mixing methods within a particular project.

Publisher

IGI Global

Subject

General Computer Science

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