The software development process has been curtailed by the lack of a methodology that can captureand maintain the softer, humanist characteristics of organizational systems into the software product.This is attributed to the absence of a software model that can capture and maintain...

This paper is a discussion on the practical issues faced by Information Systems (IS) professionals when they employ Grounded Theory Method (GTM) in Information Systems research. Various strands of GTM are in use, all of which are derivatives of the grand GTM proposed by Barney G. Glaser and...

A rise in the number of high-profile cases of management failure and leadershipmisconduct increased the awareness of one of the core challenges of management,namely to lead responsibly and with integrity. The environment which senior managerscreate and within which middle managers need to...

Market models for software vulnerabilities have been disparaged in the past citing how these do little to lower the risk of insecure software. In this paper we argue that the market models proposed are flawed and not the concept of a market itself. A well-defined software risk derivative market...

One of the most important industries in the world today is softwaredevelopment. It has become an essential part of an organisation’s productionand management processes. Software development projects are growing largerin size and becoming more complicated and at the same time faster...

Software development has had much comment over the last two to threedecades; large research organisations such as the Standish Group have carriedout several empirical studies that measure the success rate of software projectsas they have typically been unsuccessful over time. An integral part of...

Offshore software outsourcing, a major contributor to globally distributed work (GDW), has been identified as one of the most striking manifestations of contemporary globalisation. In particular, offshoring resonates with influential views that suggest that ICTs have rendered location...

Test tools have become ubiquitous in the practice of Software Quality Assurance. Every year, many millions of dollars are spent on specialized software to help manage requirements, test cases, or defects—or to automate test execution. But, after purchasing the software, many companies fail to...

Contemporary Information System Development (ISD) is performed within operational environments characterized by rapid change across many dimensions – including personnel, user requirements, regulation, and technology architectures. The rapidity, extent, and inevitability of this environmental...

Reviewer: Ammenwerth, Elske