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Design and implementation of computer-based information systems

edited by Norbert Szyperski, Erwin Grochla

(Sijthoff & Noordhoff series on information systems)

Sijthoff & Noordhoff, 1979

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Proceedings of BIFOA Symposium, Sept. 18-20, 1978, Bensberg/Cologne

Includes bibliographical references

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A. Basic Considerations on Design and Implementation of Computer-based Information Systems.- I. Introduction.- 1. State of the Art of Implementation Research on Computer-based Information Systems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Basic Notes on the Implementation Game.- 3. Contributions from Research to System Design and Implementation.- 4. Some Preliminary Remarks on Consequences for Implementation Research.- 2. Evaluating the Quality of Information Systems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Conceptual and Operational Issues.- 3. A Survey of the Research Literature.- 4. Conclusion.- II. Technical Aspects of Systems Design and Implementation.- 3. The Modeling Process: Steps Versus Components.- I. The Topic.- 2. The Role of the Model.- 3. The Plea for the Assemblage-of-Components Concept.- 4. The Components of the Modeling Process.- 5. Modeling, an Art or a Science?.- 4. Implementation of Planning Models: Presentation of the APIS Approach.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Diagnosis of Problem Areas.- 3. Consequences in the APIS Project.- 4. APIS Results.- 5. Conclusion.- III. Organizational Aspects of Systems Design and Implementation.- 5. Basic Considerations in Organizational and Human Aspects in Systems Design: the State of the Art of Implementation Research.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Approaches to Implementation Research.- 3. Research Designs.- 4. Three Examples.- 5. Future Research.- 6. A Design-Oriented Approach in Implementation Research: The Project PORGI.- 1. Statement of the Problem.- 2. Research Design of Project PORGI.- 3. PORGI-Implementation Handbook: The Concept.- B. Working Group: Technical Aspects of Systems Design and Implementation.- I. Selection of Planning Methods.- 7. The Feasibility of Linear Planning Models in Business Administration.- 1. Survey.- 2. Methods and Tools for Planning.- 3. Implementation of the Planning System.- 4. Problems of Evolution.- 5. Feasibility Problems.- 6. Future Development.- 8. Application Areas for Planning Software.- 1. The Purpose of Planning Software.- 2. Categories of Planning Software.- 3. Features of Planning Languages.- 4. The Planning Languages PLATO, PS1, ITS/73, ITS/DMS.- 5. Various Applications of a Planning Language.- II. Modeling Methodology.- 9. A Data-Centered, User-Evolutionary Approach to the Development of Planning Support Systems.- 1. Development Strategies and Design Approaches.- 2. Detailed Considerations in the Data-Centered Design Approach.- 3. A User-Evolutionary Approach to Planning Model Development.- 4. Conclusion.- 10. Implementation and Design Problems of Corporate Simulation and Planning Systems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Languages, Systems, and Operation.- 3. Organization, Task Structure, and Planning Process.- 4. Personal and Behavioural Aspects.- 5. Conclusions.- 11. An Information System on Planning Models: A General Concept.- 1. Objectives, Necessity, Goals.- 2. Problematic Nature of Models: Definition, Process of Model Design.- 3. Descriptive Characteristics of Models.- 4. System Organization and Operation.- 5. Special Model Files Prototypes-Present Work.- III. Tools for Model Implementation.- 12. Interactive Modelling: Problems in Design and Practical Use.- 1. Interactive Modelling: A Way of Getting Better Answers More Quickly.- 2. A Framework for a Reasonable Use of the Interactive Approach.- 3. Modelling Process and Planning Functions: When to Recommend Direct Communication with the Computer.- 4. Planners and Analysts: What Must Be Their Abilities?.- 5. Software Tools.- 6. Conclusion.- 13. User-Oriented Programming Languages-Tendencies of Development.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Features of Planning Languages.- 3. Generations of Planning Languages.- 4. Tendencies of Development.- 5. Final Remarks.- 14. On Designing LP Interface Structures.- 1. Concepts and Notations.- 2. LP Matrix as a Relation.- 3. The Case Model.- 4. The LP-Matrix Definition.- 5. Computer Implementation.- C. Working Group: Organizational Aspects of Systems Design and Implementation.- I. Participative System Design.- 15. Consensus Systems Design: An Evaluation of this Approach.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Participative Systems Design: Its Rationale.- 3. Participative Systems Design: Different Approaches.- 4. Procedures for Consensus Design.- 5. Problems of Using a Consensus Design Approach.- 6. Advantages of Using a Consensus Design Approach.- 7. Training, Monitoring and Development.- 8. Conclusions.- 16. Concepts and Experiences with Participative Design Approaches.- 1. A Practical Example.- 2. Why Participation?.- 3. Socio-Technique in the Hands of Computer Specialists.- 4. The Activities of the Unions.- 5. Some Consequences of Taking the Participation Problem Seriously in Connection With the System Design Process.- 6. Summary.- 17. High Level Languages-A Basis for Participative Design.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Setting.- 3. Role Centered Systems Design.- 4. The Nature of Change.- 5. Role Maps.- 6. The Accounting Map.- 7. Applying the Model to Systems Design.- 8. The Solution.- 9. A Language Design.- 10. Conclusion.- II. Evaluation of Systems.- 18. Effectiveness Measurement of Computer-Based Information Systems through Cost-Benefit Analysis: Empirical Research and Perspectives.- 1. Problem Definition and Initial Situation.- 2. Pilot Study on System Investments.- 3. Analytical Study for Evaluating System Investments.- 4. First Formulation of Hypotheses and Further Research.- 5. Summary.- 19. User and Specialist Evaluations in System Development.- 1. Processes of Goal Definition and Evaluation to Start System Development.- 2. Definitions of and Relationships between Effectiveness and Efficiency of CBIS-Development.- 3. Different Levels of Goal Definition and Evaluation.- 4. Examples of Goals Belonging to Different Levels.- 5. Organizational Consequences of Differentiation and Integration of Goal-Levels.- 20. The Evaluation of an Information System Implementation.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Activity Analysis.- 3. Possibility Analysis.- 4. Utility Analysis.- III. Instruments and Tools for Organizational Implementation.- 21. Early Diagnosis of Implementation Failure: A Plan For Research.- 1. Overview.- 2. The Concept of Early Warning.- 3. Is Early Diagnosis Possible: Theoretical and Empirical Clues.- 4. A Program of Research.- 5. Phase 1.- 6. Preliminary Results, Discussion, and Conclusion.- 22. Concepts and Experience with the PORGITmplementation Handbook.- 1. PORGI-Tmplementation Handbook: The Concept.- 2. Practical Application of PORGI-Tools.- 3. Implications and Limitations of the PORGI-Approach.- D. Review.- Challenges and Consequences for Future Research on Implementation.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Actual Challenges in Information Systems Implementation.- 3. Consequences for Future Research.- List of Participants.

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