Analysis and design as bricolage

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dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Mogammad Shariefen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-02T08:45:49Z
dc.date.available2016-06-02T08:45:49Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractInformation Systems in generally acknowledged to be a complex field and many studies over time have quoted significant failure statistics. This paper seeks to answer the question - How to more appropriately evaluate and select information systems design (ISD) methods that better enable successful design outcomes. The research covers literature relating analysis and design, information systems design methods, complexity, ontology and conceptual modelling and how they relate to ISD. This research was conducted within a larger national research project aiming to improve organising practices within IT in organisations. To this end the research followed a participatory action research approach underpinned by systems thinking theoretical perspective. What emerged out of this study was the appreciation for the bricolage that takes during an analysis or design effort - this perspective highlighted the following factors that can enable improved method evaluation and selection, namely: Epistemology, Contextual Influences and Social Action. These factors are shown to operate in dialectic process that if engaged with can provide insight into what an appropriate method can be.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationEdwards, M. S. (2015). <i>Analysis and design as bricolage</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19893en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationEdwards, Mogammad Sharief. <i>"Analysis and design as bricolage."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19893en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEdwards, M. 2015. Analysis and design as bricolage. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Edwards, Mogammad Sharief AB - Information Systems in generally acknowledged to be a complex field and many studies over time have quoted significant failure statistics. This paper seeks to answer the question - How to more appropriately evaluate and select information systems design (ISD) methods that better enable successful design outcomes. The research covers literature relating analysis and design, information systems design methods, complexity, ontology and conceptual modelling and how they relate to ISD. This research was conducted within a larger national research project aiming to improve organising practices within IT in organisations. To this end the research followed a participatory action research approach underpinned by systems thinking theoretical perspective. What emerged out of this study was the appreciation for the bricolage that takes during an analysis or design effort - this perspective highlighted the following factors that can enable improved method evaluation and selection, namely: Epistemology, Contextual Influences and Social Action. These factors are shown to operate in dialectic process that if engaged with can provide insight into what an appropriate method can be. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Analysis and design as bricolage TI - Analysis and design as bricolage UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19893 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19893
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationEdwards MS. Analysis and design as bricolage. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19893en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Information Systemsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherManagement Practiceen_ZA
dc.titleAnalysis and design as bricolageen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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