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Sven Carlsson
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The evolution of an enterprise system implementation methodology by adaptation through reflexivity
Author
Summary, in English
In spite of an Enterprise Systems Implementation Methodology's (ESIM's) potential and significance for Enterprise Systems implementation, little attention has been paid to its evolution in ES literature. Moreover, current studies reveal contradictory findings and provide a fragmented understanding. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework underpinned by a morphogenetic approach for explaining how ESIM evolves by adaptation through reflexivity. Our qualitative study resulted in a richer description of ESIM contents differentiated by adaptation strategies through reflexivity. Four theoretically and empirically informed ESIM adaptation strategies, i.e. reorienting, embedding, aligning and connecting, with related conditions and effects are suggested. This study retains valuable insights of prior works in Information Systems Development (ISD) research, since ESIM might be regarded as one of the latest interventions undertaken in an attempt to improve the quality of an ES product and the productivity and quality of an implementation process.
Department/s
- Department of Informatics
Publishing year
2016-03-07
Language
English
Pages
4961-4970
Publication/Series
Proceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016
Volume
2016-March
Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society
Topic
- Information Systems, Social aspects
Keywords
- Implementation methodology
- Morphogenetic approach
- Reflexivity
Conference name
49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016
Conference date
2016-01-05 - 2016-01-08
Conference place
Koloa, United States
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 9780769556703