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Sven Carlsson

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The evolution of an enterprise system implementation methodology by adaptation through reflexivity

Author

  • Daniela Mihailescu
  • Marius Mihailescu
  • Sven Carlsson

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