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Implementation of in-house developed vs application package based information systems

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ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, Volume 21, Issue 1

Pages 1 - 10

https://doi.org/10.1145/95367.95370

Published: 01 September 1990 Publication History

Abstract

Even though in-house development and the use of application packages form two major strategies for developing information systems, there is practically no research into the comparative implementability of information systems developed according to these strategies. The article suggests that the level or originality of information systems can be used as a theoretical concept underlying the dichotomy of in-house development vs. application packages, and puts forward a set of hypotheses regarding the influence of the level of originality on the implementability of information systems. The hypotheses form the theoretical basis for a comparison of the two types of information system development in terms of implementability, and clearly support Lynch's finding (Lynch, 1984) that the implementation of application packages is more difficult than one might initially expect.

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Implementation of in-house developed vs application package based information systems
1. Information systems
  1. Data management systems
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management

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cover image ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems

ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems Volume 21, Issue 1

Spring 1990

40 pages

ISSN:0095-0033

EISSN:1532-0936

DOI:10.1145/95367

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Sally A. Sloan

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