Title :
Standardization as a knowledge game
Author :
Ramaprasad, Arkalgud ; Mak, King-Tim
Author_Institution :
Chicago Univ., IL, USA
Abstract :
In the tradition of grounded research, this paper presents the concept of standardization as a knowledge game based on in-depth interviews with twelve practitioners. It focuses on standardization within organizations in the context of ensuring high availability of information systems. In this context the objective of the game, and hence standardization, is to ensure that the feedforward and feedback processes required to build the knowledge base of an organization will maximize the preemptive time for proactive problem prevention and minimize the recovery time from reactive problem solving
Keywords :
feedback; feedforward; information systems; software reliability; software standards; standardisation; system recovery; feedback; feedforward; high information system availability; knowledge base; knowledge game; minimized recovery time; preemptive time; proactive problem prevention; reactive problem solving; standardization; Application software; Availability; Communication standards; Feedback; Feedforward systems; Information systems; Management information systems; Software design; Standardization; Standards organizations;
Conference_Titel :
Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology, 2001 2nd IEEE Conference
Conference_Location :
Boulder, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9817-3
DOI :
10.1109/SIIT.2001.968579
