IS development activities and methodologies in practice: A survey of the IT sector in China

Author

Yan, B. ; Benslimane, Y. ; Yang, Z.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China

fYear

2009

fDate

8-11 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

598

Lastpage

602

Abstract

This paper focuses on activities and methodologies for information systems (IS) development projects in China. It examines key issues affecting IS development activities and investigates possible differences in practices and experiences that may result from the adoption of formal development methodologies. A survey of 73 senior information technology (IT) professionals helped identify the lack of rigorous testing, the shortage of programming skills and the problematic elicitation of system requirements as the top three issues facing IS development projects. Findings show also that formal development methodologies can affect the percentage of time allocated to each IS development activity and can improve the level of success of such projects. The implications for research and practice are discussed.

Keywords

information systems; project management; China; IS development activity; formal development methodologies; information system development project; senior information technology professional; Computer science; Control systems; Functional programming; Information analysis; Information systems; Information technology; Monitoring; Programming profession; System testing; Technology planning; IS development activities; IS development projects; Methodologies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2009. IEEM 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4869-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4870-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2009.5373264

Filename

5373264