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Which Life Cycle -- Work System, Information System, Or Software?, Steven Alter
Which Life Cycle -- Work System, Information System, Or Software?, Steven Alter
Business Analytics and Information Systems
This article presents the work system life cycle (WSLC) model, according to which a work system, an information system, or a software product passes through one or more iterations of four phases: initiation, development, implementation, and operation and maintenance. Although this descriptive model is both clear enough to understand readily and specific eno ugh to apply easily, it encompasses a variety of other models commonly used to describe information system life cycles, organizational change processes, projects, and the life cycles of software products. The explicit inclusion of both an operation and maintenance phase and iterations allows it to cover both …
Are The Fundamental Concepts Of Information Systems Mostly About Work Systems?, Steven Alter
Are The Fundamental Concepts Of Information Systems Mostly About Work Systems?, Steven Alter
Business Analytics and Information Systems
Audience comments about a debate at ICIS200 [Alter et al., 2001] related to ebusiness and the fundamental concepts of information systems noted that the debate was undercut by the lack of agreement about what are the fundamental concepts. As a follow-on to that debate, this article proposes a set of fundamental concepts for information systems. While there is no bullet-proof way to prove that a particular set of concepts captures what is truly fundamental within a diverse and rapidly evolving field, the attempt to identify these concepts challenges the reader to ask “If this isn’t the way to identify fundamental …