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Facets Of Work: Enriching The Description, Analysis, Design, And Evaluation Of Systems In Organizations, Steven Alter
Facets Of Work: Enriching The Description, Analysis, Design, And Evaluation Of Systems In Organizations, Steven Alter
Business Analytics and Information Systems
This conceptual contribution introduces the idea of “facets of work” and explains how it can be applied to challenges in today’s IS discipline. The notion of facets of work emerged from earlier attempts to bring more knowledge and richer, more evocative ideas to SA&D. Focusing on facets of work during initial discussions of requirements could provide guidance without jumping prematurely to details, precision, and formal notation needed for producing testable software. The introduction explains the paper’s goal and organization. The next section defines facet of work, identifies underlying assumptions and criteria, and explains how 18 facets of work were identified. …