Agile Information Systems

Name: Agile Information Systems
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ISBN: 9780750682350

ISBN-10: 0750682353

ISBN-13: 9780750682350

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kevin Desouza

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This book presents cutting-edge research and thinking on agile information systems. The concept of agile information systems has gained strength over the last 3 years, coming into the MIS world from manufacturing, where agile manufacturing systems has been an important concept for several years now. The idea of agility is powerful: with competition so fierce today and the speed of business so fast, a company??'s ability to move with their customers and support constant changing business needs is more important than ever. Agile information systems: ???have the ability to add, remove, modify, or extend functionalities with minimal penalties in terms of time, cost, and effort ???have the…

Book details

List price: $76.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/22/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 322
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


About the Editor


About the Contributors



Strategizing for agility: Confronting information systems inflexibility in dynamic environments




Agile information systems for agile decision making




The logic of knowledge: KM principles support agile systems




Producing and consuming agility




Business agility: Need, readiness and alignment with IT-strategies




Achieving economic returns from IS support for strategic flexibility: The roles of firm-specific, complementary organizational culture and structure




Balancing stability and flexibility: The case of the California Energy Commission




Enabling strategic agility through agile information systems: The roles of loose coupling and web services oriented architecture




Agile information systems as a double dream




Degrees of agility: Implications for information systems design and firm strategy




Integration management for heterogeneous Information Systems




Investigating the role of information systems in contributing to the agility of modern supply chains




Clumsy Information Systems: A critical review of Enterprise Systems




Enterprise information systems and the preservation of agility




Interpretative flexibility and hosted ERP systems




Agile drivers, capabilities and value: An over-arching assessment framework for systems development




Vigilant information systems: The Western digital experience




Coors Brewing point of sale application suite: An agile development project




Organizational agility with mobile ICT? The case of London Black Cab Work




Co-evolution and Co-design of agile organizations and information systems through agent-based modeling