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Research methodologies, innovations, and philosophies in software systems engineering and information systems

"This book aims to advance scientific knowledge on research approaches used in systems engineering, software engineering, and information systems and to update,integrate, disperse and valuable knowledge on research approaches"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Mora, Manuel, 1961-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
Subjects:
Software engineering.
System engineering.
Research > Methodology.
Information technology.
Critical realism
Formal ontologies
Interpretative information systems research
Organizational knowledge
Process theory
Relevance in information systems research
Semantic map
Software engineering research
Software process research
Structural equation modeling
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Philosophical framing and its impact on research / Eileen M. Trauth and Lee B. Erickson
  • 2. Rigor and relevance in information systems research: a comprehensive IS research process model / Damodar Konda
  • 3. Postmodernism, interpretivism, and formal ontologies / Jan H. Kroeze
  • 4. Critical realism and IS research: some methodological implications / Philip J. Dobson
  • 5. Practice vs. possession: epistemological implications on the nature of organizational knowledge and cognition / Lucio Biggiero
  • 6. Software engineering research: the need to strengthen and broaden the classical scientific method / Gonzalo Génova, Juan Llorens and Jorge Morato
  • 7. Process theory: components and guidelines for development / Martha García-Murillo and Ezgi Nur Gozen
  • 8. On IT and SwE research methodologies and paradigms: a systemic landscape review / Manuel Mora ... [et al.]
  • 9. Contemporary reporting practices regarding covariance-based SEM with a lens on EQS / Theresa M. Edgington and Peter M. Bentler
  • 10. Variance-based structural equation modeling: guidelines for using partial least squares in information systems research / José L. Roldán and Manuel J. Sánchez-Franco
  • 11. Models for interpretive information systems research, Part 1: IS research, action research, grounded theory - a meta-study and examples / M.R. (Ruth) De Villiers
  • 12. Models for interpretive information systems research, Part 2: design research, development research, design-science research, and design-based research - a meta-study and examples / M.R. (Ruth) De Villiers
  • 13. Using grounded theory coding mechanisms to analyze case study and focus group data in the context of software process research / Rory O'Connor
  • 14. A practical approach to theory structuring and analysis: a way to structure research and perform sub-problem solving in a changing IS landscape / T. Schwartzel and M. M. Eloff
  • 15. Integrating conceptual and empirical approaches for software engineering research / Annette Lerine Steenkamp and Theresa Kraft
  • 16. Visualization and analysis of frames in collections of messages: content analysis and the measurement of meaning / Esther Vlieger and Loet Leydesdorff
  • 17. System approach to MIS and DSS and its modeling within SD / Miroljub Kljajic ... [et al.]
  • 18. Project contexts and the possibilities for mixing software development and systems approaches / D. Petkov ... [et al.]
  • 19. Selecting strategies and approaches in systems engineering: applying the descriptive research method / Moti Frank
  • 20. Engineering design as research / Timothy L.J. Ferris
  • 21. Validation and design science research in information systems / Rafael A. Gonzalez and Henk G. Sol.

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