Agile information systems : conceptualization, construction, and management / edited by Kevin C. Desouza.

Other author Desouza, Kevin C., 1979-
Format Book
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, ©2007.
Descriptionxxix, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Contents Strategizing for agility : confronting information systems inflexibility in dynamic environments / Robert D. Galliers -- Agile information systems for agile decision making / William B. Rouse -- The logic of knowledge : KM principles support agile systems / William E. Halal -- Producing and consuming agility / Anders Mårtensson -- Business agility : need, readiness and alignment with IT strategies / Marcel van Oosterhout ... [et al.] -- Achieving economic returns from IS support for strategic flexibility : the roles of firm-specific, complementary organizational culture and structure / Michael J. Zhang -- Balancing stability and flexibility : the case of the California Energy Commission / Miguel Gabriel Custodio, Alan Thorogood, and Philip Yetton -- Enabling strategic agility through agile information systems : the roles of loose coupling and web services oriented architecture / John G. Mooney and Dale Ganley -- Agile information systems as a double dream / Silvia Gherardi and Andrea Silli -- Degrees of agility : implications for information systems design and firm strategy / Tsz-Wai Lui and Gabriele Piccoli -- Integration management for heterogeneous information systems / Joachim Schelp and Robert Winter -- Investigating the role of information systems in contributing to the agility of modern supply chains / Adrian E. Coronado M. and Andrew C. Lyons -- Clumsy information systems : a critical review of enterprise systems / Sue Newell, Erica L. Wagner, and Gary David -- Enterprise information systems and the preservation of agility / Anthony Wensley and Eveline van Stijn -- Interpretative flexibility and hosted ERP systems / Sarah Cadili and Edgar A. Whitley -- Agile drivers, capabilities and value : an over-arching assessment framework for systems development / Kieran Conboy and Brian Fitzgerald -- Vigilant information systems : the western digital experience / Robert J. Houghton ... [et al.] -- Coors brewing point of sale application suite : an agile development project / Jack Buffington and Donald J. McCubbrey -- Organizational agility with mobile ICT? The case of London Black Cab work / Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood and Carsten Sørenson -- Co-evolution and co-design of agile organizations and information systems through agent-based modeling / Mark E. Nissen and Yan Jin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006040569
ISBN0750682353 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780750682350 (alk. paper)