ENABLING OR DISABLING WITH OLD SPECIFICATIONS - A New Information System Based on Old Specifications

Raija Halonen

2006

Abstract

This research concentrates on the development of an information system that was based on previously made specifications. We study the influence of before-made specifications and discuss the difficulties in adopting them. In our case we had several universities involved in the development project and the aim was to implement a joint information system to be used by student affairs officials and students in universities. Implementing information systems by several organisations is highly dependent on collaboration between the organisations. We discuss how the collaboration was managed in our case and show what the role of previous specifications was. We conclude that despite the specifications, the information system was finalised.

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Halonen R. (2006). ENABLING OR DISABLING WITH OLD SPECIFICATIONS - A New Information System Based on Old Specifications . In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-43-6, pages 483-488. DOI: 10.5220/0002491404830488


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@conference{iceis06,
author={Raija Halonen},
title={ENABLING OR DISABLING WITH OLD SPECIFICATIONS - A New Information System Based on Old Specifications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2006},
pages={483-488},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002491404830488},
isbn={978-972-8865-43-6},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - ENABLING OR DISABLING WITH OLD SPECIFICATIONS - A New Information System Based on Old Specifications
SN - 978-972-8865-43-6
AU - Halonen R.
PY - 2006
SP - 483
EP - 488
DO - 10.5220/0002491404830488