Computer systems development : history, organization and implementation / Andrew L. Friedman with Dominic S. Cornford.
By: Friedman, Andrew L
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Contributor(s): Cornford, Dominic S.
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BookSeries: John Wiley information systems series.Publisher: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1989Description: xvii, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0471923990 ; 0471931853.Subject(s): Electronic data processing | Computer software -- DevelopmentDDC classification: 004 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00152046 |
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This book outlines the entire history of computer systems development. Based on surveys from Europe, Japan, Australia, and the United States, it emphasizes the rising concern with user relations as a major shift in systems development.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-403).
Approaching the history of computer systems development -- Building a model of the phases of computerization growth -- Phase one: hardware constraints -- Phase two: software problems dominate -- Phase two: strategies for dealing with the software bottleneck -- Successful systems development, the system life cycle and identifying users -- The literature on user relations problem -- Agents of change: generating user relations problems -- Early reactions to users relations problems -- Phase three strategies for dealing with user relations problems -- The information systems function in phase three -- The future: whither computer systems developers? -- Conclusions and generalizations.