Information management during systems development: a model for improvement in productivity

摘要

Proper information management is crucial to ensure productivity during the development of Information Systems (IS). One factor that has greatly impacted productivity is IS environmental volatility; this can be defined as the rapid rate of change in environments where IS are employed. This problem is compounded by the fact that environmental change is accelerating, as global enterprises become increasingly complex and dynamic in nature. Increasing IS environmental volatility leads to increasing user uncertainty concerning IS needs; this can have a very detrimental effect on the productive development of IS. Current IS development models, such as the Waterfall, Prototyping, and Evolutionary models, are not designed to accommodate these factors. Hence, a new model is necessary to ensure productive IS development. In this article, the author will discuss an inadequacy of current models, and propose a model to effect greater productivity in the development of IS.