Requirements on IT business value measures for mobile-integrated business processes

Investments in information technology (IT) do not always result in the expected tangible payoffs, and the factors which influence the effect of IT investments on organizational performance are not well understood. Stock market reaction is one approach to appraising IT investments. In this paper we propose a conceptual model describing the factors that impact IT investments based on market reaction findings of major event studies on IT implementation announcements. This preliminary model may serve as a starting point to better understand the complex issue of stock movements related to IT investments

Integration of the COBIT 5 Framework into the SDLC for Development of a User Access Attestation System

As organizations face increasing legal and regulatory oversight due to legislation such as SOX and HIPPA, controls for information technology (IT) have become a critical focus. Thus, it is essential that those charged with IT governance pay particular attention to which users may initiate, authorize, process, store, and report transactions. Periodic user access attestations, authorizing appropriate employee use of IT artifacts, are a means of ensuring that proper controls are maintained. Cost-efficient applications to support managing appropriate IT user access are needed to ensure regulatory compliance. This research maps the COBIT 5 framework to the systems development lifecycle (SDLC) to develop a user access attestation system using widely available in-house tools

Issues with Incorporating Regulatory Compliance into Agile Development: A Critical Analysis

Agile development methodology is widely used for software development in organizations. Incorporating regulatory compliance aspects in development process is important. This paper discusses various issues in considering compliance aspects into development process. An analysis of different aspects of compliance related issues is presented

Expanding the Knowledge Base for More Effective Data Mining

Traditionally, data mining, as part of the knowledge discovery process, relies solely on the information contained in the database to generate patterns. Recently, there has been some recognition in the field that expanding the knowledge passed to the pattern generation phase by including other domain knowledge, may have beneficial effects of the interestingness and actionability of the resulting patterns. In this paper, we present a new knowledge discovery method that uses additional decision rules and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to conceptualize and structure the domain, thus capturing a broader notion of domain knowledge upon which data mining can be applied. Based on design science guidelines, we design, develop and implement our method within the domain of a brain trauma intensive care unit

Spillover Effect of Telecom Investments on Technological Advancement and Efficiency Improvement in Transition Economies

This study, conducted in the context of 18 transition economies (TEs), investigates the macroeconomic spillover effect of investments in telecoms on technological advancement and growth in efficiency. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to construct the Malmquist index (MI) for the growth in productivity, which is then decomposed into two components, change in efficiency (EC) and change in technology (TC). Results from structural equation modeling (SEM) indicate that while all 18 TEs exhibit relationships between investments in telecoms and the TC component, only a subset of the TEs shows a relationship between telecom investments and the EC component

A New Look at the Relationship between User Involvement in Systems Development and System Success

The relationship of user involvement to successful systems development has been the focus of much attention for information systems researchers for some time. Common understanding has been that extensive user involvement is not only important, but absolutely essential to system success. However, earlier studies trying to link user involvement to system success have shown mixed results. In this paper we review 28 empirical research studies that investigate the significance of user involvement. From our results we conclude that user involvement in the systems development process is indeed important to system success. We further identify several key points pertinent to making user involvement effective

A Framework for Describing and Classifying Multicriteria Portfolio Selection Problems: An Object-Oriented Approach

Many decisions require not a single solution alternative, but a set or portfolio of alternatives. For example, a business generally produces not a single product, but a portfolio of products, and a project is tackled not by a single individual, but by a team of individuals. Unfortunately, the portfolio selection problem has been largely neglected in the literature. Though many specific problem environments have been discussed using heuristic, ad hoc methods, no general methodology or theory has been developed. This paper proposes an object-oriented framework to provide a theoretical foundation for future research on the portfolio selection problem

Does User Participation Lead to System Success?

The effect of user participation on successful systems development has been the focus of much attention for information systems researchers for some time. Common understanding has been that extensive user participation is not only important, but absolutely essential to system success. However, earlier studies trying to link user participation to system success have shown mixed results. In this paper, we analyze fourteen more recently published, empirical research studies that investigate the significance of user participation. From our results we conclude that user participation in the systems development process is indeed critical to system success. Common themes are identified

User Participation and Technology Acceptance: Towards Ex-Ante Acceptance Predictions

The current work is positioned at the point where technology acceptance research and user participation in informationsystems development research intersect. More specifically, this paper purports to achieve three objectives: (a) explain howtechnology acceptance determinants can be elicited from users during their participation in the ISD activities, (b) investigatethe influence of user participation on these determinants, and (c) investigate if the elicitation of these determinants at earlystages of the ISD is predictive of post-implementation usage behavior. To this end, the research recommends adding newcategories to the traditional system development stages so as to elicit acceptance determinants. Ten hypotheses are advancedto investigate the ex-ante predictability of acceptance determinants and how user participation impacts them. The proposedmodel, through its robust theoretical foundation, holds the promise of predicting systems acceptance/rejection at early stagesof the development process thereby increasing the likelihood of successful systems development