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Manual de gesti贸n del proyecto de investigaci贸n-acci贸n en sistemas de informaci贸n: etapa de planificaci贸n
The importance of Action Research in Information Systems Qualitative Research has been stated by several researchers. But also several problems had been reported. To address these problems, the Information Systems community has raised the need to have frameworks that allow to take advantage and to facilitate the use of Action Research as a more valid research method, while at the same time trying to overcome the lack of rigor of some of its applications. Project management (PM) was proposed in a first research report at LSI-99-54-R by the authors to address the reported problems in Information Systems Action Research (IS-AR). Without losing the interpretative nature of IS-AR, project management provides good and consolidated practices to help the researcher to avoid, diminish and/or solve IS-AR problems. Thus, the goal with this approach is to improve the use of IS-AR through consolidated PM practices. The results related for this goal are a maturity model for IS-AR and a user's guide of IS-AR both under the project management approach. The user's guide for IS-AR is a compendium of five manuals for IS-AR project management. Each one of these manuals includes practices for each one of the five stages of IS-AR project management: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control and Closing. This document is the manual for the Planning phase of the IS-AR project management.Preprin
Investigaci贸n cualitativa en sistemas de informaci贸n: problemas cualitativos y construcci贸n social de sistemas de informaci贸n mediante teor铆a fundamentada en datos
Entering Information Systems Qualitative Research requires having
clarity in several aspects, some characteristic of Qualitative Research
in general and others characteristic to specific Qualitative Research in
Information Systems. This work is related with this last, trying to
characterise the problems of Information Systems susceptible of
qualitative treatment. Applying the procedures of the grounded theory
method open coding, axial coding and selective coding, such problems and
their qualities emerge, as well as a theory/model of social construction
of information systems. The contribution of the study is to give clarity
regarding two topics: the qualitative domain of Information Systems and,
the use of grounded theoryLa Investigaci贸n Cualitativa en Sistemas de Informaci贸n requiere tener claridad en varios
aspectos, algunos caracter铆sticos de la Investigaci贸n Cualitativa y otros caracter铆sticos de la
Investigaci贸n Cualitativa dentro de Sistemas de Informaci贸n. Este trabajo tiene que ver con esto
煤ltimo, intentando caracterizar los problemas de Sistemas de Informaci贸n susceptibles de
tratamiento cualitativo. Aplicando los procedimientos del m茅todo grounded theory: open coding,
axial coding y selective coding, tales problemas y sus cualidades emergen, plante谩ndose,
adem谩s, una construcci贸n social de sistemas de informaci贸n. La contribuci贸n del estudio es dar
claridad respecto de dos temas: el dominio cualitativo de Sistemas de Informaci贸n y, la
utilizaci贸n de grounded theory.Postprint (published version
Investigaci贸n cualitativa en sistemas de informaci贸n: contexto y contenido
This work presents the context and the contents of the
Qualitative Research in Information Systems. The context is obtained
and presented analyzing four perspectives that allow to locate
interest areas in the study of Information Systems and their
relationships with people. The perspectives are: historical,
etymological, one of projects, and organizational. With these
perspectives contents within Qualitative Research in Information
Systems are described, as well as their domain and some guiding open
questions.Postprint (published version
Investigaci贸n cualitativa en sistemas de informaci贸n: elementos introductorios y reflexiones disciplinarias
During the last years the community of Information Systems researchers has been using the Qualitative Research to study
several problems of information systems. However, the lack of Information Systems Qualitative Research literature difficulties
the initial entrance and comprehension by Information Systems novel researchers. In this sense, this paper presents and
analyses Qualitative Research and the sense that it acquires as well as its consequences on Information Systems. Several
reflections have been obtained from this work. The contribution of the study is to offer a window to Qualitative Research and
that helps to understand it in the context of the Information Systems discipline.Durante los 煤ltimos a帽os la comunidad de investigadores en Sistemas de Informaci贸n ha estado
empleando la Investigaci贸n Cualitativa para estudiar diversos problemas de sistemas de
informaci贸n. Sin embargo, la falta de literatura adecuada sobre Investigaci贸n Cualitativa en
Sistemas de Informaci贸n dificulta su comprensi贸n para investigadores noveles de Sistemas de
Informaci贸n. En este sentido, este trabajo analiza el significado de la Investigaci贸n Cualitativa y,
el sentido que adquiere y sus consecuencias en Sistemas de Informaci贸n. El resultado del trabajo
previo ha conducido a un conjunto de reflexiones. La contribuci贸n del estudio es ofrecer una
ventana hacia la Investigaci贸n Cualitativa que permita comprenderla en la disciplina de Sistemas
de Informaci贸n.Postprint (published version
Resoluci贸n te贸rica y retrospectiva de las debilidades de Investigaci贸n-Acci贸n en Sistemas de Informaci贸n empleando procesos de gesti贸n de proyectos
The authors have outlined that the improvement in the use of
Investigaci贸n-Acci贸n in Information Systems can be approached by means of a
systematized and formal vision based on project management. This vision
implies to revise and specialize the diverse project management processes to
the specific case of Investigaci贸n-Acci贸n projects for Information Systems.
This work shows the weaknesses of Investigaci贸n-Acci贸n, how project management
could be used towards their treatment and elimination and, finally, in what
way the specialized project management processes may help to solve them.Preprin
Information systems action research weaknesses addressed with project management
Action research is a qualitative research method with several weaknesses
when it is used in Information Systems.
In order to improve action research in Information Systems, in this
paper we address these weaknesses with
consolidated results from the project management discipline. We
illustrate this proposal along two main aspects:
on one side, with a retrospective analysis of a set of problems reported
in a published case; and, on other side,
by discussing the relationship of our proposal with the
interdisciplinary work involved in an Information Systems
action research project
Information systems action research weaknesses addressed with project management
Action research is a qualitative research method with several weaknesses
when it is used in Information Systems.
In order to improve action research in Information Systems, in this
paper we address these weaknesses with
consolidated results from the project management discipline. We
illustrate this proposal along two main aspects:
on one side, with a retrospective analysis of a set of problems reported
in a published case; and, on other side,
by discussing the relationship of our proposal with the
interdisciplinary work involved in an Information Systems
action research project
Resoluci贸n te贸rica y retrospectiva de las debilidades de Investigaci贸n-Acci贸n en Sistemas de Informaci贸n empleando procesos de gesti贸n de proyectos
The authors have outlined that the improvement in the use of
Investigaci贸n-Acci贸n in Information Systems can be approached by means of a
systematized and formal vision based on project management. This vision
implies to revise and specialize the diverse project management processes to
the specific case of Investigaci贸n-Acci贸n projects for Information Systems.
This work shows the weaknesses of Investigaci贸n-Acci贸n, how project management
could be used towards their treatment and elimination and, finally, in what
way the specialized project management processes may help to solve them
Investigaci贸n cualitativa en sistemas de informaci贸n: modo de an谩lisis de datos
Qualitative Research in Information Systems include a set of work research classified in categories. One of these categories,
and distinctive of Qualitative Research in Information Systems corresponds to Mode of Analysis. This category requires from
the researcher a deep epistemologic change. This work considers both the meaning of starting the use of the mode and, as well
as the characteristics of the components of this category, all under an Information Systems approach.La Investigaci贸 Qualitativa en Sistemes d'Informaci贸 compr茅n una serie d'instruments de recerca classificats en categories. Una d'aquestes categories, especialment diferenciada per la Investigaci贸 Qualitativa en Sistemes d'Informaci贸, correspon a la anomenada Mode d'Analisis de Dades. Aquesta categoria requereix del recercaire un significatiu canvi epistemol貌ogic. Aquest treball considera tant el canvi implicat en l'investigador quan utilitza el mode d'an脿lisi com les caracteristiques dels seus components.La Investigaci贸n Cualitativa en Sistemas de Informaci贸n comprende una serie de instrumentos de investigaci贸n clasificados en categor铆as. Una de esas categor铆as, especialmente diferenciada para la Investigaci贸n Cualitativa en Sistemas de Informaci贸n, corresponde a la llamada Modo de An谩lisis de Datos. Esta categor铆a que requiere del investigador un profundo cambio epistemol贸gico. Este trabajo considera tanto el cambio implicado en el investigador al usar el modo de an谩lisis como las caracter铆sticas de sus componentes, todo bajo el enfoque de Sistemas de Informaci贸n
A Maturity model for IS action research project management
The importance of Action Research in Information Systems Qualitative
Research has been stated by several researchers. But also several
problems had been reported. To address these problems, the Information
Systems community has raised the need to have frameworks that allow to
take advantage and to facilitate the use of Action Research as a more
valid research method, while at the same time trying to overcome the
lack of rigor of some of its applications.
Project management (PM) was proposed in a first research report at
LSI-99-54-R by the
authors to address the reported problems in Information Systems Action
Research (IS-AR). Without losing the interpretative nature of IS-AR,
project management provides good and consolidated practices to help the
researcher to avoid diminish and/or solve IS-AR problems.
Thus, the goal with this approach is to improve the use of IS-AR through
consolidated PM practices. The results related for this goal are a
maturity model for IS-AR and a user's guide of IS-AR both under the
project management approach.
In this sense, this document shows such maturity model and the process
followed to obtain it. We relate the proficiency levels for Action
Research with the competence levels of the project management maturity
models. Thus we obtain five IS-AR maturity levels: novice, basic,
organized, managed and adaptive. Next, we leverage IS-AR practices with
the IS-AR maturity levels. In this last step, we use Bloom's taxonomy
and Ramirez et al. educational congruence model