Determinants of the Relative Advantage of a Structured SDM During the Adoption Stage of Implementation

  • Authors:

  • Gary F. Templeton;Terry Anthony Byrd

  • Affiliations:

  • Mississippi State University, Management and Information Systems Department, P.O. Box 9581, MS 39762, USA gtempleton@cobilan.msstate.edu;Auburn University, Department of Management, College of Business, Auburn, AL 36849, USA tbyrd@business.auburn.edu

  • Venue:
  • Information Technology and Management
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This research investigates a new theoretical model for examining the relationships between user perceptions during innovation adoption. We have taken several innovation-related variables and constructed a framework for assessing the ability of a technology to improve worker performance. Prior research has not addressed the appropriate relationship between innovation adoption-related variables as applied to information systems development methodologies (SDM). This study attempts to use innovation-related variables created by Moore and Benbasat (Information Systems Research 2(3) (1991) 192–222) and Davis (MIS Quarterly 13(3) (1989) 319–340) to propose a framework useful by project managers in designing innovations that will successfully support the efforts of technology users. A framework is proposed, tested, and modified in the context of using an SDM to govern large systems development operation. Forty-seven users within a military software development organization were surveyed about their perceptions of a recently implemented structured SDM. A proposed model of innovation adoption perceptions was tested using correlation and partial least squares regression. Findings suggest a model for predicting the perceived relative advantage of SDMs in the adoption stage of their implementation which is useful in designing techniques in the IS development organizational function.