Deployment of systems development methodologies: perceptual congruence between IS managers and systems developers

  • Authors:
  • Magda Huisman;Juhani Iivari

  • Affiliations:
  • School for Computer Science, Statistics and Mathematics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa;Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Finland

  • Venue:
  • Information and Management
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

We studied the differences in perception between IS managers and developers about the deployment of systems development methodologies. The results indicated that IS managers were generally more positive about systems development methodologies than were developers. IS managers perceived methodology support for organizational alignment, and methodology impact on the productivity and quality of the development process to be significantly more important than did system developers, who, in turn, perceived methodology support for verification and validation significantly higher than did IS managers. These differences can be explained by the relevance and importance of the support to the task that the stakeholders perform.