| Authors: Truex, D., Baskerville, R., and Travis, J. Date: 2000 Title: “Amethodical Systems Development: The Deferred Meaning of Systems Development Methods” Journal: Accounting, Management and Information Technology, 10 Pages: 53 - 79 |
| amethodical systems development, methodical systems development, information systems development, emergent grammar, emergent organization, postmodern |
| This paper contributes a deeper understanding of the concept of methodical information systems development. The method concept is an assumption underlying much of the research into systems analysis, design and implementation. A postmodern deconstruction technique is used to discover an deferred concept: amethodical systems development. The methodical and amethodical views are developed in terms of their assumptions and their ideal characteristics. Our understanding of these two opposing views of systems development is important as a means to refocus our aims in research, practice and education in information systems development. |