Call for Papers

Conference Objective and Scope

Information systems development (ISD) continues to be an issue of central significance and concern in the IS field. Despite the abundance of research, the area remains problematic, particularly in that the solutions most frequently proposed are technical ones which fail to fully address organisational and social concerns. Furthermore, the development environment is changing rapidly and fundamentally, yet academic treatment of ISD and ISD methods does not fully reflect this change. This working conference will focus on the broad area of information systems development and information systems development methods. In particular, papers, panels and tutorials are invited which discuss current and future perspectives of ISD and their potential organisational and social implications. Also, given that practice has often preceded theory in the IS arena, there is a need to expand our field of view to include ‘tales from the trenches’. Thus, of particular interest are papers strongly related to practice, either written solely by practising IS developers, or in collaboration with academic researchers. 

Conference Topics

This is a suggested, but not exclusive, list of relevant topic areas.

• New paradigms for information system development
• Social and organisational impacts on the system development process
• The impact of system development processes on organisations and society
• ISD methods—empowerment or enslavement?
• Ethical issues in ISD
• The Open Source development model
• ISD in an E-Commerce context: Web applications, inter-organisational systems, global information systems
• ISD in a knowledge management context: knowledge discovery, data mining
• The role of ISD methods now and in the future 
• ISD methods in organisations-adaptation and customisation strategies
• ISD issues in an application package and ERP context
• Lessons learned-descriptions/case studies of successes, failures, etc.

Venue

Boise is located in the Treasure Valley in southwest Idaho, where the desert meets the Rocky Mountains. The location provides access to a diverse set of activities ranging from white-water rafting to wine-tasting. To learn more about the Boise area, visit: 

• www.rmi-realamerica.com
• www.visitid.org 
• www.boise.org