Design-Reality Gaps in Open Source Information Systems Development: An Action Research

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dc.contributor.authorLungo, Juma H.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-31T07:16:48Z
dc.date.available2016-03-31T07:16:48Z
dc.date.issued2009-08-26
dc.descriptionfull text can be accessed at http://www.amazon.com/Design-Reality-Source-Information-Systems-Development/dp/3838308573en_US
dc.description.abstractThis book, Design-Reality Gaps in Open Source Information Systems Development, presents a theoretical and empirically informed analysis of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) development in the domain of health and education information systems in Tanzania. Historically, FOSS development has been driven by user-developer communities who are also the users of FOSS applications. Information Systems (IS) are characterised by distinctive users and developers communities as separate groups. The use of FOSS in IS domain has received limited attention in the FOSS literature. The FOSS development approach, as well as the justifications for using FOSS in the infrastructure domain where users are developers, are inherently problematic when applied in the IS domain in developing countries. There is an urgent need to identify alternative conceptualisations of the FOSS phenomenon suitable to the goals and context of information systems in developing countries. The book focuses on the analysing the interplay between the sociotechnical conditions of IS in developing countries and the FOSS development approach.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLungo, J. H. (2009). Design-Reality Gaps in Open Source Information Systems Development: An Action Research. ISBN-13: 978-3838308579, Lambert Academic Publishing.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-3838308579
dc.identifier.issn3838308573
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1392
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLambert Academic Publishing (LAP)en_US
dc.subjectInformation Systemsen_US
dc.subjectFree Open Source Softwareen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.titleDesign-Reality Gaps in Open Source Information Systems Development: An Action Researchen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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