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Analysis of Three IS and ISD Reference Frameworks

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The main results of an evaluatory comparison between the most remarkable existing reference frameworks for information systems and their development are presented in this chapter. The Framework of Reference (FoR), produced by HECTOR Project (Harmonized European Concepts and Tools for Organizational Information Systems), and the Framework for Understanding (FfU), produced by an IFIP WG 8.1 Task Group, address both ISs and ISDs. The Framework of Information Systems Concepts (FRISCO), produced by another IFIP WG 8.1’s Task Group, addresses only ISs. We analyzed and compared them on the basis of a profound definition of the concepts ISD methodology and metamethodology. Our comparison scheme is used to detect their strengths and weaknesses, but its interstructure can also be used in the same way as the frameworks themselves, that is, as a basis for comparing ISD methodologies (Avison and Fitzgerald, 1995, pp. 434–468). Our analysis reveals that these three reference frameworks model the IS field from different standpoints, and therefore it is not sensible to set them into any preference order.

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Savolainen, V. (1999). Analysis of Three IS and ISD Reference Frameworks. In: Perspectives of Information Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1464-9_2

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