Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451524

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451524

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A Methodology for Designing Information Systems based on Situational Theories of Agency. Information systems (IS) are part of work systems that are goal-directed. Existing methodologies for designing IS implicitly assume that goal-directed behaviour is enabled by deliberation upon abstract models (the 'thinker' metaphor). Recent work in robotics and artificial intelligence has tested an alternative theory of goal-directed behaviour that emphasises reactive responses to situations (the 'routine' metaphor). We will refine and test a new IS design methodology based on this situational theory and show that it can produce effective IS designs, applicable to time-constrained routine operational domains, which are radically different from those produced using existing methodologies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-10-2003

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $225,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Information Systems | Information Systems Development Methodologies | Systems Theory | Conceptual Modelling |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Computer software and services not elsewhere classified | Management

Other Keywords

Computer software and services not elsewhere classified | Conceptual Modelling | Information Systems | Information Systems Development Methodologies | Management | Systems Theory

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