Ebook: Diffusing Software Product and Process Innovations: IFIP TC8 WG8.6 Fourth Working Conference on Diffusing Software Product and Process Innovations April 7–10, 2001, Banff, Canada

Diffusing Software Product and Process Innovations addresses the problems and issues surrounding successful diffusion of innovations in software. Everett Rogers' classic text, Diffusion of Innovations, provides a valuable framework for evaluating and applying technology transfer methods. In today's new economy, the most important innovations may well be new software products and processes.
Topics covered in this valuable new book include:

• Implementation and coordination issues;
• New interpretations of diffusion theory;
• Diffusion of software processes;
• Contextual factors;
• Communication of information;
• Experience reports.

This volume contains the edited proceedings of the Fourth Working Conference on Diffusing Software Product and Process Innovations, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 8.6, and held in Banff, Canada in April 2001. It reflects the latest experiences of practitioners and theories of academics in this fast-changing field.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Telling an Innovation Story....Pages 1-4
A Web Innovations on Software Process-Center for Diffusing Techniques....Pages 5-16
Diffusion and Adoption of IT Products and Processes in a Danish Bank....Pages 17-34
The Phenomenon of Diffusion....Pages 35-50
A Perspective of the Innovation-Diffusion Process from the Self-Organizing System....Pages 51-65
The Illusion of Diffusion in Information Systems Research....Pages 67-85
Understanding and Changing Software Organizations....Pages 87-109
Diagnosing Diffusion Practices Within a Software Organization....Pages 111-129
The Diffusion of Components....Pages 131-145
Across the Divide: Two Organisations Form a Virtual Team and Codevelop a Product....Pages 147-172
What’s Wrong with the Diffusion of Innovation Theory?....Pages 173-190
Influences of Sources of Communication on Adoption of a Communication Technology....Pages 191-204
Knowledge Creation in Improving a Software Organisation....Pages 205-223
How To Live With Software Problems....Pages 225-239
Introducing Concurrent Functional Programming in the Telecommunications Industry....Pages 241-255
Change and Adaptive Behavior in Organizations....Pages 257-275
In Search of an Efficient EDIcebreaker....Pages 277-291
Process Definition in Web-Time....Pages 293-305

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Telling an Innovation Story....Pages 1-4
A Web Innovations on Software Process-Center for Diffusing Techniques....Pages 5-16
Diffusion and Adoption of IT Products and Processes in a Danish Bank....Pages 17-34
The Phenomenon of Diffusion....Pages 35-50
A Perspective of the Innovation-Diffusion Process from the Self-Organizing System....Pages 51-65
The Illusion of Diffusion in Information Systems Research....Pages 67-85
Understanding and Changing Software Organizations....Pages 87-109
Diagnosing Diffusion Practices Within a Software Organization....Pages 111-129
The Diffusion of Components....Pages 131-145
Across the Divide: Two Organisations Form a Virtual Team and Codevelop a Product....Pages 147-172
What’s Wrong with the Diffusion of Innovation Theory?....Pages 173-190
Influences of Sources of Communication on Adoption of a Communication Technology....Pages 191-204
Knowledge Creation in Improving a Software Organisation....Pages 205-223
How To Live With Software Problems....Pages 225-239
Introducing Concurrent Functional Programming in the Telecommunications Industry....Pages 241-255
Change and Adaptive Behavior in Organizations....Pages 257-275
In Search of an Efficient EDIcebreaker....Pages 277-291
Process Definition in Web-Time....Pages 293-305
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