Adoption of Software Engineering Process Innovations: The Case of Object Orientation
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Author(s)
Fichman, Robert
Kemerer, Chris
Date Issued
June 1, 1992
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Cambridge, Mass.: Center for Information Systems Research, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation
Fichman, Robert and Chris Kemerer. “Adoption of Software Engineering Process Innovations: The Case of Object Orientation.” Working paper 242, Center for Information Systems Research, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/175283.
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MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper 34343-92
CISR Working Paper 242
Abstract
Software development is critical to the effective use of Information Technology, but is currently poorly understood and managed. Numerous software engineering process innovations have been proposed to improve practice in this area, the latest of which is object-orientation (OO). How can information systems managers tell whether they should invest today in new software engineering process technologies such as OO? This paper proposes a general 2-dimensional framework based on diffusion of innovations theory and the economics of standards theory for guiding management decisions regarding software engineering innovations. This framework is shown to accurately predict the current fate of three previous innovations (fourth generation languages, relational databases, and structured methods). When applied to OO, this framework suggests that OO is not likely to be quickly adopted by most IS gruops -- a controversial position, given that the current press on this innovation has been overwhelmingly positive.
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