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Information Systems, Software Engineering, and Systems Thinking

2008; IGI Global; Volume: 1; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4018/jitsa.2008010105

1935-5718

Doncho Petkov, Denis Edgar-Nevill, Raymond Madachy, Rory V. O’Connor,

Big Data and Business Intelligence

This article traces past research on the application of the systems approach to information systems development within the disciplines of information systems and software engineering. Their origins historically are related to a number of areas, including general systems theory. While potential improvement of software development practices is linked by some leading experts to the application of more systemic methods, the current state of the practice in software engineering and information systems development shows this is some way from being achieved. The authors propose possible directions for future research and practical work on bringing together both fields with systems thinking.