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The need for an interdisciplinary approach to the development and evolution of IT systems is now being recognised within the software engineering and information systems communities. This recognition helped to stimulate the formation of the Software Engineering and Information Systems Network (SEISN). The network holds regular meetings in order to facilitate collaboration between academics and industrialists as well as to facilitate collaboration between academics in the two disciplines. The first SEISN workshop, held in London on 15 March 1999, brought together researchers and practitioners from both fields, stimulating some lively discussions and highlighting areas for future research. This chapter reports on the work done by the workshop’s four Working Groups.
R. Harrison and M. Wells were affiliated with the University of Southampton at the time this workshop was held.
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Harrison, R., Wells, M., Brereton, P., Dunning-Lewis, P., Fitzgerald, G., Targett, D. (2000). Delivering Business Performance: Opportunities and Challenges for IT. In: Henderson, P. (eds) Systems Engineering for Business Process Change. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0457-5_23
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