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The System Life Cycle: Inflexibility in an Ever-Changing Environment

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This chapter examines the way that Systems are presently developed within organisations. It questions the methodologies used over the past 25 years and asks whether a more flexible approach in the next 10 years will lead to more effective Systems Development.

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  1. Advanced Manufacturing and Business Information Systems Research Group Faculty of Business and Professional Studies, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    S. Maguire & R. Hammond

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  1. University of Hull, Hull, UK

    Robert L. Flood , Michael C. Jackson  & Paul Keys ,  & 

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Maguire, S., Hammond, R. (1989). The System Life Cycle: Inflexibility in an Ever-Changing Environment. In: Flood, R.L., Jackson, M.C., Keys, P. (eds) Systems Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0845-4_42

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