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This paper presents a unique perspective of the software development process and its impact on the relationships between the information systems (IS) personnel and the business users. It investigates the key determinants of enhanced cooperation between the information systems (IS) department and the business user departments. It suggests methods by which the software development process can be re-engineered in order to enhance these relationships. The use of component-based systems development will result in a shift of a significant part of the software development effort for non-mission-critical applications from the IS department of the organization to the business user departments. This will result in personnel from different departments working together as a team and will facilitate a dramatic cycle time reduction in application delivery. They will deliver more efficient information systems in a shorter time frame to the business users. These benefits will be realized by using component assembly, through which business users will be able to assemble desktop applications by integrating software components.
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Pereira, R.E. (1997). Organizational Impact of Component-Based Systems Development. In: Wojtkowski, W.G., Wojtkowski, W., Wrycza, S., Zupančič, J. (eds) Systems Development Methods for the Next Century. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5915-3_21
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