Large-scale sustainable information systems development in a developing country: the making of an Islamic banking package

IF 0.7 Q4 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
A. Okunoye
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Abstract

Information technology (IT) transfer to developing countries is often affected by various problems. Most available application packages are too expensive and were originally designed to work in a developed economy. The international features of the application packages reduced the problems associated with long duration and huge cost of customization. Nevertheless, there are still some processes that require many peculiar requirements that customization of the off-the-shelf applications cannot meet. With the rapid changes in IT and the business environment, it is becoming essential to rely on information system that can be sustained and upgraded without much cost in order to meet those changes. This case describes a project for the development of such a system.We present the background of the IT company and an Islamic bank as the customer. We highlight the circumstances that led to their decision to develop the systems locally. We discuss the facts that surround the development of the system: the outsourcing decision made by the African Arab Islamic Bank (AFAIB), the project management and systems development at Technology Associates Ltd. (TA), and other information system issues related to developing countries and their effect on the project's success.
发展中国家大规模可持续信息系统的发展:伊斯兰银行一揽子计划的制定
信息技术向发展中国家的转移经常受到各种问题的影响。大多数可用的应用程序包都过于昂贵,而且最初的设计是为了在发达经济体中工作。应用程序包的国际特性减少了与长时间和巨大的定制成本相关的问题。然而,仍然有一些流程需要许多特殊的需求,这些需求是现有应用程序的定制无法满足的。随着资讯科技和商业环境的快速变化,资讯系统必须能够维持和升级,而不需要太多的成本,以应付这些变化。这个案例描述了一个开发这样一个系统的项目。我们以IT公司为背景,以伊斯兰银行为客户。我们强调了导致他们决定在当地开发这些系统的情况。我们讨论了围绕系统开发的事实:由非洲阿拉伯伊斯兰银行(AFAIB)做出的外包决策,技术联合有限公司(TA)的项目管理和系统开发,以及与发展中国家相关的其他信息系统问题及其对项目成功的影响。
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Journal of Cases on Information Technology
Journal of Cases on Information Technology COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-
CiteScore
2.60
自引率
0.00%
发文量
64
期刊介绍: JCIT documents comprehensive, real-life cases based on individual, organizational and societal experiences related to the utilization and management of information technology. Cases published in JCIT deal with a wide variety of organizations such as businesses, government organizations, educational institutions, libraries, non-profit organizations. Additionally, cases published in JCIT report not only successful utilization of IT applications, but also failures and mismanagement of IT resources and applications.
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