{"title":"Bilingual/multi-lingual business software: the spreadsheet","authors":"R. Barbour, A. Yeo","doi":"10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555270","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of providing software across national and cultural boundaries is considered. Internationalisation, localisation and globalisation are three descriptors for recent information technology developments in this field. Current practice and advice for successfully providing software in places other than countries and cultures of origin is reported. An example spreadsheet with an English and Maori interface is demonstrated. Suggestions are made for further work in developing multi-lingual software.","PeriodicalId":352879,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1996 Information Systems Conference of New Zealand","volume":"107 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125116504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A survey on software quality assurance-a Malaysian perspective","authors":"S. H. Ow, M. Yaacob","doi":"10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555288","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents the findings of a survey on aspects of software quality assurance (SQA). Fifty-two sets of questionnaires were collected for analysis. Brief discussions on the survey methodology, data processing and analysis are included. Highlights of this survey encompass the trends of SQA investments, QA problems encountered, the tools being used and their weaknesses, as well as the people who are involved in SQA activities.","PeriodicalId":352879,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1996 Information Systems Conference of New Zealand","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130805767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A survey of strategic information systems planning in Australian companies","authors":"D. Falconer, R. Hodgett","doi":"10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555273","url":null,"abstract":"Accountants in senior management and executive positions in three samples of Australian companies were surveyed in relation to their strategic planning for information systems. The findings for small, medium and large companies in Australia are reported and discussed. It is apparent that strategic planning for information systems in many organisations is not extensive and in some cases is not fulfilling their own organisational planning objectives. The quality of strategic planning for information systems is evaluated. Some organisations successfully adopt a strategic view of their information systems while others do not capitalize on their recognition of information as a strategic resource. Most companies do not appear to view information systems planning as a strategic issue and some do not formally plan for information needs.","PeriodicalId":352879,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1996 Information Systems Conference of New Zealand","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126813591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reference model and object oriented approach for business process design and workflow management","authors":"Michael Rohloff","doi":"10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555267","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces an object oriented approach to business process modeling. The approach integrates decisions on organisational design with information systems development. Based on the understanding of business processes as a customer-supplier relationship a general process model is introduced which summarizes fundamental characteristics of business processes. These characteristics are the ground for an object oriented approach which extends the OO modeling-technique OMT with features for business process modeling. An example illustrates the principal approach, the main modeling steps and the methodical support. It is based on an outside (macro) and an inside (micro) view on business processes.","PeriodicalId":352879,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1996 Information Systems Conference of New Zealand","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116926144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Describing the problem situation in IS studies using SSM: a practitioners view","authors":"Peter F. Fillery, A. Rusli, H. L. James","doi":"10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.554946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.554946","url":null,"abstract":"The rich picture technique is probably the tool most quoted to be used in describing a problem situation within Soft Systems Methodology, particularly in the academic literature. As this paper indicates, the authors' practical experience however show that there are numerous supplementary techniques known to have been used in the agreement and expression of the current problem situation. This paper describes those tools and techniques.","PeriodicalId":352879,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1996 Information Systems Conference of New Zealand","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129219140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organisational characteristics, cultural qualities and excellence in leading Australian-owned information technology firms","authors":"G. Lowry, G. W. Morgan, D. Fitzgerald","doi":"10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555271","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports empirical findings of an initial series of field case studies aimed at identifying and modelling the organisational characteristics and cultural qualities of excellence in top Australian-owned information technology firms. A common set of critical success factors, missions, and core business activities was identified by executive managers and owners of 10% of the top Australian IT firms. Management described other organisational characteristics including size, revenue, growth projections, the role of software, information systems functions, project teams, customer relations, organisational resources and technology uptake. Staff were asked to identify and describe cultural aspects of the organisations such as the importance of key individuals, orthodoxy, watershed events, key functional values and beliefs, folklore, rites and rituals. They provided metaphors for the organisation culture, the organization itself, their manager an employee, the ideal work environment, and the ideal manager.","PeriodicalId":352879,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1996 Information Systems Conference of New Zealand","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122433217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationship between systems development methodologies and organisational demographics: a survey of New Zealand organisations","authors":"J. Urban, R. J. Whiddett","doi":"10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555304","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given, as follows. One of the most important challenges faced by systems developers is the selection of the systems development methodology. The methodology chosen will have a large impact on different aspects of development (i.e, cost, time, resources needed, etc.). There is limited research aimed to assist systems developers in the selection of the most appropriate methodology for their particular cases. Previous research have mainly focused on the type of system and personal preferences, but very little has been said about the influence of organisational variables. The paper reports the results of a survey which studied the systems development methodologies used in different sectors of the New Zealand economy. The relationships between system development methodologies and organisational demographic variables are identified. Responses from 353 organisations show that there is a clear relationship between the two sets of variables.","PeriodicalId":352879,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1996 Information Systems Conference of New Zealand","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131897145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information systems problems and issues in Australian companies","authors":"D. Falconer, R. Hodgett","doi":"10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555274","url":null,"abstract":"Accountants in senior management positions in three samples of Australian organisations were surveyed and asked to identify the main information systems problems organisations have faced in the last three years and the main information systems issues facing organisations in next three years. The returns from the three samples were compared to identify similarities and major differences The combined results for the samples were compared to identify past problems that are current issues, problems that are no longer issues and new issues.","PeriodicalId":352879,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1996 Information Systems Conference of New Zealand","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133619017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of functional prototyping in model validation","authors":"E. Kemp, Damian Pacitto, E. G. Todd, D. Gray","doi":"10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555307","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. Within the KADS framework, a model of domain expertise is built prior to system implementation. Before making important design decisions, it is necessary to check that this model correctly represents the domain and its problem solving aspects. In this paper, a framework which employs functional prototyping for validating a model of expertise is described. Before building the prototype, an object-oriented knowledge representation model is developed based on the model of expertise. This knowledge representation model provides the structure of the prototype. Since mistakes may be made in the translation from one model to another, the knowledge representation model has to be verified to ensure that it accurately depicts the information in the model of expertise. The functional prototype can then be constructed and verified. Finally, the domain experts can test out the functional prototype to see whether it accurately models the domain. This framework was applied to the summer-autumn management domain. Two important areas were prototyped: feed budgeting and production level analysis.","PeriodicalId":352879,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1996 Information Systems Conference of New Zealand","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132199465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An integrated information system for universities: the University of Malaya case study","authors":"A. Zaitun, M. Yaacob","doi":"10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCNZ.1996.555299","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given, as follows. With competition increasing worldwide, more and more organisations realise that they need to reshape their business in order to survive and prosper into the next century. In other words they need to completely reshape their organisations. Systems integration (SI) is a stepping stone for organisations to reengineer themselves. Through SI implementation, they can take advantage of technological advances, improve speed, service and quality. Despite the worthwhile goal, organisations are still hesitant on this venture. Based on a case study carried out in the University of Malaya, the paper discusses the factors that push an organisation to seriously consider SI as an enabling tool for continued success in the future. We then highlight some direct advantages that can be derived from SI and how they can overcome some of the IT concerns of an organisation. Next we discuss briefly the drawbacks of SI and how they can be overcome or minimised. Finally, we mention some supportive points that further encourage the implementation of SI.","PeriodicalId":352879,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1996 Information Systems Conference of New Zealand","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132013929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}