Papers by Irmeli Luukkonen
Information systems are socio-technical systems consisting of people, processes, information and ... more Information systems are socio-technical systems consisting of people, processes, information and technology. For successfully developing information systems for organizations, the whole context where the system is to be used has to be recognized and understood as well as possible. This is particularly pertinent when developing information systems in developing countries (DCs), and even more so when the systems developers come from a widely different context. Most commonly used information systems development (ISD) approaches and methods do not facilitate achieving the understanding of issues belonging to the wider scope, the context of information systems. In this paper we present the LACASA (Levels of Analysis, Scopes of Analysis, and Categories of Analysis) model which attempts to cover the areas of contexts which are the most important in “doing ISD in DCs”. The procedure of applying the model is described in general and illustrated by a case between Finland and Nigeria.
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Papers by Irmeli Luukkonen