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A Hermeneutic Approach To ‘Information Analysis’ For Information Requirements

In: Challenges In Information Technology Management

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  • SUFEN WANG

    (Glorious Sun School of Business & Management, Donghua University, Shanghai, 200051, China)

  • JUNNKANG FENG

    (University of Paisley, High Street Paisley PA1 2BE, UK)

Abstract

Requirement analysis is an important stages in information systems development (ISD) but is characterized by informality and uncertainty. In this paper, we will look at how well-known information systems methodologies handle it, and identify main problems and their causes. Then we argue that an explicit information analysis stage would be required in order to alleviate these problems, the information that an agent in a domain requires is identified and formulated in this stage. Such a stage would need a mechanism. We describe how hermeneutics might enable us to construct the mechanism whereby information is created and information flow takes place.

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  • Sufen Wang & Junnkang Feng, 2008. "A Hermeneutic Approach To ‘Information Analysis’ For Information Requirements," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Man-Chung Chan & Ronnie Cheung & James N K Liu (ed.), Challenges In Information Technology Management, chapter 12, pages 76-82, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812819079_0012
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