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Beyond Gamification: Implications of Purposeful Games for the Information Systems Discipline
Kafui Monu, Paul Ralph
Gamification is an emerging design principle for information systems where game design elements are applied to non-game contexts. IS researchers have suggested that the IS discipli…
Software Engineering Process Theory: A Multi-Method Comparison of Sensemaking-CoevoIution-Implementation Theory and Function-Behavior-Structure Theory
Paul Ralph
Many academics have called for increasing attention to theory in software engineering. Consequently, this paper empirically evaluates two dissimilar software development process th…
The Illusion of Requirements in Software Development
Paul Ralph
It is widely accepted that understanding system requirements is important for software development project success. However, this paper presents two novel challenges to the require…
The Two Paradigms of Software Design
Paul Ralph
The dominant view of design in information systems and software engineering, the Rational Design Paradigm, views software development as a methodical, plan-centered, approximately…
The Sensemaking-Coevolution-Implementation Theory of Software Design
Paul Ralph
Understanding software design practice is critical to understanding modern information systems development. New developments in empirical software engineering, information systems…