TY - JOUR
T1 - A coevolutionary view of information services development
T2 - Lessons from the U.S. national oceanic and atmospheric administration
AU - Montealegre, Ramiro
AU - Hovorka, Dirk
AU - Germonprez, Matt
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Association for Information Systems. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This study investigates the process of information services development based on a case study of the experience of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In this study, we develop theoretical constructs that can inform researchers and practitioners on (1) what the critical domains and interactions associated with the emerging process of information service development at these organizations were, and (2) how information services at NOAA evolved over time? Adopting a coevolutionary view, we identified distinct yet interdependent domains that affected, and were affected by, the information services development process; these were: (1) services choreography, through which service interactions and collaborations are managed; (2) services orchestration, through which service processes are selected and interact; and (3) services instrumentation, by which services are developed and architected. Using the coevolutionary view, we uncovered three adaptive principles that explain the interplay among domains and interactions over time: adaptive tensions, requisite variety, and modular design. We discuss our findings’ implications for research and practice and offer propositions for future research.
AB - This study investigates the process of information services development based on a case study of the experience of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In this study, we develop theoretical constructs that can inform researchers and practitioners on (1) what the critical domains and interactions associated with the emerging process of information service development at these organizations were, and (2) how information services at NOAA evolved over time? Adopting a coevolutionary view, we identified distinct yet interdependent domains that affected, and were affected by, the information services development process; these were: (1) services choreography, through which service interactions and collaborations are managed; (2) services orchestration, through which service processes are selected and interact; and (3) services instrumentation, by which services are developed and architected. Using the coevolutionary view, we uncovered three adaptive principles that explain the interplay among domains and interactions over time: adaptive tensions, requisite variety, and modular design. We discuss our findings’ implications for research and practice and offer propositions for future research.
KW - Case study research
KW - Coevolution theory
KW - Development of information systems
KW - Information services
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U2 - 10.17705/1jais.00372
DO - 10.17705/1jais.00372
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907271017
VL - 15
SP - 577
EP - 613
JO - Journal of the Association of Information Systems
JF - Journal of the Association of Information Systems
SN - 1536-9323
IS - 9
ER -