The determination of user information requirements during the development of management information systems.
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Authors
Gardella, Paul Richard Jr.
Subjects
user information requirements
information requirements
user requirements
user needs
information needs
information requirements
user requirements
user needs
information needs
Advisors
Howell, Gordon C.
Date of Issue
1983-06
Date
June 1983
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
One of the major causes for the failure of Management Information Systems (MIS) is that they do not satisfy the users' information requirements. This, in turn, is most often caused by the fact that those requirements are difficult to obtain accurately and completely. Simply "asking" the user what he needs is inadequate. This thesis reviews the Information Requirements Analysis (IRA) literature, briefly describing some of the techniques available for determining the users' information requirements. It then reports on a survey which attempted to investigate the degree to which the extensive MIS literature involving information requirements determination has had practical impact on the way in which MIS's are actually developed.
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Thesis
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Department
Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.