The Social Psychology of Organizations.

Although spreadsheet programs are used for small "scratchpad" applications, they are also used to develop many large applications. In recent years, we have learned a good deal about the errors that people make when they develop spreadsheets. In general, errors seem to occur in a few percent of all cells, meaning that for large spreadsheets, the issue is how many errors there are, not whether an error exists. These error rates, although troubling, are in line with those in programming and other human cognitive domains. In programming, we have learned to follow strict development disciplines to eliminate most errors. Surveys of spreadsheet developers indicate that spreadsheet creation, in contrast, is informal, and few organizations have comprehensive policies for spreadsheet development. Although prescriptive articles have focused on such

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What we know about spreadsheet errors

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Strategic planning for information systems

Many organizations attempt to deploy methodologies intended to improve software development processes. However, resistance by individual software developers against using such methodologies often obstructs their successful deployment. To better explain why individual developers accept or resist methodologies, five theoretical models of individual intentions to accept information technology tools were examined. In a field study of 128 developers in a large organization that implemented a methodology, each model explained significant variance in developers' intentions to use the methodology. Similar to findings from the tool adoption context, we found that, if a methodology is not regarded as useful by developers, its prospects for successful deployment may be severely undermined. In contrast to the typical pattern of findings in a tool context, however, we found that methodology adoption intentions are driven by: 1) the presence of an organizational mandate to use the methodology, 2) the compatibility of the methodology with how developers perform their work, and 3) the opinions of developers' coworkers and supervisors toward using the methodology. Collectively, these results provide surprising new insights into why software developers accept or resist methodologies and suggest what software engineering managers might do to overcome developer resistance.

Explaining software developer acceptance of methodologies: a comparison of five theoretical models

Motives for establishing shared service centers in public administrations

Patterns of co-alignment in information-intensive organizations: business performance through integration strategies

An empirical study of spreadsheet error-finding performance

Knowledge management in virtual enterprises: A systemic multi-methodology towards the strategic use of information

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Yannis A. Pollalis

Papers

Patterns of co-alignment in information-intensive organizations: business performance through integration strategies

An empirical study of spreadsheet error-finding performance

Knowledge management in virtual enterprises: A systemic multi-methodology towards the strategic use of information

Using similarity measures for collaborating groups formation: A model for distance learning environments

MERIS (Medical Error Reporting Information System) as an innovative patient safety intervention: A health policy perspective