Toward a Contingency Model for Selecting an Information System Prototyping Strategy.

Author List: Hardgrave, Bill C.; Wilson, Rick L.; Eastman, Ken;

Journal of Management Information Systems, 1999, Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 113-136.

Many proposed contingencies regarding the conditions when the use of prototyping will lead to successful system development appear in the literature. Using an industry survey, this exploratory study empirically investigates the effect of certain contingencies on system success. Overall, results indicate that five variables, when combined with prototyping, affect system success (as indicated by user satisfaction): innovativeness of the project, impact of the system on the organization, user participation, number of users, and developer experience with prototyping. These results provide some insight into the proper uses of prototyping to improve system success. The results also indicate that several of the current contingencies, if followed, do not ensure high levels of system success.

Keywords: contingency theory; information system prototyping; system success; systems development

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#198	0.220	factors success information critical management implementation study factor successful systems support quality variables related results key model csf importance determinants
#90	0.179	development life cycle prototyping new stages routines stage design experiences traditional time sdlc suggested strategies rapid effort integrated needs techniques
#253	0.161	user involvement development users satisfaction systems relationship specific results successful process attitude participative implementation effective application authors suggested user's contingency
#173	0.156	effect impact affect results positive effects direct findings influence important positively model data suggest test factors negative affects significant relationship