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Cloud computing: adoption issues for sub-Saharan African SMEs. (2014)
Journal Article
DAHIRU, A. A., BASS, J. and ALLISON, I. 2014. Cloud computing: adoption issues for sub-Saharan African SMEs. Electronic journal of information systems in developing countries [online], 62(1), pages 1-17. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2014.tb00439.x

This paper explores the emergence and adoption of cloud computing by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and points towards its implications for developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Several studies have shown the importance of technologi... Read More about Cloud computing: adoption issues for sub-Saharan African SMEs..

Migrating software products to the cloud: an adaptive STS perspective. (2013)
Journal Article
WERFS, M., BAXTER, G., ALLISON, I. K. and SOMMERVILLE, I. 2013. Migrating software products to the cloud: an adaptive STS perspective. Journal of international technology and information management [online], 22(3), pp. 37-54. Available from: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/jitim/vol22/iss3/3

Cloud computing, as a disruptive innovation, has the potential to adversely affect companies. The effects can be particularly extreme for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Subsequently, considerations of organisational resilience should be m... Read More about Migrating software products to the cloud: an adaptive STS perspective..

Automated software quality visualisation using fuzzy logic techniques. (2007)
Journal Article
SENIOR, J., ALLISON, I. and TEPPER, J.A. 2007. Automated software quality visualisation using fuzzy logic techniques. Communications of the IIMA [online], 7(1), article number 3. Available from: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/ciima/vol7/iss1/3/

In the past decade there has been a concerted effort by the software industry to improve the quality of its products. This has led to the inception of various techniques with which to control and measure the process involved in software development.... Read More about Automated software quality visualisation using fuzzy logic techniques..

Software process improvement as emergent change: a structurational analysis. (2007)
Journal Article
ALLISON, I. and MERALI, Y. 2007. Software process improvement as emergent change: a structurational analysis. Information and software technology [online], 49(6), pages 668-681. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.003

This paper presents a framework that draws on structuration theory and dialectical hermeneutics to explicate the dynamics of software process improvement (SPI) in a packaged software organisation. Adding to the growing body of qualitative research, t... Read More about Software process improvement as emergent change: a structurational analysis..

Learning to improve software processes. (2006)
Journal Article
ALLISON, I. and MERALI, Y. 2006. Learning to improve software processes. Communications of the IIMA [online], 6(1), article number 2. Available from: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/ciima/vol6/iss1/2/

Software Process Improvement (SPI) programs are frequently considered to be planned in nature. However, there is recent evidence to suggest that SPI can be understood as a form of learning. Drawing on the organizational learning literature this paper... Read More about Learning to improve software processes..

Towards an agile approach to software process improvement: addressing the changing needs of software products. (2005)
Journal Article
ALLISON, I. 2005. Towards an agile approach to software process improvement: addressing the changing needs of software products. Communications of the IIMA [online], 5(1), article number 8. Available from: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/ciima/vol5/iss1/8/

This paper highlights the need for greater agility and flexibility in the process improvement activity. The ideas presented here relate to aspects that have arisen from a case study of a global software product organisation. A model of how software p... Read More about Towards an agile approach to software process improvement: addressing the changing needs of software products..