Lecture 8: Reflective development Jarmo Sarkkinen

Lecture 8:Reflective development

Jarmo Sarkkinen

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Perspective shift

Individualin a team

The interaction view

Developersas reflectivepractitioners

Developers,who are they...?

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Developer orientations(Jiang et al. 1999)

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Indicators of orientations

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Lessons learned”...user orientation is positively and strongly related to communication skill and business skill”

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”...political orientation is positively and strongly related to political skill

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”...technical orientation is positively and strongly associated with technical skills”

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”...technical orientation is negatively associated with communication skills”

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”...political orientation is negatively associated with technical skills

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Dominant orientations in ICWPT?

Approx. two-thirds of the respondents apply only one orientation!!!

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Why is a blend of IS professional orientations desperately neededin any successful development team?

Any conclusions?

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Reflective systems development(Mathiassen 1998)

• Lesson 1• Lesson 2• Lesson 3• Lesson 4• Lesson 5• Lesson 6• Lesson 7• Lesson 8

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Triangle model

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Lesson 1

Reflection-in-action provides a useful understanding of systems development practice

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Lesson 2

Methods are primarily frameworks for learning

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Lesson 3

Improving practice requires an experimental attitude and an appreciation of the involved stakeholder groups

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Lesson 4

Sustainable project management traditions are fundamental in successful improvement strategies

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Lesson 5

Action research brings relevance to the research process while supplementary approaches improve the validity and reliability of the research results

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Lesson 6

Dialectics is a useful framework for understanding practice based on different reference disciplines

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Lesson 7

Combining interpretations with interventions and normative design suggestions increases the relevance of the research

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Lesson 8

Research and teaching are relevant practices for learning about systems development

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Education

Producers ofknowledge,researchers...

Teachers,educators,andconsultants

Designers,developers ofpractices

Clients

is reflective

how-to how-to how-to

is reflective is reflective is reflective

”reality””reality” ”reality”

gives a”rolemodel”

gives a”rolemodel”

gives a”rolemodel”

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Assignment

1) Discuss practical benefits of being reflective, and reflective systems development in general.

2) What could reflective systems developers learn from the lessons of this course?