Business Agility and Information Technology Diffusion: IFIP TC8 WG 8.6 International Working Conference, May 8-11, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (IFIP International ... Federation for Information Processing)

International Federation for Information Processing The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of referred international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing. For more information about the 300 other books in the IFIP series, please visit springeronline.com. For more information about IFIP, please visit www.ifip.or.at. Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Agility in Fours: IT Diffusion, IT Infrastructures, IT Development, and Business....Pages 3-10 Information Technology Diffusion Research: An Interim Balance....Pages 11-34 Agility in Information Systems Development: A Three-Tiered Framework....Pages 35-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Navigating Software Process Improvement Projects....Pages 53-71 Mapping Social Networks in Software Process Improvement: An Action Research Study....Pages 73-90 Organizational Information System Adoption: A Network Perspective....Pages 91-109 Crossing the Chasm in Software Process Improvement....Pages 111-128 Fooling Around: The Corporate Jester as an Effective Change Agent for Technological Innovation....Pages 129-144 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 An Empirical Investigation of the Potential of RFID Technology to Enhance Supply Chain Agility....Pages 147-156 Difficulties in Implementing the Agile Supply Chain: Lessons Learned from Interorganizational Information Systems Adoption....Pages 157-171 Agility Through Implementation: A Case from a Global Supply Chain....Pages 173-183 Front Matter....Pages 185-185 A Study of the Use of Agile Methods within Intel....Pages 187-202 How Agile is Agile Enough? Toward a Theory of Agility in Software Development....Pages 203-225 Improving Business Agility Through Technical Solutions: A Case Study on Test-Driven Development in Mobile Software Development....Pages 227-243 Web Publishing: An Extreme, Agile Experience....Pages 245-256 Using the Mission Critical Market Differentiating (MCMD) Model to Improve Business and Information Technology Agility....Pages 257-262 Front Matter....Pages 263-263 Agility and Information Technology Diffusion in the Semiconductor Industry....Pages 265-273 Assessing Business Agility: A Multi-Industry Study in The Netherlands....Pages 275-294 A Framework for Enterprise Agility and the Enabling Role of Digital Options....Pages 295-312 Agile Enterprise Cornerstones: Knowledge, Values, and Response Ability....Pages 313-330 Front Matter....Pages 331-331 How to Make Government Agile to Cope with Organizational Change....Pages 333-351 Reflections on Software Agility and Agile Methods: Challenges, Dilemmas, and the Way Ahead....Pages 353-365 Front Matter....Pages 367-367 Looking Back and Looking Forward: Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology Research in IFIP WG 8.6—Achievements and Future Challenges....Pages 369-370 Agile Software Development Methods: When and Why Do They Work?....Pages 371-373 Enabling Business Agility Through Information Technology Management....Pages 375-378 Business agility is a relatively new paradigm painted as a solution for maintaining competitive advantage during times of uncertainty and turbulence in the business environment (Sharifi and Zhang 2001).