Using Focus Groups in Studies of ISD Team Behaviour.

Kieran Conboy

doi:http://hdl.handle.net/10379/1486

Using Focus Groups in Studies of ISD Team Behaviour.

Kieran Conboy

Business Information Systems

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Abstract

This paper discusses an innovative focus group approach used to study an Information Systems Development (ISD) environment. The research had to cope with the application of a broad framework, untested in practice, seeking to elicit potentially highly sensitive opinions and judgments in a highly pressurised, time-restricted environment. The researchers design of the focus groups is discussed along with an evaluation of the final approach used. The paper concludes with a set of issues for future researchers to consider when designing focus groups for their own studies, along with a set of lessons learned and recommendations arising from the research teams experience in this study.

Original language	English (Ireland)
Title of host publication	9th European Conference on Research Methods for Business and Management Studies
Place of Publication	Madrid, Spain
DOIs	https://doi.org/http://hdl.handle.net/10379/1486
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2010

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O HEOCHA, C.; CONBOY, K.; WANG, X.

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