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Revisiting Agility to Conceptualize Information Systems Agility

Revisiting Agility to Conceptualize Information Systems Agility

Pankaj, Micki Hyde, Arkalgud Ramaprasad, Suresh K. Tadisina
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 36
ISBN13: 9781605662220|ISBN10: 1605662224|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616925420|EISBN13: 9781605662237
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-222-0.ch002
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Pankaj, et al. "Revisiting Agility to Conceptualize Information Systems Agility." Emerging Topics and Technologies in Information Systems, edited by Miltiadis D. Lytras and Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 19-54. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-222-0.ch002

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Pankaj, Hyde, M., Ramaprasad, A., & Tadisina, S. K. (2009). Revisiting Agility to Conceptualize Information Systems Agility. In M. Lytras & P. Ordóñez de Pablos (Eds.), Emerging Topics and Technologies in Information Systems (pp. 19-54). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-222-0.ch002

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Pankaj, et al. "Revisiting Agility to Conceptualize Information Systems Agility." In Emerging Topics and Technologies in Information Systems, edited by Miltiadis D. Lytras and Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, 19-54. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-222-0.ch002

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Abstract

There is no systematic study of Information Systems (IS) agility in academic and practitioner IS literature and the concept is not well defined. For rigorous academic studies of IS agility, a proper definition/conceptualization of IS agility is needed. To fulfill this objective, existing published work on agility is analyzed. The analysis demonstrates that the existing definitions may need improvement to aid in arriving at a definition of IS agility. A new definition of agility that captures its core properties is proposed. The advantages of this definition over existing definitions is demonstrated and it is used to define IS Agility. Salient features of an agile IS are discussed and the utility of the proposed definition in arriving at attributes of an agile IS is demonstrated. Efficacy and validity of the proposed definition is demonstrated through interviews with IS executives from a diverse organization set. Lastly, avenues for future research are proposed.

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