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An Empirical Analysis of End‐User Participation in Software Development Projects in a Developing Country Context
Author(s) -
Akinnuwesi Boluwaji A.,
Uzoka FaithMichael,
Olabiyisi Stephen O.,
Omidiora Elijah O.,
Fiddi Paula
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the electronic journal of information systems in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1681-4835
DOI - 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2013.tb00413.x
Subject(s) - software development , perception , context (archaeology) , end user , software , computer science , knowledge management , social software engineering , software peer review , affect (linguistics) , software engineering , software construction , world wide web , psychology , operating system , paleontology , neuroscience , biology , communication
Organizational information systems cannot produce any positive outcome unless the end‐users accept, adopt and use it. In this paper, we report the results of an investigation of the perception gap between end‐users and software developers regarding end‐user participation in software development. Our analysis shows the existence of perception gap, which could affect the level of end‐user participation in software development. The implication of this is poor acceptance of software system applications and failure of some software system projects.