Information systems development (ISD) progresses rapidly, continually creating new challenges for the professionals involved. as well as specialized tracks such as: distributed software development, ISD and knowledge management, ISD and electronic business / electronic government, ISD in public sector organizations, IOS.

Preface.- Methods and Approaches for ISD.- ISD Education.- Philosophical, Ethical, and Sociological Aspects of ISD.- Distributed Software Development.- ISD and Knowledge Management.- ISD and Electronic Business.- ISD and Electronic Government.- ISD in Public Sector Organizations.- IOS.- Index.

Information Systems Development: Challenges in Practice, Theory and Education Volume X Editors: Chris Barry,Kieran Conboy, Michael Lang, , Gregory Wojtowski, Wita Wojtowski.  Information Systems Development: Challenges in Practice, Theory and Education, Volumes 1 and 2, are the collected proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Information Systems Development: Challenges in Practice, Theory and Education – ISD 2007 Conference, held in Galway, Ireland. It follows in the tradition of previous conferences in the series in exploring the connections between industry, research and education. These proceedings represent ongoing reflections within the academic community on established information systems topics and emerging concepts, approaches and ideas. It is hoped that the papers herein contribute towards disseminating research and improving practice. The conference tracks highlighted at the Sixteenth International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2007) were: Managing IS Development Innovation in Information Systems Development Enterprise Systems Development & Adoption Public Information Systems Development Agile and High-Speed Systems Development Methods Information Systems Engineering Business Systems Analysis & Design Data and Information Modelling ISD Education ISD in Developing Nations Legal and Administrative Aspects of ISD Service Oriented Modelling and Semantic Web Technologies

Presents the latest and greatest concepts, approaches, and techniques of systems development - a notoriously transitional field Illustrates the newest design and development in information systems, in applications engineering and reengineering, as well as issues concerned with teaching and learning in this field