Software has become an integral component in the way organisations conduct business. The impact of and reliance on software within organisations is increasing (Pesola, Eskeli, Parvianeni, Kommeren & Gramza, 2008; Xu & Brinkkemper, 2007). Software development is becoming a global phenomenon as organisations have adopted networked development environments and have globally outsourced portions of their development activities (Valimaki & Kaariainen, 2008). According to Lacheiner and Ramler (2011) software development is a complex process as it requires interaction between diverse individuals, the creation of comprehensive software development documents and comprises interdependent activities. Kaariainen and Valimaki (2008) argue that as an outcome of increased competition, the ability to produce products as scheduled is important to any organisation. This has resulted in organisations investing in technologies and frameworks that manage and support their software development processes (Jwo, Hsu & Cheng, 2010). Application Lifecycle Management Technology (ALMT) is proposed as a solution for the management of software development activities.
The concept of ALMT is relatively new and as a result there are no extensive studies focusing on it (Kaariainen, Pussinen, Matinmikko & Oikarinen, 2012). There are however multiple perspectives on ALMT (Kaariainen & Valimaki, 2008; Schwaber, 2006). From a technology vendor’s perspective ALMT focuses on integrated tool suites that support requirements management, design management, configuration and change management, quality management and deployment and release management (Jwo, Hsu & Cheng, 2010). Kaariainen and Valimaki (2008) and Schwaber (2006) have a less technology focused perspective and st...
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...ot function autonomously, employees need to use ALMT for organisations to potentially benefit from its capabilities (Ebert, 2013). ALMT capabilities support the entire software development process with the objective of minimising software project and maintenance failure (Lacheiner & Ramler, 2011). This study departs from the past research on ALMT in that the unit of analysis is the ALMT user, and the emphasis is on ALMT adoption.
This study will focus on understanding the determinants that contribute towards the adoption of ALMT by employees. This paper therefore contributes towards the successful employee adoption of ALMT. It will use the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) from information systems literature, Social Cognitive theory (SCT) theory from psychology literature and Organisational theory from management literature as a basis of the theoretical framework.
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