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The public procurement of information systems: dialectics in requirements specification

2017

When acquiring information systems, public entities face a dilemma. On the one hand, they want to procure the system that best suits their needs, which often requires lengthy dialogues with vendors. At the same time, they are restricted by government regulations that mandate limited dialogue in the interests of transparency and equal opportunities for all vendors. To examine how public entities deal with this, we followed three procurement projects in Norway. We show that this dilemma manifests itself as a dialectic between the thesis of getting the system requirements right and the antithesis of strictly adhering to regulations. Public entities search for a resolution of this dialectic thr…

Engineering:Social science: 200::Economics: 210 [VDP]government procurementFace (sociological concept)Software requirements specification02 engineering and technologyLibrary and Information SciencesVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsvitenskap: 420Procurementinformation system procurementrequirements specification020204 information systems0502 economics and business0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringInformation systemDialecticGovernment procurementbusiness.industry05 social sciencesPublic relationsDilemmaEngineering managementManagement information systemspublic procurementdialectics in ISprocurementbusiness050203 business & managementInformation SystemsEuropean Journal of Information Systems
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