Building bridges, burning bridges: the use of boundary objects in agile distributed ISD teams

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dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorO'Raghallaigh, Paidi
dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, Ciara
dc.contributor.authorAdam, Frédéric
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-20T11:07:36Z
dc.date.available2020-04-20T11:07:36Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-07
dc.date.updated2020-04-20T10:57:14Z
dc.description.abstractBoundary objects are physical and abstract artefacts which support team interactions across diverse knowledge domains. Despite their relevancy, research into the effectiveness of boundary objects in agile distributed ISD remains nascent. In this paper, we develop a framework to theorize their effectiveness in generating cohesion within distributed teams. Our in-depth case study finds that their effectiveness is influenced by the nature of the boundary objects themselves but also by team members’ willingness to address differences in contextual factors. We identify three contextual factors - structure, identity, and culture - that are critical to supporting team members crossing knowledge boundaries within distributed teams. Furthermore, findings suggest that while boundary objects can indeed foster team cohesion in agile distributed ISD, there are other less explored aspects to their role. For example, we find that boundary objects can be useful for enabling constructive team conflict.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationMcCarthy, S., O'Raghallaigh, P., Fitzgerald, C. and Adam, F. (2020) 'Building Bridges, Burning Bridges: The Use of Boundary Objects in Agile Distributed ISD Teams', Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020, Maui, Hawaii, 07-10 January. doi: 10.24251/HICSS.2020.063en
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2020.063en
dc.identifier.endpage521en
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-3-3
dc.identifier.startpage512en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9840
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i at Manoaen
dc.relation.ispartofhttps://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/63588
dc.rights© 2020. This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectAgileen
dc.subjectBoundary objectsen
dc.subjectCohesionen
dc.subjectDistributed teamsen
dc.subjectInformation systems developmenten
dc.titleBuilding bridges, burning bridges: the use of boundary objects in agile distributed ISD teamsen
dc.typeConference itemen
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