Participatory Action Research in Software Development: Indigenous Knowledge Management Systems Case Study



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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39232-0_51
DOI: 
10.1007/978-3-642-39232-0_51
ISBN: 
978-3-642-39232-0
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Licensing of resource: 
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
Type: 
conference paper
Author(s): 
Siew S.T.
Yeo A.W.
Zaman T.
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Participatory action Research In Software Methodology Augmentation (PRISMA) is a software development methodology which has been amalgamated with Participatory Action Research (PAR). This paper justifies the inclusion of PAR in software development, and describes the PRISMA methodology vis-à-vis a case study. Specifically, the case study encompasses the development of eToro, an Indigenous Knowledge Management System for the Penans, a remote and rural community in Malaysian Borneo

Publication year: 
2013
Keywords: 
Participatory action research
Software Development
PRISMA
Penans
Indigenous Botanical Knowledge Management
Remote Malaysian Borneo