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Managing the computer resource: a stage hypothesis

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Nolan, Richard L.·1973·Communications of the ACM

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Based on the study of expenditures for data processing, a descriptive stage hypothesis is presented. It is suggested that the planning, organizing, and controlling activities associated with managing the computer resource will change in character over a period of time, and will evolve in patterns roughly correlated to four stages of the computer budget: Stage I (computer acquisition), Stage II (intense system development), Stage III (proliferation of controls), and Stage IV (user/service orientation). Each stage is described and related to individual tasks for managing the computer resource.

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Authors
Nolan, R. L.
Venue
Communications of the ACM
Published
1973-07
Volume
16
Issue
7
Pages
399-405
ISSN
  • 0001-0782 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-7317
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682
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2.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
bronze

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