Research Article

Building an Information System for Collaborative Researchers: A Case Study from the Brain-tumor Research Domain

  1. SANDRA A. MAMRAK*,
  2. JOHN BOYD,
  3. IVÁN ORDÓÑEZ

Article first published online: 8 JAN 1999

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-024X(199703)27:3<353::AID-SPE91>3.0.CO;2-3

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Software: Practice and Experience

Software: Practice and Experience

Volume 27, Issue 3, pages 353–363, March 1997

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MAMRAK, S. A., BOYD, J. and ORDÓÑEZ, I. (1997), Building an Information System for Collaborative Researchers: A Case Study from the Brain-tumor Research Domain. Software: Practice and Experience, 27: 353–363. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-024X(199703)27:3<353::AID-SPE91>3.0.CO;2-3

Author Information

  1. Department of Computer and Information Science, 2015 Nail Avenue Mall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A. (email:{mamrak, iordonez, boyd} @cis.ohio-state.edu)

*Department of Computer and Information Science, 2015 Nail Avenue Mall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A. (email:{mamrak, iordonez, boyd} @cis.ohio-state.edu)

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 JAN 1999
  2. Article first published online: 8 JAN 1999
  3. Manuscript Revised: 6 AUG 1996
  4. Manuscript Received: 24 APR 1996

Funded by

  • National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke. Grant Number: 5 P20 NS31087–03
  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Number: 5 U01 CA50910–06

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Keywords:

  • collaborative research;
  • information systems;
  • systems design

Abstract

A Neuro-Oncology Information System (NOIS) has been designed and implemented to support collaborative brain-tumor research, and is being used currently by researchers around the nation. The NOIS serves two groups of brain-tumor researchers, each with complex organizational structures. The complexity of these structures adds greatly to the task of designing an information system to support brain-tumor research. In particular, a lack of a central source of authority among collaborating group members, and the constantly shifting understanding of research objectives and the means to achieve them, have significant impact on the NOIS design and implementation. In this paper, we suggest guidelines for designing, implementing and maintaining an information system in the face of continually shifting goals and priorities in the user community. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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