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Paper (refereed) Current Issues and Trends in Information Systems Programs

Recommended Citation: Gwinn, W H. Effect of Reward Expectation on Computer Rapid Application Development Tool Performance in Systems Analysis and Design. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2001, v 18 (Cincinnati): §20a.

Effect of Reward Expectation on Computer Rapid Application Development Tool Performance in Systems Analysis and Design

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William H. Gwinn    [a1] [a2]
Cameron School of Business
University of North Carolina at Wilmington    [u1] [u2]
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA    [c1] [c2]

An earlier study investigated the use of a computer tool in Systems Analysis versus manual analysis techniques. Expected improvement in user performance through the use of the tool versus manual techniques was not realized. Research in multi-tasking environments seems to indicate that the reward or expected reward for the tool user may have more influence on the project outcome then the properties of the development tool. This paper analyzes the results of an experiment that measured the change in skill level in junior and senior level college students in the Systems Analysis and Design classes during the spring 2001 semester. Each student was tested on the use of the tool, provided with instruction on advanced features and given practice exercises to perform.

Keywords: rapid application development, RAD, systems analysis and design, application development, application design, MS Access

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