Biography and Evolution of Standard Software

Edinburgh University website

ESRC website

Papers

Post Local Forms of Repair: The Case of Virtualised Technical Support

The Sociology of a Market Analysis Tool: How Industry Analysts Sort Vendors and Constitute Markets

Technology Choice and its Performance: Towards a Sociology of Software Package Procurement

Global Software and its Provenance: Generification Work in the Production of Organisational Software Packages

Putting the University Online: Information, Technology & Organisational Change

When is a Work-around? Conflict and Negotiation in Computer Systems Development

ERP Systems and the University as an 'Unique' Organisation

Fitting Standard Software Packages to Non-Standard Organisations: The 'Biography' of an Enterprise-Wide System

The 'Self-Service' Student: Building Enterprise-Wide Systems into Universities

The Virtual University as "Accurate and Timely Information"

Crafting the Virtual Prototype

Configuring Software, Reconfiguring Memories

The Performativity of Routines

Biography and Evolution of Standardised Software Packages (detailed project outline)