IBM SJ 46-4 | Changing the corporate IT development model: Tapping the power of grassroots computing

Auditors and controls experts have long stressed the need for users to be involved in development activities. If you take this to an extreme and have them drive the process, without the expensive traditional structure, then you have grassroots computing - a recently fashionable technique that puts the people who use the system in the drivers seat when development activities take place. It's an idea that seems to work for many. However, there does need to be some structure and control around the activity to keep it from going off the rails. It becomes a question of balance without sacrificing the essential idea. IBM SJ 46-4 Changing the corporate IT development model: Tapping the power of grassroots computing