Maturity models of education information systems and technologies: A systematic literature review <s> III. METHODOLOGY ADOPTED FOR THE LITERATURE REVIEW <s> A review of prior, relevant literature is an essential feature of any academic project. An effective review creates a firm foundation for advancing knowledge. It facilitates theory development, closes areas where a plethora of research exists, and uncovers areas where research is needed. <s> BIB001 </s> Maturity models of education information systems and technologies: A systematic literature review <s> III. METHODOLOGY ADOPTED FOR THE LITERATURE REVIEW <s> Undertaking a review of the literature is an important part of any research project. The researcher both maps and assesses the relevant intellectual territory in order to specify a research question which will further develop the knowledge hase. However, traditional 'narrative' reviews frequently lack thoroughness, and in many cases are not undertaken as genuine pieces of investigatory science. Consequently they can lack a means for making sense of what the collection of studies is saying. These reviews can he hiased by the researcher and often lack rigour. Furthermore, the use of reviews of the available evidence to provide insights and guidance for intervention into operational needs of practitioners and policymakers has largely been of secondary importance. For practitioners, making sense of a mass of often-contrad ictory evidence has hecome progressively harder. The quality of evidence underpinning decision-making and action has heen questioned, for inadequate or incomplete evidence seriously impedes policy formulation and implementation. In exploring ways in which evidence-informed management reviews might be achieved, the authors evaluate the process of systematic review used in the medical sciences. Over the last fifteen years, medical science has attempted to improve the review process hy synthesizing research in a systematic, transparent, and reproducihie manner with the twin aims of enhancing the knowledge hase and informing policymaking and practice. This paper evaluates the extent to which the process of systematic review can be applied to the management field in order to produce a reliable knowledge stock and enhanced practice by developing context-sensitive research. The paper highlights the challenges in developing an appropriate methodology. <s> BIB002 </s> Maturity models of education information systems and technologies: A systematic literature review <s> III. METHODOLOGY ADOPTED FOR THE LITERATURE REVIEW <s> The maturity models are instruments to facilitate organizational management, including the management of its information systems function. These instruments are used also in hospitals. The objective of this article is to identify and compare the maturity models for management of information systems and technologies (IST) in healthcare. For each maturity model, it is identified the methodology of development and validation, as well as the scope, stages and their characteristics by dimensions or influence factors. This study resulted in the need to develop a maturity model based on a holistic approach. It will include a comprehensive set of influencing factors to reach all areas and subsystems of health care organizations. <s> BIB003
Aiming to conduct a comprehensive and wide literature review, it was necessary to define a strategy BIB003 in order to identify and analyse systematically the available literature on MM of education IST. An initial review provided criteria to choose the approach and establish the strategies to be applied to this project. The first strategy by Webster and Watson BIB001 suggests a structured approach in three basic steps: to identify the relevant literature in main sources (i.e. "leading journals") and recognized conferences. Then, the authors suggest conducting a search in the reference section of the studies identified in the first step in order to identify potential works related; finally, it is suggested the search via Web of Science of works which cite the works identified in the previous two steps. The second strategy, proposed by Tranfield et al. BIB002 , suggests five steps for a systematic review of the literature. The first stage defines terms, keywords and combinations to be used as criteria to be applied in the literature review. A second phase is to identify relevant works that contain the keywords and terms defined above. In the third phase, it is carried out an assessment of identified papers and made a selection of works that meet certain criteria of quality. In the fourth phase, it must be extracted the relevant information from the selected literature. Finally, in the fifth phase a synthesis of data is done. With regard to Tranfield et al.'s approach, no clear procedure was found for the identification of relevant work in the second phase. So, this phase of Tranfield et al.'s approach was replaced by the three basic steps described by Webster and Watson.