Maturity models of education information systems and technologies: A systematic literature review <s> Main keywords <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> Main keywords <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
Therefore, the terms and keywords were defined as literature searching criteria, taking in account that most of the relevant literature on MM of educational IST is written in English. "Maturity Model" and "Educational" combined in several research contexts, namely in title (TI), abstract (AB) and subject (SU) were used for the search iterations. TI "maturity model" AND TI education OR AB "maturity model" AND AB education OR SU "maturity model" AND SU education The searching criteria were applied to the literature review. Given that Tranfield et al. BIB002 did not suggest any procedure for this stage, it was followed the approach proposed by Webster and Watson BIB001 introducing two changes: in the first step, the main sources were replaced by major web platforms of scientific literature; and in the third step of this approach, b-on 1 platform was replaced by the search engines Google and Google Scholar.