Padmal Vitharana
Professor of Management Information Systems
315-443-3132
Room: 506
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Ph D, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (Management Information Systems)
MBA, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse (Management Science)
BS, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse (Computer Science and Mathematics)
Research Topics
- Systems analysis and design
- Software reuse
- Software quality
- Open source
- Outsourcing
- Information systems
- Software development
Professor Vitharana has taught
MIS 325: Introduction to Information Systems for Managers
BUA 345: Business Analytics
MIS 435: Principles of Database Management
MIS 445: Implementing a Web-Enabled Enterprise
BUA 451: Advance Business Analytics
MIS 625: Systems Analysis and Design
MIS 635: Principles of Database Management
MIS 645: Implementing a Web-Enabled Enterprise
MIS 930: Doctoral Seminar in Management Information Systems
Professor Vitharana's research interests are in the areas of systems analysis and design, software reuse, software quality, open source, outsourcing, systems analysis and design, software reuse, and software quality.
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
- "Examining End Users’ Ability to Select Business Services: A Conceptual Framework and an Empirical Study", Information & Management, 2020 (with Basu, A.)
- "Defect propagation at the project-level: results and a post-hoc analysis on inspection efficiency", Empirical Software Engineering, 2017
- "Enhancing Analysts’ Mental Models for Improving Requirements Elicitation: A Two-Stage Theoretical Framework and Empirical Results", Journal of AIS, 2016 (with Zahedi, M., Jain, H.)
- "A knowledge based component/service repository to enhance analysts’ domain knowledge for requirements analysis", Information & Management, 49(1), 24-35, 2012 (with Jain, H., Zahedi, F.)
- "Impact of internal open source development on reuse: Participatory reuse in action", Journal of Management Information Systems, 27(2), 277-304, 2010 (with King, J., Chapman, H.)
- "Impact of customer knowledge heterogeneity on bundling strategy", Marketing Science, 28(4), 792-801, 2009 (with Basu, A.)
- "Impact of Service-Centric Computing on Business and Education", Communications of AIS, 22, 295-310, 2008 (with Zhao, L., Gaul, M., Purao, S., Wang, H.)
- "Architecture & design for application agility", Information Technology and Management, 9(1), 1-3, 2008 (with Jain, H.)
- "Measuring critical factors of software quality management: Development and validation of an instrument", Information Resources Management Journal, 21(2), 18-37, 2008 (with Mone, M.)
- "Information Systems Outsourcing: Linking Transaction Cost and Institutional Theories", Communications of AIS, 20, 346-370, 2007 (with Dharwadkar, R.)
- "Strategy-based design of reusable business components", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews, 34(4), 460-474, 2004 (with Jain, H., Zahedi, F.)
- "Risks and challenges of component-based software development", Communications of the ACM, 46(8), 67-72, 2003
- "Computer-mediated group support, anonymity, and the software inspection process: An empirical investigation", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 29(2), 167-180, 2003 (with Ramamurthy, K.)
- "Design, retrieval, and assembly in component-based software development", Communications of the ACM, 46(11), 97-102, 2003 (with Zahedi, F., Jain, H.)
- "Knowledge-based repository scheme for storing and retrieving business components: A theoretical design and an empirical analysis", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 29(7), 649-664, 2003 (with Zahedi, F., Jain, H.)
- "An assessment model for requirements identification in component-based software development", Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, 34(4), 48-63, 2003 (with Jain, H., Zahedi, F.)
- "Research issues in testing business components", Information & Management, 37(6), 297-309, 2000 (with Jain, H.)