Authors: Hemant Jain, Padmal Vitharana
Tags: 2017, application development, microservices, organizational theory
The ability to deploy quickly, focus on a single function around a business capability, and encompass own data sources are often identified as key advantages of microservices. While the practitioner community is beginning to the make the case for microservices, there is apprehension among some scholars in that they view microservices as merely another unsubstantiated approach to software development. To address this gap in our understanding of applicability of microservices for business application development, we draw from organizational theory to demonstrate that the technically desirable characteristics of microservices coincide with organizationally desirable characteristics.
Cite as:
Vitharana P. and Jain H. (2017). “Is Microservices a Viable Technology for Business Application Development? An Organizational Theory Based Rationale,” in AIS SIGSAND, Cincinnati, OH, United States, May 18-20, 2017.
