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Information systems

the proposal that an organization's computing budget and management evolve through predictable stages from initiation through expansion to formalization and maturity.

In information systems, Nolan stage hypothesis refers to the proposal that an organization's computing budget and management evolve through predictable stages from initiation through expansion to formalization and maturity. This meaning comes from Nolan (1973) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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References

Nolan, R. L. (1973). Managing the computer resource: a stage hypothesis. Communications of the ACM, 16(7), 399-405. https://doi.org/10.1145/362280.362284

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