The Factors in ICT Development - Computing Professional's View

What are the factors affecting in ICT (Information and Communication Technology) development? This is not a question to which there is an answer accepted by everyone. IS literature gives different answers where factors vary from technology and organisation to human factors; separately and in interaction. In this paper this question is answered from computing professionals' perspective. It is based on one computing professional's interview where he describes his vision of the future. The vision is analysed from the point of view of what and who are described as the makers of the technological future. According to interviewee’s vision the most important factor in ICT development is technology itself, but several groups of people are mentioned, as well. This interviewee’s vision opens several discussions within IS field. It deals with the shaping of technology and the action space of employees, computing professionals and citizens. Interviewee’s vision is useful in opening discussions, but it is limited, as well. The vision is based on technological imperative, and it is a view that gives a limited action space to people.