TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– This paper aims to examine the contextual issues relating to the problem of developing web‐based information systems for emergent organisations.Design/methodology/approach– The study employs an action research approach to understand and develop an analytical development tool for web developers. It postulates that existing methods are inadequate in coping with sudden and unexpected changing characteristics within the organisation. The theory of deferred action is used as the basis for the development of an emergent analytical development tool. Many tools for managing change in a continuously changing organisation are susceptible to inadequacy.Findings– The insights proposed are believed to assist designers in developing functional and relevant approaches within dynamic organisational contexts.Originality/value– The analytical development matrix assists web developers in emergent organisations to develop web‐based information systems. VL - 23 IS - 3 SN - 1741-0398 DO - 10.1108/17410391011036111 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/17410391011036111 AU - Ramrattan Mark AU - Patel Nandish V. PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/01/01 TI - Web‐based information systems development and dynamic organisational change: The need for development tools to cope with emergent information requirements T2 - Journal of Enterprise Information Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 365 EP - 377 Y2 - 2024/09/19 ER -