Introduction to IST special issue on information system quality

Information system (IS) quality includes the requirements of the business organization, the users, and the information technology (IT) personnel. Six articles that give a context oriented overview of the IS quality are presented. These articles include: the concept of (IS) quality and putting it in its organizational and historical context; the organizational hierarchy of the IS quality group SOftware Library Evolution (SOLE) quality model which comprise of business quality, use quality, and IS work quality; and the maintenance of IS quality during the whole system life-time.