<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
a	O
situational	B-Application
application	I-Application
is	O
"	O
good	O
enough	O
"	O
software	O
created	O
for	O
a	O
narrow	O
group	O
of	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
unique	O
set	O
of	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
requirements	O
of	O
a	O
small	O
team	O
using	O
the	O
application	O
change	O
,	O
the	O
situational	B-Application
application	I-Application
often	O
also	O
continues	O
to	O
evolve	O
to	O
accommodate	O
these	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
situational	B-Application
applications	I-Application
are	O
specifically	O
designed	O
to	O
embrace	O
change	O
,	O
significant	O
changes	O
in	O
requirements	O
may	O
lead	O
to	O
an	O
abandonment	O
of	O
the	O
situational	B-Application
application	I-Application
altogether	O
–	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
it	O
is	O
just	O
easier	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
new	O
one	O
than	O
to	O
evolve	O
the	O
one	O
in	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Situational	B-Application
applications	I-Application
are	O
developed	O
fast	O
,	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
uncomplicated	O
,	O
and	O
serve	O
a	O
unique	O
set	O
of	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
a	O
narrow	O
focus	O
on	O
a	O
specific	O
business	O
problem	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
where	O
if	O
the	O
business	O
problem	O
changes	O
rapidly	O
,	O
so	O
can	O
the	O
situational	B-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
contrasts	O
with	O
more	O
common	O
enterprise	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
address	O
a	O
large	O
set	O
of	O
business	O
problems	O
,	O
require	O
meticulous	O
planning	O
,	O
and	O
impose	O
a	O
sometimes-slow	O
and	O
often-meticulous	O
change	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clay	O
Shirky	O
in	O
his	O
essay	O
entitled	O
"	O
Situated	B-Application
Software	I-Application
"	O
described	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
software	O
that	O
"	O
is	O
...	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
a	O
specific	O
social	O
group	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
for	O
a	O
generic	O
set	O
of	O
"	O
users	O
"	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
later	O
morphed	O
the	O
term	O
into	O
"	O
situational	B-Application
applications	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
successful	O
large-scale	O
implementation	O
of	O
a	O
situational	B-Application
application	I-Application
environment	O
in	O
an	O
organization	O
requires	O
a	O
strategy	O
,	O
mindset	O
,	O
methodology	O
and	O
support	O
structure	O
quite	O
different	O
from	O
traditional	O
application	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
now	O
evolving	O
as	O
more	O
companies	O
learn	O
how	O
to	O
best	O
leverage	O
the	O
ideas	O
behind	O
situational	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
cloud-based	O
application	O
development	O
and	O
deployment	O
platforms	O
makes	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
situational	B-Application
application	I-Application
environment	O
much	O
more	O
feasible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
structured	B-Protocol
wiki	I-Protocol
that	O
can	O
host	O
wiki	B-Protocol
applications	I-Protocol
lends	O
itself	O
to	O
creation	O
of	O
situational	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
mashups	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
considered	O
situational	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
forms	O
application	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
Access	O
Database	O
(	O
MDB	O
file	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
situational	B-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
implementations	O
of	O
situational	B-Application
application	I-Application
environments	O
include	O
Longjump	O
,	O
Force.com	O
and	O
WorkXpress	O
.	O
</s>
