Within this framework, interest in implementation studies began to build
in the early 1980s. For example, two articles published in Public Administration
Review reported the results of specific implementation cases. First,
Weimer, in his 1980 analysis of the implementation of an automated case
management system, found that three kinds of problems were encountered
in such projects: design and cognition problems, organizational cooperation
problems, and poor data quality. He concluded that technical assistance might
help overcome design and cognition problems