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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"IT Projects"”.
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Influence of stakeholder motivation on the outcome of IT projects.
… research estimates that 70 to 90 per cent of IT projects fail to achieve the anticipated outcome. An analysis of relevant studies in Chapter 1 reveals numerous symptoms (project risks) that may explain why IT projects fail to such a large extent, and gives recommendations (risk strategies) on …
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Managing risks in virtual-agile it projects: The paradigm of responsiveness
Managing risks in IT projects has always been a critical area of study for many researchers and practitioners. Due to the rapid advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs), there is an increasing number of challenges and issues for the IT organisations. Virtual-Agile IT projects …
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Cycles of Engagement: how public sector clients and their consultants engage on IT projects
… to investigate how public sector clients engage with external clients on information technology projects. It does so by gathering documentary and interview information from clients and consultants on five public sector IT projects. The data were analysed using thematic and template analysis, …
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Incorporating asymmetric dependency patterns in the evaluation of IS/IT projects using real option analysis
… is to create a general approach to evaluating IS/IT projects using Real Option Analysis (ROA). This is an important problem because an IT Project Portfolio (ITPP) can represent hundreds of projects, millions of dollars of investment and hundreds of thousands of employee hours. Therefore, any …
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Knowledge-based planning and controlling with methods of artificial intelligence to increase efficiency in IT projects
The success of IT projects in companies is increasingly becoming a competitive factor. The aim of this work is to analyze how knowledge management methods in a classic IT project can be supported with the help of artificial intelligence methods in order to carry out the IT project more efficiently. …
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Factors influencing software development in complex IT Projects using Agile approaches - A single telecoms case study
… respond to the shifts in the market coupled with changing customer behaviour. Companies are continuously striving for different and innovative approaches to address these challenges. Several different approaches ranging are used by these organisation which range from incorporating new …
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What do firm boundaries do? : employment relationships and transaction governance in internal and outsourced IT projects
… workers and outsource previously core activities. However, little empirical research has directly studied what happens differently inside the firm's boundaries, versus across them. In my dissertation I study what firm boundaries do at two different levels of analysis: the individual …
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Business value of information technology : an applied framework to assess the business value of IT and maximize the impact of IT strategy
Information Technology (IT) is a major enabler of business, yet the most questioned of investments. Time and again, the question asked by senior executives is: What is the business value of IT to our firm? This question is coming in from all directions and bringing to bear enormous pressure on the …
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Critical success factors, mechanisms, and information technology project success: a case study of a data migration project in a large South African organisation
… numerous studies in the Information Technology (IT) field on IT project success and/or failure and reasons thereof. There is much discussion about what constitutes IT project success and the main determinants are generally a subjective matter. Several studies address critical success factors and …
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The Influence of Project Management Office on Information Technology Project Success Case of National Microfinance Bank Plc
As many information technology projects continue to fail, the requirement to establish a Project Management Office (PMO) has gained rapid acceptance in large organizations including Tanzanian banking sector. This paper is an effort to explore the influence of Project Management Office (PMO) on IT …
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Assessment and Management of Complex Risk Structures : Facing Challenges of Digitalization
… dissemination of information technology (IT) and information systems (IS), which currently manifests and proceeds in terms of digitalization, keeps on revolutionizing both, business and society. Along with the undoubted advantages of this development, it also yields a lot of challenges. …
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Investigating the Relationship Between an IT Project Manager's Emotional Intelligence and the Customer's Perception of Success
… of Project Management, Information Technology (IT), and Emotional Intelligence. The Project Management Institute (PMI) created the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, which is one of the most highly regarded and sought after professional certifications (Project Management …
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Identifying powerful project stakeholders using workflow, communication and friendship social networks
The social networks of IT projects are examined to determine whether powerful stakeholders are identifiable by their centrality in the communication, workflow and friendship networks. Traditional stakeholder models rely on the abilities of the project manager to correctly attribute certain …
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Integrating project management and change management to reduce information and technology (it) project failure. A soft systems methodology (ssm) enquiry into a failing it project at UNHCR, South Africa.
… continued failure of Information and Technology (IT) projects has generated a lot of interest in literature in recent times despite huge capital investments into the industry. However, the failure is not only attributed to technical deficiencies but there is a growing realization, in literature, …
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Importance and management of IT project stakeholders
… technology project success rates remain low despite increased investments in information systems and their importance for contemporary organisations. Both research and practice suggest that stakeholders play a key role in ensuring the successful delivery of projects. The success or failure of a …
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A Real Option Strategic Scorecard Decision Framework For It Project Selection
… $2 trillion is spent worldwide every year on IT projects, with over $600 billion spent in the US alone. Traditionally, managers have being using the classical net present value (NPV) method in conjunction with multicriteria scoring models for ROI analysis and selection of IT project …
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