scholarly journals ‘Driving’ IS projects

2008 ◽  
pp. 113-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Fernández-Diego ◽  
Julián Marcelo-Cocho
Keyword(s):  
Is Projects

Stakeholder Challenges in Information Systems Project Offshoring

2012 ◽  
pp. 96-112
Author(s):  
Peter Haried
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Wide Assortment ◽  
Is Offshoring ◽  
Is Projects ◽  
Management Issues

This study of international information systems (IS) offshoring highlights the idea that project success or failure is often in the eye of the beholder and that proper attention needs to be provided to both client and vendor perspectives. This research contributes by identifying noteworthy IS offshoring challenges faced by client and vendor stakeholders. This research synthesizes key findings from eight dyadic case studies consisting of 56 interviews in total from both client and vendor firms detailing their offshore experiences. The case investigations lead to the discovery of nine unique challenges encountered by client and vendor stakeholders. The challenges include a wide assortment of economic, personal responsibilities/expectations, and organizational offshore project management issues. The reported challenges can suitably guide client and vendor project managers in managing international IS offshore projects as well guide academic researchers to better understand techniques for managing offshore IS projects.

Aligning Systems, Structures and People

2011 ◽  
pp. 157-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Boonstra
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
General Public ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Enterprise Information System ◽  
Enterprise Information ◽  
Business Partners ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Identification Analysis ◽  
Is Projects

This chapter focuses on how managers and sponsors of enterprise information system (EIS) projects can identify and manage stakeholders engaged in the project. This chapter argues that this activity should go beyond the traditional ideas about user participation and management involvement. Also suppliers, customers, government agencies, business partners, and the general public can have a clear interest in the ways that the system will be designed and implemented. This chapter proposes to apply identification, analysis, and intervention techniques from organization and management disciplines in the IS field to enhance the changes for the successfulness of enterprise information system implementations. Some of these techniques are combined in a coherent method that may help implementers of complex IS projects to identify and categorize stakeholders and to consider appropriate ways of involvement during the various stages of the project.

Evaluation of Determinants of Software Quality in Offshored Software Projects

2022 ◽  
pp. 1857-1883
Author(s):  
Ganesan Kannabiran ◽  
K. Sankaran
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Specific Product ◽  
Is Projects

Successful offshoring engagements of Indian software vendors is increasingly dependent upon the quality of the projects delivered rather than cost considerations. However, delivering quality software is reliant on effective management of various organizational, technological and people aspects. This research is to identify and evaluate the determinants of quality on software projects delivered by vendors through offshoring. Data related to recently completed projects were collected through a survey of 440 project managers from Indian vendors. Based on structural equation modeling, the authors analyze the influence determinants on specific product quality attributes. It is found that, out of six determinants, technical infrastructure and process maturity have significant influence on most of the attributes of quality in offshored IS projects from India. The authors provide a set of implications for practice and directions for further research.

Development and Validation of the Method for Value Assessment of SOA-Based IS Projects

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-82
Author(s):  
Alexey Likhvarev ◽  
Eduard Babkin
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Real Options ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Project Assessment ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Single Flow ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Is Projects

Responding to the rapidly growing market share for Information Systems (IS) based on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), the demand emerges for methods of measuring the value of SOA-based IS projects. The goal of the present research is to adapt available methods of project assessment to this expanding demand. This study describes a new method which takes into consideration a possibility to divide deployment and evolution of SOA-based IS into separate flows, one per service. Like that the process of value assessment could become more precise and exact compared to other known methods which use the single flow for the whole project. In addition the work proposes Real Options for calculating such components of the value as flexibility. The described method is validated using a specific simulation model. Value assessment of a real IS project is performed using the developed method and the simulation model.

Evaluation of Determinants of Software Quality in Offshored Software Projects

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-54
Author(s):  
Ganesan Kannabiran ◽  
K. Sankaran
Keyword(s):  
Software Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Process Maturity ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Specific Product ◽  
Is Projects

Successful offshoring engagements of Indian software vendors is increasingly dependent upon the quality of the projects delivered rather than cost considerations. However, delivering quality software is reliant on effective management of various organizational, technological and people aspects. This research is to identify and evaluate the determinants of quality on software projects delivered by vendors through offshoring. Data related to recently completed projects were collected through a survey of 440 project managers from Indian vendors. Based on structural equation modeling, the authors analyze the influence determinants on specific product quality attributes. It is found that, out of six determinants, technical infrastructure and process maturity have significant influence on most of the attributes of quality in offshored IS projects from India. The authors provide a set of implications for practice and directions for further research.

Use of the Benefits Management Methodology in an Insurance Company

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Vera Silva ◽  
Jesualdo Cerqueira Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Technique ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Is Implementation ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Graphical Visualization ◽  
Complementary Analysis ◽  
Is Projects

The benefits management methodology is a complementary analysis technique to traditional project management practices. It dynamically evaluates the benefits associated with the implementation of an information system (IS), including all phases from planning to monitoring, both during and after the implementation. This article presents a case study of the application of the Cranfield School of Management's benefits management technique as it is applied to an insurance company. It identifies and quantifies the underlying benefits of IS implementation, organizational and structural changes, and alignment with the organization's strategy. The data was collected through analysis of secondary documents and interviews with insurance company employees. The main contribution of this article is to demonstrate the versatility of the Cranfield School of Management's technique during the study of IS projects. It provides a graphical visualization of the dependencies between all elements of the network.

Sustainability Evaluation of IT/IS Projects

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Silvius
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Corporate Communications ◽  
Sustainability Evaluation ◽  
It Productivity Paradox ◽  
Is Evaluation ◽  
Is Projects ◽  
It Productivity

Sustainability is without doubt one of the most important challenges of our time. How can one develop prosperity without compromising the life of future generations? Companies are integrating concepts of sustainability in their marketing, corporate communications, annual reports and in their actions. Information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) provide organizations with the ability to change and improve business processes to better support sustainable practices. IT/IS evaluation methods should therefore reflect this ability and include criteria for the assessment of sustainability aspects of IT/IS projects. However, IT/IS evaluation methods are today still dominated by the economical perspective that resulted from the infamous IT productivity paradox. This paper aims to broaden the perspective on IT/IS evaluation, by exploring the integration of indicators that reflect the concepts of sustainability into IT/IS evaluation methods. Based on an identification IT/IS evaluation methods and an overview of frameworks for sustainability indicators, an analysis is made of the inclusion of the indicators and principles of sustainability assessment in IT/IS evaluation methods. The analysis will conclude that integrating sustainability considerations in IT/IS evaluation requires far more than a set of additional criteria to be considered.

Identifying and Managing Stakeholders in Enterprise Information System Projects

2011 ◽  
pp. 1480-1495
Author(s):  
Albert Boonstra
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
General Public ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Enterprise Information System ◽  
Enterprise Information ◽  
Business Partners ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Identification Analysis ◽  
Is Projects

identify and manage stakeholders engaged in the project. This article argues that this activity should go beyond the traditional ideas about user participation and management involvement. Also suppliers, customers, government agencies, business partners and the general public can have a clear interest in the ways that the system will be designed and implemented. This article proposes to apply identification, analysis and intervention techniques from organization and management disciplines in the IS field to enhance the changes for the successfulness of enterprise information system implementations. Some of these techniques are combined in a coherent method that may help implementers of complex IS projects to identify and categorize stakeholders and to consider appropriate ways of involvement during the various stages of the project.

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