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Information Systems Management Lecture 9.10.18 (Journals (A.…
Information Systems Management Lecture 9.10.18
IS Projects & Project Management
getting people together
planning, organising, controlling
collaborating people & resources
benefits
scope met
process to successful completion
success inspires individuals
clear strategy map
identify and assess risk
motivates quality outputs
see slide 20 for complete list...
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UNderstanding Projects
Series of project initiatives
Proposed in charter
Specified in Project Scope
Designed
Programmed
Installed
NOT chores/routine
Sample Case Study - see slides p7
Classifying projects
Computer related hardware & software project
Case Study
healthcare project
focus on needs of client and hospital
improving patient care, service delivery, innovation/efficiency
Stakeholders involved
Southern Cross Healthcare
why rise/fall?
construction project
small home or large airports
time consuming, several phases
How and why?
Carillionadvantages
F-Comp
Soft Checker
maintain and record products/inventory for a small store
grow business & market share
tasks
coordinate development
coordinate testing
coordinate pilots with users
priority
dev objectives
planned timing
project scope
milestones
design/prototypes
Teamwork
execution
project success/failure
lessons learnt
What?
complexity
Interdependence
Uncertainty
Mature
new website
IMprovement
add database integration to website
Integration
SAP implementation
New Development
space projects
Description
Examples
Type A - mature
Type B - improvement
Type C - INtegration
Type D - New Dev
ISO numbers - learn each one
Complexity
Low
Medium
High
Case Study of complexity & uncertainty - page 13/15
think about competitive advantages
Identifying project lifespan
progression through series of differing stages of dev.
Factors for project success
failure factors
see slide 21
Project Management Components
Essential Reading
Farhoomand, A (2005) Managing (e)business transformation: a global perspective, Palgrave
McKeen J & Smith H ,(2009) IT Strategy in Action, Pearson International
Avison, D. E.; Torkzadeh, Gholamreza (2009) Information Systems Project Management
Heeks, Richard; Bhatnagar, Subhash, (1999), Understanding success and failure in information age reform in Reinventing government in the information age: international practice in IT-enabled public sector reform
Brown, Carol V.; DeHayes, Daniel Wesley; Hoffer, Jeffrey A.; Martin, E. Wainright; Perkins, William C. (2014), Managing Information Technology
Laudon, Kenneth C.; Laudon, Jane P. (2018), Management information systems: managing the digital firm
Journals
A. Communications of the ACM
B. European Journal of Information Systems
C. Information, Communication and Society
D. Information Systems Research
E. Information Systems Journal
F. Information Technology and People
G. International Journal of Information Management
H. Journal of Information Technology
I. MIS Quarterly (also
http://www.misq.org/index.html
)
J. Information and Organization
H. the Gartner ICT analysts
https://www.gartner.com/en
other sources
https://aisnet.org/
www.computerweekly.com
www.computing.co.uk/
www.cio.com/
www.dqindia.com/
www.simnet.org
www.bcs.org
http://www.ism-journal.com/ITToday/outsource.pdf