...J. Art Gowan; Richard G. Mathieu; Mark B. Hey Purpose Sets out to examine earned value management (EVM), a project management technique that relates resource planning to schedules, technical costs and schedule requirements. Design/methodology/approach Provides an example of how EVM can...

.... With the use of these platforms, the application becomes dynamic and accessible via a network. The system consists of three sub‐systems: the risk management system, the data management system and the database system. As mentioned before, the application will support three groups of users: project manager...

...Carl Marnewick; Lessing Labuschagne Purpose This article seeks to provide a conceptual model that explains the complexity of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to general and project managers in a non‐technical manner that is easily understood. Design/methodology/approach The 4Ps...

... are in accordance with the predictions of bandit process studies. Findings Bandits are a class of decision‐making problems that involve choosing one action from a set. In terms of project management, the firm selects from several alternative IT projects, each with its own distribution of risks and rewards...

... This paper presents a fundamental methodology based on goal directed project management (GDPM) principles which supports the complicated process of implementation and optimal adaptation (IOA) of an ERP system. Findings By implementing this methodology it was found that it is able to control and reduce...

...Brenda Whittaker Information technology (IT) project management is a crucial issue for organizations today. A 1995 study in the USA found that 31 per cent of software projects will be canceled before completion, and more than half the projects will cost an average of 189 per cent of the original...

... Outsourcing Project management Skills Information technology has been touted endlessly as the great saviour of productivity and the huge investments in it (it now constitutes roughly 40 per cent of all capital investment in the developed world) have been expected to show a significant...

... and after a project. Business strategy Information technology strategy Project management Systems development The total context in which IT delivers business value can be viewed in three levels: top level related to the alignment of business IT strategy; next level concerns...

..., routers and hubs current. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Appropriate technology Information resources Information technology strategy Project management Return on investment Value In today’s don’t‐blame‐me, blame‐my‐metrics world of non‐accountability, one receives little argument when...

... and that the case may interest other programme and project managers. Policing in England and Wales is a highly complex activity. Its core businesses, crime prevention and detection, public order, community safety and partnership, traffic, and emergency response, involve a wide diversity of tasks...