... and can be contacted at: drwangjj@dlut.edu.cn 26 07 2018 03 12 2018 05 12 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Project management Dynamic capabilities Information technology (IT) outsourcing is an activity...

... have a significant impact on success; and second, to explore some of the key aspects that have an impact on project management performance from the practitioner perspective and discusses the problems faced by organizations in the closer integration of change and project management. Design...

...Professor Zahir Irani; Turki Alsudiri; Wafi Al-Karaghouli; Tillal Eldabi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss in depth the factors that lead to misalignment between the project management (PM) and the business strategy by investigating four case studies in the telecommunications...

... or an indirect effect on project success and management satisfaction. The study then seeks to find explanations from extant project management literature for the associations and relationships found and to establish a basis for further research. This study is the first to investigate the relationship...

... Small to medium‐sized enterprises Enterprise content management Enterprise system Electronic document management Project management In recent years, documents in paper form have been increasingly replaced by electronic documents in most types of organizations. The use of electronic documents...

...Kirsten M. Rosacker; Robert E. Rosacker Purpose The project management literature contains a growing body of research addressing information technology (IT). Currently, the majority of these studies direct attention towards projects completed within private sector organizations. Given the unique...

... phases. The first phase included conducting interviews with project managers of 12 organisations in home and offshore countries and the second phase was concerned with an in‐depth analysis of projects in three organisations. By adopting a process research approach, the research takes into account...

... resource planning Small to medium‐sized enterprises Project management From a literature review, no study seems to have adopted a similar perspective, the peculiarity of which resides in the differences stated above between SMEs and large enterprises being considered in the research design...

... have examined the extent of partial abandonment practices in IT project management. Particularly, Pan and Pan (2006) emphasize the importance of understanding stakeholder‐related issues in IT project abandonment. Organizations need a clear understanding of partial abandonment from the standpoints...

...Tom McBride; Brian Henderson‐Sellers; Didar Zowghi Purpose The paper seeks to investigate whether project managers regard software development projects as design problems or production problems. Design/methodology/approach Project management literature was examined to determine what evidence...

... of factors of critical importance, prior to the ERP planning phase, referred to as the “Intelligence” phase in Figure 3 . To illustrate this point further we have identified a number of “issues of concern” around the current implementation of ERP, as illustrated in Table II . Project management...

...J. Art Gowan, Jr; Richard G. Mathieu Purpose The literature on software project management is extended into the broader domain of large‐scale IS management by studying enterprise‐wide system upgrade projects. In particular; examines the role that the intervention of project management practices...

... of IS planning, IT infrastructure and utilization, and the management of IS functions. Unsuccessful projects are normally attributed to poor project management practices. However, recent studies in this field have shown that other organisation‐based factors can be as crucial as project management...

...Hemanta Doloi; Ali Jaafari This paper focuses on a conceptual methodology for an integrated simulation model dubbed as dynamic simulation modelling system (DSMS) for proactive and optimal decision making within a project management framework. Due to the uncertainties in project environment...

... and project management criteria. This approach ensures that high quality information systems that deliver direct business benefits with which the user community can identify are implemented. It implies a new focus that encompasses concentrating on and understanding the business issues and how the information...

..., diagram and model format and text presentation, as well as structured model validation, document control procedures and interview techniques. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Integrated manufacturing systems Logistics Manufacturing systems MRPII Project management Manufacturing organization...

...Fritz P. Egger; Brian H. Kleiner Examines project scheduling advances in a job‐shop or order‐driven environment. Scheduling is an important part of the project management process. Some antiquated ideas remain, but many dramatic advances have been made, primarily due to computer‐based solutions...