IS Project Management Contemporary Research Challenges

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Author(s): Maggie McPherson (University of Sheffield, UK)
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 6
Source title: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch295
ISBN13: 9781591405535
ISBN10: 159140553X
EISBN13: 9781591407942

Keywords: Information Resources Management / Information Science Reference / Library and Information Science

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Although project management is often said to have its roots in other traditional fields, such as construction, Morris (2002) asserts that modern project management practices have their origins in the 1950s US aerospace agencies. Much has been written about Information System (IS) / Information Technology (IT) project initiatives in both the public and private sectors. In fact, many information systems frequently fall short of their requirements, and are, more often than not, costlier and arrive later than anticipated, if indeed they are completed at all. For instance, according to a report for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001), failures of major IT investments and key systems development projects have raised concerns for the achievement of service improvement through information technology. Additionally, it has been argued that failures in IT projects are more common than failures in any other aspect of modern business (Nulden, 1996).

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