Benefits Realization Management and Its Impacts on Project Success

Information Systems Success and Benefits Realization

Nowadays, information systems (IS) are acquired and implemented through varying means: as service (cloud computing), as configurations to large enterprise systems, as packaged software, or through dedicated development. It is common that all these aim at successful and beneficial installation of a new system. However, despite existing tracks of research on these topics, according to Gartner rep...

IS / IT Benefits Management & Realization

The proceeding chapters illustrate how information systems have the potential to add value to organisations. However, it is also clear that IS, if poorly managed, can be costly or even destroy organisations by preventing them carrying out their prime functions and processes. It is evident that benefits from information system use do not arise automatically, they have to be actively managed. Eva...

Information Technology Project Management and Project Success

One of the most important issues for organizations and information technology professionals is the success of information technology (IT) projects. This study reviews a survey of financial executives and examines their views on aspects of project management and project success. First, it was found that overall systems development projects are viewed as being successful by organizations. Next, a...

Project Management: Success Factors

Flexible resource management and its effect on project cost and duration

In practice, most projects result in cost overruns and schedule slippage due to poor resource management. This paper presents an approach that aims at reducing project duration and costs by empowering project managers to assess different scenarios. The proposed approach addresses combinatorial modes for tasks, multi-skilled resources, and multiple calendars for resources. A case study reported ...