Global enterprises have met challenges in managing and leading multi-site projects, working in virtual teams, sharing knowledge, and utilizing new communication technology. Several claims stress that conventional faceto-face practices form an essential part of successful project co-working. But, this is often impossible in globally dispersed projects. New information and communication technolog...

Various projects have looked into the development of courseware for mobile devices. Examples are the four major projects in mobile learning funded by the European Commission in Brussels. In these projects, mobile learninig courseware was created using Microsoft Reader Work; installing a web-authoring tool like Micromedia dreamweaver MX version 1.0 and installing a desktop browser that has page ...

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 ...

Although software development projects increasingly incorporate virtual team members, most research performed on project risk to date was conducted on projects using traditional co-located teams incorporating face-to-face communications. This paper identifies a set of risk factors particularly important to virtual teams but rarely discussed. Results, from a survey of over 150 Information Techno...

The paper presents an overview of about forty information system projects in the administration of two Finnish universities, Helsinki and Oulu. A more detailed analysis is given of the respective histories of management reporting and data warehouse development. The histories are put in context by describing the state of information technology strategy development in these universities. It appea...

Experiences with software technology development projects at ABB Inc. indicated a need for additional flexibility and speed during explorations of applying new technologies to future products. A case study was conducted at ABB to compare and contrast the use of an evolutionary-agile approach with a more traditional incremental approach in two different technology development projects. The study...