ERIC Number: EJ808006
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1065-0741
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Managing In-House Development of a Campus-Wide Information System
Shurville, Simon; Williams, John
Campus-Wide Information Systems, v22 n1 p15-27 2005
Purpose: To show how a combination of hard and soft project and change management methodologies guided successful in-house development of a campus-wide information system. Design/methodology/approach: A case study of the methodologies and management structures that guided the development is presented. Findings: Applying a combination of the dynamic systems development method, rapid prototyping, PRINCE 2, Checkland's soft systems methodologies and change management helped to develop a product that met user needs, offered value for money and was delivered on time. Practical implications: The case study shows that the advantages of formal governance brought by PRINCE 2 can be retained in a softer environment where user needs generate work packages and stage gates. Originality/value: There is widespread evidence that more than half of all IT projects fail and that the softer people issues are essential for success. The paper presents an example of fusing softer approaches with formal governance. It should interest program and project managers, senior sponsors, software developers and usability specialists. (Contains 4 figures, 3 tables and 5 notes.)
Descriptors: Information Systems, Systems Development, Management Information Systems, Governance, Interpersonal Competence, Information Technology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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