Subject:	[AISWorld] CFP: AMCIS 2012 - Minitrack on the Adoption, Diffusion, and Success of IT Project Management Methodologies
Date:	Tue, 6 Dec 2011 15:21:24 +0800
From:	Kunal.Mohan@ebs.edu
To:	aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

Mini-Track Title: Adoption, Diffusion, and Success of IT Project Management Methodologies

Despite the overwhelming advantages of using IT Project Management (ITPM) methodologies , organizations often struggle to realize the expected benefits. One of the reasons of this is the lack of acceptance of such methodologies from their actual users. For example, only 50% of organisations are actually able to make their staff use such methodologies [1]. In the context of software development, a project survey conducted by Russo et al. [2] showed that only 6% of organisations claim that their methodologies are always used as specified. Cicmil et al. [3] also found that resistance towards the acceptance of project management methodologies is high because the users do not have faith in the concept, fear power loss, or lack adequate training and support from upper management. Organisational theorists have long recognised that behavioural resistance of individuals against the use of new methodologies is because they might not share the goals of the organisations in which they work, and that exerts pressure on them to use the new methodologies [4]. As such, the roots of lacking methodology acceptance, lies â€“ among other factors â€“ in the failure to understand the attitudes of individuals towards using a methodology. Researchers and practitioners alike face challenges regarding the design, adoption, and success of ITPM methodologies.This lack of understanding ultimately leads to the development and implementation of methodologies that might be considered unsuitable, and are as a result rejected by individuals.

The objective of this min-track is to foster research on ITPM methodologies by providing deeper insights into factors that affect their successful design, adoption, diffusion, and application. Researchers and practitioners interested in submitting papers for this mini-track are encouraged to explore ITPM methodologies, and related methods and tools â€“ for example from a design or behavioral perspective. Papers may consider different units of analysis: individual, group, or organizational level.

Possible paper topics:

- Methodology engineering
- Designing ITPM methodologies
- Success and impact of ITPM methodology application
- Acceptance and adoption of ITPM methodologies
- Strategies to influence individuals to use ITPM methodologies
- Change management practices regarding implementation and diffusion of new ITPM methodologies
- Leadership, power and politics regarding use and success of ITPM methodologies
- Role of knowledge management and networks in ITPM use and success
- Implications of project outsourcing for ITPM methodologies
- Management software that can help support the effective execution of ITPM methodologies (e.g., project management information systems etc.)

IMPORTANT DATES:
January 2, 2012 Submission opens
March 1, 2012 Submission deadline
April 2, 2012 Notification of acceptance
April 20, 2012 Final camera-ready copy due

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS:
All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed, and must be submitted using the online submission system at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012.
For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit the AMCIS 2012 conference website at http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/ after January 2, 2012.

MINI-TRACK CHAIRS:

Kunal Mohan, EBS Business School, Germany, kunal.mohan@ebs.edu
Nils Urbach, EBS Business School, Germany, nils.Urbach@ebs.edu
Anol Bhattacherjee, University of South Florida, USA, abhatt@usf.edu

References

[1] R. L. Glass, â€œA Snapshot of Systems Development Practice,â€ IEEE Softw., vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 112-111, 1999.

[2] N. L. Russo, R. Hightower, and J. M. Pearson, â€œThe Failure of Methodologies to Meet the Needs of Current Development Environments,â€ Proceedings of the British Computer Societyâ€™s Annual Conference on Information System Methodologies, pp. 387-393, 1996.

[3] S. Cicmil, Z. ÃorÃ°eviÃ¦, and S. Zivanovic, â€œUnderstanding the adoption of project management in Serbian organizations: Insights from an exploratory study.,â€ Project Management Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 88-98, Mar. 2009.

[4] M. P. Teodoro, â€œBureaucratic Job Mobility and The Diffusion of Innovations,â€ American Journal of Political Science, vol. 53, pp. 175-189, Jan. 2009.