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CALL FOR PAPERS
18th Americas Conference on
Information
Systems
Seattle, Washington, August 9-12,
2012
(http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/)
Track: IT Project Management
Mini-Track Title: Adoption,
Diffusion,
and Success of IT Project Management Methodologies
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DESCRIPTION
Despite the overwhelming advantages
of using IT Project Management methodologies (ITPM), 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 organizations 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
organizations
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.
Organizational 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 organizations 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 – among other factors – 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 mini-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 – for example from a design or behavioral perspective.
Papers
may consider different units of analysis: individual, group, or
organizational
level.
SUGGESTED 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, "A Snapshot of
Systems Development Practice," IEEE Softw., vol. 16, no. 3, pp.
112-111,
1999.
[2] N. L. Russo, R. Hightower, and
J.
M. Pearson, "The Failure of Methodologies to Meet the Needs of
Current
Development Environments," Proceedings of the British Computer
Society’s
Annual Conference on Information System Methodologies, pp.
387-393, 1996.
[3] S. Cicmil, Z. Ðordevic, and S.
Zivanovic,
"Understanding the adoption of project management in Serbian
organizations:
Insights from an exploratory study.," Project Management Journal,
vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 88-98, Mar. 2009.
[4] M. P. Teodoro, "Bureaucratic
Job Mobility and The Diffusion of Innovations," American Journal
of
Political Science, vol. 53, pp. 175-189, Jan. 2009.
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