A Management Perspective on the Failure of IS&T Projects

Authors:
Stuart Maguire;Udechukwu Ojiako;Melanie Ashleigh
Affiliations:
University of Sheffield, UK;University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa;University of Southampton, UK
Venue:
International Journal of Information Technology Project Management
Year:
2012

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Abstract

The objective of the paper is to present a clear management perspective on how IS&T project failure may be conceptualised within this management dispensation. Current knowledge on a generalised process for management control expectations perspective, is used in the re-affirmation of the concept of Information Systems and Technology IS&T project failure.