An empirical validation of software cost estimation models
Communications of the ACM
Information systems failures—a survey and classification of the empirical literature
Oxford Surveys in Information Technology
A social process model of user-analyst relationships
MIS Quarterly
Usefulness and ease of use: field study evidence regarding task considerations
Decision Support Systems - Special issue on user interfaces
Software Engineering Economics
Software Engineering Economics
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Softw
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Softw
Stop the life-cycle, I want to get off
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Information technology and IT organizational impact
Runaway information systems projects and escalating commitment
SIGCPR '99 Proceedings of the 1999 ACM SIGCPR conference on Computer personnel research
An Empirical Approach to Studying Software Evolution
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Measuring Process Consistency: Implications for Reducing Software Defects
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Components of Software Development Risk: How to Address Them? A Project Manager Survey
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Managerial control over IT projects: control, forms, commitment, and dominant coalitions
ICIS '98 Proceedings of the international conference on Information systems
Fit, failure, and the house of horrors: toward a configurational theory of IS project failure
ICIS '97 Proceedings of the eighteenth international conference on Information systems
De-escalating information technology projects: lessons from the Denver International Airport
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on Intensive research in information systems: using qualitative, interpretive, and case methods to study information technology—third installment
Framing implementation management
ICIS '00 Proceedings of the twenty first international conference on Information systems
Blowing the whistle on troubled software projects
Communications of the ACM
Commitment development in software process improvement: critical misconceptions
ICSE '01 Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering
SAICSIT '02 Proceedings of the 2002 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on Enablement through technology
A Rule-Based Approach to Developing Software Development Prediction Models
Automated Software Engineering
Software Project Duration and Effort: An Empirical Study
Information Technology and Management
Explaining Software Developer Acceptance of Methodologies: A Comparison of Five Theoretical Models
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Managing risks in IT projects: an options perspective
Information and Management
Large-scale requirements analysis as heterogeneous engineering
Social thinking
Socio-technical and human cognition elements of information systems
Advanced topics in end user computing
Escalating commitment to information system projects: findings from two simulated experiments
Information and Management
De-escalation of commitment in software projects: who matters? what matters?
Information and Management
Toward an information technology research agenda for public administration
Public information technology
Reluctance to report reality in troubled technology projects
Strategies for managing IS/IT personnel
Taking organizational implementation seriously: the case of IOS implementation
Networked information technologies
Journal of Management Information Systems
Examining the coalition dynamics affecting IS project abandonment decision-making
Decision Support Systems
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Information and Software Technology
Why Do Internet Users Stick with a Specific Web Site? A Relationship Perspective
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Information and Management
Identifying Software Project Risks: An International Delphi Study
Journal of Management Information Systems
A Contingency Approach to Software Project Coordination
Journal of Management Information Systems
Investigating Determinants of Software Developers' Intentions to Follow Methodologies
Journal of Management Information Systems
Towards management of software as assets: A literature review with additional sources
Information and Software Technology
Towards a trust-based framework for electronic payment: collaborative coupons in Korea
International Journal of Electronic Finance
Changes in MIS research: status and themes from 1989 to 2000
International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management
International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management
International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management
Team performance and information system implementation
Information Systems Frontiers
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Effects of information technology failures on the market value of firms
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
The role of IS capabilities in delivering sustainable improvements to competitive positioning
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Empirical analysis of risk-taking behavior in IT platform migration decisions
Computers in Human Behavior
Individual characteristics and the intention to continue project escalation
Computers in Human Behavior
Information systems development project performance in the 21st century
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
The end of the information system life: a model of is discontinuance
ACM SIGMIS Database
Rituals in e-government implementation: an analysis of failure
EGOV'10 Proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 8.5 international conference on Electronic government
Design science in information systems research
MIS Quarterly
Beyond critical success factors: A dynamic model of enterprise system innovation
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Information Systems implementation failure: Insights from prism
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Case study: Information systems project abandonment: a stakeholder analysis
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Runaway Information Technology Projects: A Punctuated Equilibrium Analysis
International Journal of Information Technology Project Management
Knowledge of IT Project Success and Failure Factors: Towards an Integration into the SDLC
International Journal of Information Technology Project Management
Information Technology Portfolio Management: Literature Review, Framework, and Research Issues
Information Resources Management Journal
Toward a Unified Model of Information Systems Development Success
Journal of Database Management
The Effect of an Initial Budget and Schedule Goal on Software Project Escalation
Journal of Management Information Systems
Organizing knowledge workforce for specified iterative software development tasks
Decision Support Systems
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Information technology (IT) projects can fail for any number of reasons and in some cases can result in considerable financial losses for the organizations that undertake them. One pattern of failure that has been observed but seldom studied is the IT project that seems to take on a life of its own, continuing to absorb valuable resources without reaching its objective. A significant number of these projects will ultimately fail, potentially weakening a firm's competitive position while siphoning off resources that could be spent developing and implementing successful systems. The escalation literature provides a promising theoretical base for explaining this type of IT failure. Using a model of escalation based on the literature, a case study of IT project escalation is discussed and analyzed. The results suggest that escalation is promoted by a combination of project, psychological, social, and organizational factors. The managerial implications of these findings are discussed along with prescriptions for how to avoid the problem of escalation.