Towards a Strategic Process Model of Governance for Agile IT Implementation: A Healthcare Information Technology Study in China

  • Authors:
  • Say Yen Teoh;Xi Chen

  • Affiliations:
  • Business IT & Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;Institute of Information Technolgy and Economic Social System, School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Global Information Management
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

To remain competitive in the present dynamic environment, 'governance for agility' has become a key solution. Past literature paid little attention to understanding how governance for agility, particularly in regard to the delivery of Information Technology IT implementation. Using agile organisation and IT-governance theory as lenses to analyse data from a hospital case study, a strategic process model of governance for agility is empirically derived. This model suggests that agile healthcare information technology implementation is achievable via phase-based IT-governance strategies and forms which authorise decision makers to maneuver resources strategically in a dynamic environment. Theoretically, this study contributes to the dearth of empirical understanding of IT governance in the Healthcare IT literature and advances knowledge by making a conceptual distinction through introducing the use of phase-based IT-governance strategies and forms to generate agile organisational capabilities to achieve agile Healthcare IT implementation. The findings serve as a foundation for future research within the information systems IS discipline. Practitioners could plan an agile Healthcare IT implementation by referring to the model-a systematic roadmap for governing and strategising hospital resources and capabilities.