A public sector case study on evaluating and managing the benefits of IS/IT

  • Authors:
  • Chad Lin;Graham Pervan

  • Affiliations:
  • Curtin University of Technology, Australia;Curtin University of Technology, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Technologies & methodologies for evaluating information technology in business
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The issue of expected and actual benefits realized from IS/IT investments has generated a significant amount of debate in the IS/ IT literature among researchers, academics, and practitioners. This is as true in Australia as it is in the rest of the developed world. Thus, a detailed program of research into the current Australian practice and processes of IS/IT investment evaluation and benefits realization was initiated. As part of this research program, an in-depth case study of these practices and processes in a large government agency, with a mix of insourced and outsourced IS/IT activities, was conducted. A number of issues emerged from the analysis of the text data. Key issues are presented below in some detail.