International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Aug 23, 2020
PurposeSuccess in the information systems (IS) project domain is elusive despite extensive resear... more PurposeSuccess in the information systems (IS) project domain is elusive despite extensive research on the topic. Governance is seen as the greatest contributor to project success. The purpose of this paper is to investigate and report on the current perceptions and implementation of information technology (IT) governance within IS portfolio management to develop a sub-framework to guide practitioners. This sub-framework forms part of a grand IS project, programme and portfolio governance framework of which this study forms a contributing part.Design/methodology/approachThe researchers followed a mixed-methods approach through utilising Q-methodology and inverted factor analysis.FindingsThe results provided a sub-framework recommending specific IT governance practices to be applied to IS portfolios. The recommendations are categorised as activities to be maintained, enhanced and/or implemented.Research limitations/implicationsThe research only had participants from South African organisations and as such cannot be reliably extrapolated to other regions.Originality/valueThe resultant sub-framework provides stakeholders and practitioners involved in IS portfolios an opportunity to examine their own approaches and be confronted with possibilities in their portfolio management activities. Further research to be conducted includes creating a grand framework to address the linkages between portfolio, programme and project management as it relates to IT governance on various strategic levels.
: Organisations tend to outsource some of their functions to third-party suppliers or vendors. Mo... more : Organisations tend to outsource some of their functions to third-party suppliers or vendors. Most of these functions are IT projects that are planned, executed and managed by virtual team members. The organisation and the vendor are located remotely from each other. However, in the course of these contracts, a governance model needs to be adopted to decrease operational and compliance risks. While organisations are expected to have their own governance models and methods, the question this paper sought to answer was whether governance is applied in these scenarios and whose governance is applicable. Using a quantitative study on this subject and using questionnaire as a data collection instrument, this study has found that most organisations apply their in- house governance principles on their projects whether they were carried out by vendors virtually or not, and that they are in control of the governance method and rules applied. The results indicated that although governance me...
: Previous research reveals an increased organisational adoption of project and enterprise ICT go... more : Previous research reveals an increased organisational adoption of project and enterprise ICT governance practices to improve project results, yet ICT project outcome has continued to fall short of stakeholders’ expectations. Hence justifying ICT investments in-view of current global economic outlook and conflicting priorities in organizations, will continue to be a laborious task unless this is addressed. This research focused on improving ICT project stakeholders’ perception of the value return from ICT investment and projects through standard governance practices. Literature on the evolution of how ICT project stakeholder have assessed ICT project value and the influence of ICT governance and project standard practices adoption were explored. The result of survey data analysis showed a complementary relationship, hence a synergy if organizations would adopt and develop organizational capabilities for both project and ICT governance standards; to equal level of maturity. The resu...
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, Aug 23, 2020
PurposeSuccess in the information systems (IS) project domain is elusive despite extensive resear... more PurposeSuccess in the information systems (IS) project domain is elusive despite extensive research on the topic. Governance is seen as the greatest contributor to project success. The purpose of this paper is to investigate and report on the current perceptions and implementation of information technology (IT) governance within IS portfolio management to develop a sub-framework to guide practitioners. This sub-framework forms part of a grand IS project, programme and portfolio governance framework of which this study forms a contributing part.Design/methodology/approachThe researchers followed a mixed-methods approach through utilising Q-methodology and inverted factor analysis.FindingsThe results provided a sub-framework recommending specific IT governance practices to be applied to IS portfolios. The recommendations are categorised as activities to be maintained, enhanced and/or implemented.Research limitations/implicationsThe research only had participants from South African organisations and as such cannot be reliably extrapolated to other regions.Originality/valueThe resultant sub-framework provides stakeholders and practitioners involved in IS portfolios an opportunity to examine their own approaches and be confronted with possibilities in their portfolio management activities. Further research to be conducted includes creating a grand framework to address the linkages between portfolio, programme and project management as it relates to IT governance on various strategic levels.
: Organisations tend to outsource some of their functions to third-party suppliers or vendors. Mo... more : Organisations tend to outsource some of their functions to third-party suppliers or vendors. Most of these functions are IT projects that are planned, executed and managed by virtual team members. The organisation and the vendor are located remotely from each other. However, in the course of these contracts, a governance model needs to be adopted to decrease operational and compliance risks. While organisations are expected to have their own governance models and methods, the question this paper sought to answer was whether governance is applied in these scenarios and whose governance is applicable. Using a quantitative study on this subject and using questionnaire as a data collection instrument, this study has found that most organisations apply their in- house governance principles on their projects whether they were carried out by vendors virtually or not, and that they are in control of the governance method and rules applied. The results indicated that although governance me...
: Previous research reveals an increased organisational adoption of project and enterprise ICT go... more : Previous research reveals an increased organisational adoption of project and enterprise ICT governance practices to improve project results, yet ICT project outcome has continued to fall short of stakeholders’ expectations. Hence justifying ICT investments in-view of current global economic outlook and conflicting priorities in organizations, will continue to be a laborious task unless this is addressed. This research focused on improving ICT project stakeholders’ perception of the value return from ICT investment and projects through standard governance practices. Literature on the evolution of how ICT project stakeholder have assessed ICT project value and the influence of ICT governance and project standard practices adoption were explored. The result of survey data analysis showed a complementary relationship, hence a synergy if organizations would adopt and develop organizational capabilities for both project and ICT governance standards; to equal level of maturity. The resu...
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