EXTENDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT THEORY TOPROGRAM MANAGEMENT: A THEORETICAL ANDEMPIRICAL EXAMINATION
Tom Marbach, Neal G. Shaw · 2002
Information systems (IS) researchers have examined multiple approaches to project management, and for most approaches, a number of critical success factors have been identified. These factors can be used by practicing project managers to improve the success of IS projects. Unfortunately, IS project management literature largely ignores a large class of practicing managers. These individuals manage programs, or collections of individual IS projects. To address this shortcoming, this paper describes an ongoing research project designed to identify complexities that are associated with managing multiple projects simultaneously. We present a theoretical model of program success based on extensions to existing project success models. Further, we describe the research method for an empirical examination of the model with the results to be presented at the conference. This research-in-progress will provide theoretical and practical insights into the comparative differences between IS project management and IS program management.