IT Project Management from a Systems Thinking Perspective: A Position Paper

van Eck, P.A.T. and Ponisio, M.L. (2008) IT Project Management from a Systems Thinking Perspective: A Position Paper. In: eProceedings of the 3rd International Research Workshop on Information Technology Project Management (IRWITPM), 12-13 Dec 2008, Paris, France.

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Abstract:	We proposes a Systems Thinking approach to the study of IT project management and show how this approach helps project managers in controlling their projects. To illustrate our proposal, we present an example model of the dynamics of IT out-sourcing projects. The example model explains these dynamics in terms of feedback loops consisting of causal relations re-ported in the literature. The model provides insight in how coordination, trust, information exchange and possibilities for op-portunistic behaviour influence each other and together influence delivery quality, which in turn influences trust. The integra-tion of these insights provided by applying the Systems Thinking perspective helps project managers to reason about how their choices influence project outcome. The Systems Thinking perspective can serve as an additional tool in the academic study of IT project management. Applying the Systems Thinking perspective also calls for additional research in which this perspective is itself the object of study.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Information Systems (IS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/65209
Official URL:	http://aisel.aisnet.org/irwitpm2008/2
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