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Book Synopsis Information Systems Failures and how to Avoid Them by : P. Benymon-Davies
Download or read book Information Systems Failures and how to Avoid Them written by P. Benymon-Davies and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents include: How awareness of IS is critical Explaining IS failure Six case studies of IS failure Examining a model of IS failure Devising a strategy for avoiding failure
Book Synopsis Information Systems by : Joyce Fortune
Download or read book Information Systems written by Joyce Fortune and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite people's best efforts information systems are particularly prone to failure. Some systems never materialize, others appear late and/or over budget and those that are implemented often fail to deliver the promised levels of performance. The consequences of these failures affect people throughout the organization concerned and beyond, sometimes to the point where they even threaten a company's future survival.
Book Synopsis Stop IT Project Failures by : Dan Remenyi
Download or read book Stop IT Project Failures written by Dan Remenyi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about information systems development failures and how to avoid them. It considers what goes wrong with information systems development projects and what actions may be taken to avoid potential difficulties.The reduction of the impact,or even the elimination of the problems,is discussed in terms of an information systems risk management programme. Stop I.T.Project failure helps to ensure that IS project managers are successful in helping to deliver application systems. However, IS development risk can never be entirely eliminated and consequently the practitioner needs to bear in mind that an IS development project is never without risk, and hence there is a continuing potential for something to go wrong. The book covers the key issues and variables and makes specific practical suggestions about the good management practice that is required to implement IS project risk processes. Dr. Dan Remenyi has spent more than 25 years working in the field of corporate computers and information systems. He has worked with computers as an IS professional, business consultant and user. In all these capacities he has been primarily concerned with benefit realisation and obtaining the maximum value for money from the organisations' information systems investment and effort. He has worked extensively in the field of information systems project management, specialising in the area of project risk identification and management. He has written a number of books and papers in the field of IT management and regularly conducts courses and seminars as well as working as a consultant in this area. Dr.Dan Remenyi holds a B.Soc.Sc., an MBA and a PhD. He is a Visiting Professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenberg, Sweden and an associate member of faculty at Henley Management College in the United Kingdom.
Book Synopsis Information Systems by : Joyce Fortune
Download or read book Information Systems written by Joyce Fortune and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-03-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite people’s best efforts information systems areparticularly prone to failure. Some systems never materialize,others appear late and/or over budget and those that areimplemented often fail to deliver the promised levels ofperformance. The consequences of these failures affect peoplethroughout the organization concerned and beyond, sometimes to thepoint where they even threaten a company's future survival. Theyalso damage the companies that develop and supply such systems.Worse still, the same types of problems occur again and again; eventhe most exhaustive methods are not able to ensure success. This book aims to help all those people involved withinformation systems to break that repeating pattern of failure.Using real-life examples, it introduces a sophisticated approachbased around the notion of system to come to grips with the causesof actual and potential failure. It presents a model of a systemcapable of action without failure that can be used as a yardstickto judge existing and planned information systems and to suggestmeasures that need to be taken to achieve success. The examples used cover the public and the private sector andrange in size from a nationwide system run by central government toan organization employing around 220 people.
Book Synopsis Avoiding Large-scale Information Systems Project Failure : the Importance of Fundamentals by : Erwin V. Martinez
Download or read book Avoiding Large-scale Information Systems Project Failure : the Importance of Fundamentals written by Erwin V. Martinez and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inattention to project management fundamental principles can lead to failure in a project. This is amplified in large-scale projects where it is more difficult to recover from mistakes. To avoid large-scale project failures, Information Systems (IS) professionals must adhere to the basics functions of project management. The four essential functions of project management include Executive Level, Project Level, Team Level, and the Analyst/Doer Level. For the best chance of success these essential functions must be used from the beginning of a large-scale project as well as throughout the entire organization. Straying from these essential functions may breed project failure. From the beginning steps of assessing the values and culture of an organization and scoping/planning a project, this article reviews the essential functions of project management, as well as outlines the steps needed to achieve large-scale project success.
Book Synopsis Systems Failure Analysis by : Joseph Berk
Download or read book Systems Failure Analysis written by Joseph Berk and published by ASM International. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Handbook of Information Systems Research by : Michael E. Whitman
Download or read book The Handbook of Information Systems Research written by Michael E. Whitman and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the quantity and quality of available works in Information Systems (IS) research, it would seem advantageous to possess a concise list of exemplary works on IS research, in order to enable instructors of IS research courses to better prepare students to publish in IS venues. To that end, The Handbook of Information Systems Research provides a collection of works on a variety of topics related to IS research. This book provides a fresh perspective on issues related to IS research by providing chapters from world-renowned leaders in IS research along with chapters from relative newcomers who bring some interesting and often new perspectives to IS research. This book should serve as an excellent text for a graduate course on IS research methods.
Book Synopsis Information Systems: Failure Analysis by : John A. Wise
Download or read book Information Systems: Failure Analysis written by John A. Wise and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although system analysis is a well established methodology, the specific application of such analysis to information systems is a relatively new endeavor. Indeed, it may be said to be still in the trial-and-error stage. In recent years, such analysis has been given impetus by the numerous accounts of information system failures, some of which have led to serious consequences -e.g., the accident at Three Mile Island, the chemical spills at Bophal, India, and at Institute, West Virginia, and the loss of the space shuttle Challenger. Analysis of the failure of the W. T. Grant Company, the third largest retail organization in the United States, indicated that improper use of the available information was a significant factor in that failure. In spite of these incidents and their widespread impact, only meager attempts have been made to develop an effective methodology for analyzing the information systems involved in such incidents. There have been no well developed guidelines for determining the causes of such events and for recommending solutions so that similar failures could be avoided. To address the need for such a methodology, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sponsored an Advanced Research Workshop attended by a group of 32 scientists, scholars, and expert investigators, representing a variety of disciplines and countries.
Book Synopsis Systems Reliability and Failure Prevention by : Herbert Hecht
Download or read book Systems Reliability and Failure Prevention written by Herbert Hecht and published by Artech House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This timely resource offers engineers and managers a comprehensive, unified treatment of the techniques and practice of systems reliability and failure prevention, without the use of advanced mathematics.
Book Synopsis Stop IT Project Failures by : Dan Remenyi
Download or read book Stop IT Project Failures written by Dan Remenyi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about information systems development failures and how to avoid them. It considers what goes wrong with information systems development projects and what actions may be taken to avoid potential difficulties.The reduction of the impact,or even the elimination of the problems,is discussed in terms of an information systems risk management programme. Stop I.T.Project failure helps to ensure that IS project managers are successful in helping to deliver application systems. However, IS development risk can never be entirely eliminated and consequently the practitioner needs to bear in mind that an IS development project is never without risk, and hence there is a continuing potential for something to go wrong. The book covers the key issues and variables and makes specific practical suggestions about the good management practice that is required to implement IS project risk processes. Dr. Dan Remenyi has spent more than 25 years working in the field of corporate computers and information systems. He has worked with computers as an IS professional, business consultant and user. In all these capacities he has been primarily concerned with benefit realisation and obtaining the maximum value for money from the organisations' information systems investment and effort. He has worked extensively in the field of information systems project management, specialising in the area of project risk identification and management. He has written a number of books and papers in the field of IT management and regularly conducts courses and seminars as well as working as a consultant in this area. Dr.Dan Remenyi holds a B.Soc.Sc., an MBA and a PhD. He is a Visiting Professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenberg, Sweden and an associate member of faculty at Henley Management College in the United Kingdom.
Book Synopsis Why Information Systems Fail by : Chris Sauer
Download or read book Why Information Systems Fail written by Chris Sauer and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work discusses some of the reasons for failure of information systems and the problems of developing information systems in organizations. It is based on an understanding of the limitations preventing developers from adequately managing the organizational environment of their systems.
Book Synopsis Software Development Failures by : Kweku Ewusi-Mensah
Download or read book Software Development Failures written by Kweku Ewusi-Mensah and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An empirically based study of why software development failures happen, and the lessons we can learn. Failed or abandoned software development projects cost the U.S. economy alone billions of dollars a year. In Software Development Failures, Kweku Ewusi-Mensah offers an empirically grounded study that suggests why these failures happen and how they can be avoided. Case studies analyzed include the well-known Confirm travel industry reservation program, FoxMeyer's Delta, the IRS's Tax System Modernization, the Denver International Airport's Baggage Handling System, and CODIS. It has been estimated that one-third of software development projects fail or are abandoned outright because of cost overruns, delays, and reduced functionality. Some consider this an acceptable risk—that it is simply the cost of doing business. Ewusi-Mensah argues that understanding the factors involved in development failures will help developers and businesses bring down the rate of software failure and abandoned projects. Ewusi-Mensah explores the reasons software development projects are vulnerable to failure and why issues of management and organization are at the core of any failed project. He examines these projects not from a deterministically technical perspective but as part of a complex technical and social process; he proposes a framework of factors that contribute to the decision to abandon a project and enumerates the risks and uncertainties inherent in each phase of a project's life cycle. Exploring the multiplicity of factors that make software development risky, he presents empirical data that is reinforced by analyses of the reported cases. He emphasizes the role of the user in the development process and considers the effect of organizational politics on a project. Finally, he considers what lessons can be learned from past failures and how software development practices can be improved.
Book Synopsis Why Systems Fail by : David A. Turbide
Download or read book Why Systems Fail written by David A. Turbide and published by Industrial Press Inc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Properly applied, manufacturing information systems can contribute to a firm's success. Improperly implemented, they have the potential to become a burden that can cause a firm's ultimate demise. The author of this timely book applies his fifteen plus years in systems implementation to explain that failure is seldom the fault of the system, and it can be avoided by learning from the experiences of others. Implementation failure can be traced to several recurring mistakes, and the information in this book can keep your firm from making common (and some unusual) errors that can keep your system from becoming an unqualified success. To demonstrate how a properly implemented system should function, the author uses an integrated approach that brings together virtually all areas of a business into a single applications set to demonstrate why systems fail and how to make sure that yours does not.
Book Synopsis The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant by : Helen Sullivan
Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant written by Helen Sullivan and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 1737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant examines what it means to be a public servant in today’s world(s) where globalisation and neoliberalism have proliferated the number of actors who contribute to the public purpose sector and created new spaces that public servants now operate in. It considers how different scholarly approaches can contribute to a better understanding of the identities, motivations, values, roles, skills, positions and futures for the public servant, and how scholarly knowledge can be informed by and translated into value for practice. The book combines academic contributions with those from practitioners so that key lessons may be synthesised and translated into the context of the public servant.
Book Synopsis Information Systems Strategic Management by : Steve Clarke
Download or read book Information Systems Strategic Management written by Steve Clarke and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide to the strategic management of information systems within business and public sector organizations integrates the two, often disparate, domains of strategic management and information systems. Focusing on managing information systems within a broader organizational context, it covers key issues such as: * corporate strategy * information systems strategy from both practical and theoretical perspectives * contemporary information systems strategic issues * the technical versus social debate in information systems strategy * ways forward for the application of strategic thinking. With strong pedagogical features and lecturer aids, this useful guide will be a valuable resource for undergraduates in the fields of business, management and information systems.
Book Synopsis Why Information Systems Fail by : Henry C. Lucas
Download or read book Why Information Systems Fail written by Henry C. Lucas and published by New York : Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Information Systems Foundations by : Dennis N. Hart
Download or read book Information Systems Foundations written by Dennis N. Hart and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the papers presented at the third biennial Information Systems Foundations ('Theory, Representation and Reality¿) Workshop, held at The Australian National University in Canberra from 27-28 September 2006. The focus of the workshop was, as for the others in the series, the foundations of Information Systems as an academic discipline. The particular emphasis was, as in past workshops, the adequacy and completeness of theoretical underpinnings and the research methods employed. At the same time the practical nature of the applications and phenomena with which the discipline deals were kept firmly in view. Accordingly, the papers in this volume range from the unashamedly theoretical n their focus (Designing for Mutability in Information Systems Artifacts; Towards a Unified Theory of Fit: Task, Technology and Individual) to the much more practically oriented (An Action-Centred Approach to Conceptualising Information Support for Routine Work).
