IS project management success in developing countries

The management of Information Systems (IS) projects occupies a prominent place in research given the need for continuously improve projects efficiency and efficacy. In the case of developing countries, this is even more important because projects success rates are typically lower than those of the socalled developed countries. Projects success is vital to development, because the countries not only need to use the scarce resources available in the best possible way, but also must gain trust from populations and investors to continue ensuring financing for future projects. Note that developing countries’ governments many times depend on foreign investment to undertake large projects, for instance in the construction or IS infrastructure sectors. However, there are few known studies about the success of IS projects in developing countries. To help fill this gap, we carried out a questionnaire-based survey in four countries. The focus of our survey was on IS projects from the public sector. This enabled to identify quite low levels of success, as well as an urgent need for training and education programmes on project management.IMF -International Monetary Fund(undefined

IT Infrastructures Sourcing Challenges and Practices of Exploration-for-Exploitation in Public Sector Organizations: A Delphi Study

Managing information technology infrastructures (ITI) in an effective manner represents a major challenge for any organization and even more for public sector organizations (PSOs) that often lack IT resources and are constrained by tight budgets. Despite the importance of these challenges for practitioners, there is a limited number of studies in this field. Applying the organizational ambidexterity (AO) lens to analyze IT managers’ practices of ITI in public sector, with a specific emphasis on sourcing practices, the present study seeks to fill this gap. We present the outcomes of a Delphi study that involved 40 ITI experts from three sectors: public, private, and academic. Public sector practices of exploration-for-exploitation sourcing are discussed in this paper