Investigating the Sources of Difficulties in Managing Project Interdependencies: A Study of IT/IS Project Portfolios

Bathallath, SameerStockholms universitet,Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap (författare)

Investigating the Sources of Difficulties in Managing Project Interdependencies : A Study of IT/IS Project Portfolios

Interdependencies between projects can take a major role in IT/IS project portfolios. However, managing these interdependencies can be a difficult task, especially when the number and diversity of projects grow large in scale. In times of unexpected events, extra management efforts are inevitable for treating the subsequent effects on the projects and their interdependencies, and for maintaining high-performance portfolios. Complexity is also a concern for managers, and a growing complexity level may threatens the project portfolio from achieving its final goal. This paper investigates the managerial issues and difficulties in handling project interdependencies. For a closer look at these interdependencies and to gain more understanding of the problem area, a qualitative study was conducted based on semi-structured interviews with managers from four leading organizations in different industries in Saudi Arabia. The findings reveal three main sources of difficulty in managing project interdependencies in IT/IS project portfolios: 1) Insufficient understanding of human responsibilities in the whole portfolio, 2) Environmental change and 3) Technological constraints.

NATURVETENSKAP Data- och informationsvetenskap Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Computer and Information Sciences Information Systems hsv//eng
Project portfolio management
project interdependencies management
IT/IS projects
multi-project management
complexity
Computer and Systems Sciences
data- och systemvetenskap

Smedberg, ÅsaStockholms universitet,Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap(Swepub:su)asasmed (författare)
Kjellin, HaraldStockholms universitet,Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap(Swepub:su)hk (författare)
Stockholms universitetInstitutionen för data- och systemvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Proceedings of the 9th IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2016: IADIS Press, s. 71-829789898533500

Av författaren/redakt...: Bathallath, Same ...; Smedberg, Åsa; Kjellin, Harald

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