<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Examination of Urwin’s Framework in Information Technology Project Management Practices"^^ . "Information Technology (IT) projects are organizational investments that require\r\ntime, money, and other resources such as people and technology. In order to\r\nensure the success of these projects, organizations are adopting project\r\nmanagement approaches and setting up project management offices. In spite of\r\nthis, projects still ended in partial or total failure. Despite the availability of\r\nframeworks in IT project management organizations still practice informal and ad\r\nhoc development in their project management causing additional costs and\r\nproject delays or even failures. This study was done to examine the practice of\r\nInformation Technology Project Management (ITPM) in organizations. The\r\nobjectives of the study was first to review the existing frameworks in ITPM and\r\nthen to propose a framework that is appropriate and that could be easily adopted\r\nby organizations. The study found that although there are many frameworks that\r\ncan be adopted these existing frameworks are heavy in documentation and to\r\nadopt them required skilled or certified project managers which are not within the\r\nmeans of small and medium size organizations. Based on the review, the study\r\nhad proposed Urwin’s framework as the most appropriate and practical project\r\nmanagement approach for this study. This is because Urwin had created his\r\nframework of 12 themes after a long and intense study of information systems,\r\ninformation technology and project management literature. The 12 themes are\r\nstrategy, leadership, scope, participation and commitment, project planning,\r\nproject team, communication, risk management, training and resources, test\r\nmanagement, organization structure and data. Urwin’s framework seemed most\r\nappropriate and practical because no certification is required and it can be\r\nimplemented throughout the project life cycle. Also Urwin had showed how to\r\nimplement each theme by providing a checklist under each theme. To examine\r\nUrwin’s framework interviews were conducted in two large organizations with two\r\nproject managers of 15 and 17 years of experience each. Also a survey was\r\nconducted in 104 organizations. The respondents are project managers, IT\r\nexecutives, senior level employees and middle level employees with range of\r\nexperience between two to 15 years. The results showed that all the 12 themes\r\nare well implemented in the two large organizations. Results of the survey\r\nshowed that only three out of the 12 themes are well implemented. Findings\r\nfrom the study suggest that all 12 themes from Urwin’s framework must be well\r\nimplemented to effectively managed ITPM. The study also put forth four\r\nrecommendations to be practiced together with Urwin’s framework. They are\r\nexecutive focus and commitment; effective staffing; learning incrementally from\r\nexperience; and baseline management. (Abstract by Author)"^^ . "2018" . . . . . "Open University Malaysia"^^ . . . "Centre for Graduate Studies, Open University Malaysia"^^ . . . . . . . . ""^^ . "Rashidah Md Rawi"^^ . " Rashidah Md Rawi"^^ . . "Open University Malaysia"^^ . . . . . . . "Examination of Urwin’s Framework in Information Technology Project Management Practices (Text)"^^ . . . . . "library-document-1215.pdf"^^ . . . "Examination of Urwin’s Framework in Information Technology Project Management Practices (Text)"^^ . . . . . 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