| Creators: |
Buchwald, Arne and Urbach, Nils |
| Title: |
Exploring the Role of Un-Enacted Projects in IT Project Portfolio Management |
| Item Type: |
Conference or Workshop Item |
| Event Title: |
(Proceedings of the) 33rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) |
| Event Location: |
Orlando, FL, USA |
| Event Dates: |
December, 16-19, 2012 |
| Projects: |
IDI |
| Additional Information: |
Open Access: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Date: |
2012 |
| Divisions: |
Informationsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
From the IT governance point of view, one central project portfolio management task is to ensure that official projects draw upon assigned human resources. However, a common phenomenon is that resources thought to be available often turn out to be actually unavailable. Previous research indicates that numerous unofficial initiatives are a typical cause of this observation. These un-enacted projects are those projects that have not been officially evaluated but do exist although they are not known to a company’s project portfolio. The result is that unofficial initiatives compete for scarce resources. Despite these resource issues, previous research has barely investigated unenacted projects. By building on four in-depth case studies, this exploratory study investigates the major drivers of the occurrence of un-enacted projects and their specific characteristics and found a great variety in respect of the type of un-enacted projects and the reasons for them being triggered in organizations. |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Language: |
English |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Project Portfolio Management ; Resource Management ; Un-enacted Projects |
| Link eMedia: |
Download |
| Citation: |
Buchwald, Arne and Urbach, Nils
(2012)
Exploring the Role of Un-Enacted Projects in IT Project Portfolio Management.
In: (Proceedings of the) 33rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December, 16-19, 2012, Orlando, FL, USA.
ISBN 9780615718439
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