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Title:
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A MODEL FOR ASSESSING RISK ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS |
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Author(s):
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Petronnell Sehlola, Tiko Iyamu |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-68-7 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes, Pedro Isaías and Philip Powell |
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Year:
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2012 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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IT projects, Risk management, risk Identification, Actor Network Theory |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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73 |
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Last Page:
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81 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Many of the IT solutions in an organisation are employed through IT projects. Based on the reliance on IT solutions, organisations investment on IT projects has increased tremendously in the last two decades. This is informed and triggered by the premises that IT will help them to yield solutions that will fulfil or exceed their expectations, thereby make the organisation realise the required return on investment. Projects are a means to yield solutions through technological artefacts such as infrastructure (networks included), applications, databases or a combination of these. The technological artefacts do carries or are associated with foreseen or unforeseen risks. Hence proper risk identification and management on IT projects is necessitated to ensure that the organisation reaches its desire state. Unfortunately, risks are never easy to identify or manage. Using one case, the study employed actor network theory in the analysis of the data to understand the factors which manifest themselves into risks during the deployment of IT projects in the organisation. |
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