Project Management in Information Systems Development
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2009Author
Lohan, Garry
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Lohan, G (2009) "Project Management in Information Systems Development." In: Proceedings of the Irish Academy of Management
Abstract
Although there is a growing body of literature concerned with the adoption of
agile software development within a large organization, there is still very little in terms of
empirical research of practice. This research uses principles from the Beyond Budgeting
model to investigate the budgeting practices of large organizations using an agile
method. Budgeting is taken in this context to mean the performance management process
that executes the organizations financial plan (Hope and Fraser 2003). Using this model,
the research will seek to establish a framework for ¿agile project budgeting¿ which can
be used as a tool to help with the alignment of the Finance and IT functions of a large
organization. The main research questions identified thus far are; How are Beyond
Budgeting principles used in agile software development? What are the advantages and
disadvantages with combining the Beyond Budgeting principles with agile software
development? How might organizations optimize their budget process to facilitate agile
development? Using case study research methods including open-ended interviews the
researcher will conduct two in depth case studies to develop the agile project budgeting
framework.