[AISWorld] Int. J. of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM): TOC & CFP

[John Wang]

*The contents of the latest issue of: *

*Int. J. of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM)*

Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association

Volume 1, Issue 2, April-June 2010

Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically

ISSN: 1938-0232 EISSN: 1938-0240

Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA

www.igi-global.com/ijitpm



*PAPER ONE*



Service-Oriented Architecture Adoption: A Normative Decision Model for
Timing and Approach



Andrew Ciganek (UW-Whitewater, USA)

Marc Haines (Ictect, Inc., USA)



The controversial Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program is the largest
federal low-income housing program. Using GIS-based spatial clustering
analysis (Getis–Ord’s Gi statistic) and multiple linear regressions, in this
paper, the authors examine the locational patterns of more than 13,600
Section 8 housing units in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and explore key
social, economic, demographic, and locational factors underlying the spatial
distribution of Section 8 housing. The findings reveal that Section 8
housing continues to concentrate in the central city area with predominantly
black residents, a high proportion of families in poverty, and abundant
low-cost properties. The Section 8 voucher policy has failed to successfully
de-concentrate poor families from these urban areas. Residential mobility of
low-income families has been restricted by various factors, most important
of which is the lack of accessibility to public transportation across the
metropolitan area.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=42122



*PAPER TWO*



Knowledge Management in Construction Projects: A Way Forward in Dealing with
Tacit Knowledge



Min An (University of Birmingham, UK)

Hesham Ahmad (University of Birmingham, UK)



In this article, the authors examine the spatial distribution of major
retail chains across Canada. Using store location data for 2001 and 2006,
the geospatial approach adopted in this study allows for the analysis of
retail chains’ store portfolios by the size of the resident population of
the ‘markets’ within which they operate. The analysis presented highlights
the dominance of chain locations within and proximal to Canada’s major urban
markets and provides further evidence of increasing interest amongst a
number of major chains in ‘small town’ (or ‘C’) markets. It points to a
future in which these smaller markets will become more competitive with an
increased presence of major retail chains. The findings reported can be seen
as the locational imprint of the processes of corporate concentration taking
place across Canada, fuelled by the interplay of increased competition,
concerns over market saturation and the need to sustain growth.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=42123



*PAPER THREE*



The Waterfall Approach and Requirement Uncertainty: An In-Depth Case Study
of an Enterprise Systems Implementation at a Major Airline Company



Huub Ruël (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

Tanya Bondarouk (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

Stefan Smink (Sodexo Altys, The Netherlands)



In this study, the author compares the supply-demand mismatch of retail
banking services and the changing patterns in Illinois and New York from
1982 to 2007 amid fundamental banking transformation and geographical
deregulation. The study uses measures of concentration like the
Herfindahl-Herschman Index (HHI) and the E-Index. The study finds that the
traditionally unit banking Illinois has narrowed the mismatch over the study
period from 1982 to 2007, whereas the traditionally branch banking New York
has expanded such mismatch. The study also finds that while the New York
banking industry can be characterized by a more concentrated geographical
distribution of bank deposits, the Illinois banking industry still has a
dispersed geographical concentration of bank offices, though the Chicago MSA
has reversed such a pattern.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=42124



*PAPER FOUR*



Teaching Students How to Effectively Work in Virtual Teams



Sadan Kulturel-Konak (Pennsylvania State University-Berks Campus, USA)

Clifford Maurer (Pennsylvania State University-Berks Campus, USA)

Daniel Lohin (Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA)



Rapidly growing urban areas tend to reveal distinctive spatial and temporal
variations of land use/land cover in a locally urbanized environment. In
this article, the author analyzes urban growth phenomena at a local scale by
employing Geographic Information Systems, remotely sensed image data from
1984, 1994, and 2004, and landscape shape index. Since spatial patterns of
land use/land cover changes in small urban areas are not fully examined by
the current GIS-based modeling studies or simulation applications, the major
objective of this research is to identify and examine the spatial and
temporal dynamics of land use changes of urban growth at a local scale.
Analytical results demonstrate that sizes, locations, and shapes of new
developments are spatio-temporally associated with their landscape
variations and major transportation arteries. The key findings from this
study contribute to GIS-based urban growth modeling studies and urban
planning practices for local communities.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=42125





*PAPER FIVE*



IT Risk Evaluation Model Using Risk Maps and Fuzzy Inference



Constanta- Bodea (Academy of Economic Studies - AES, Romania)

Maria-Iuliana Dascalu (Academy of Economic Studies - AES, Romania)



In this article, the author utilizes a GIS to spatially analyze radar
reflectivity returns during the 24 hours following 43 tropical cyclone (TC)
landfalls. The positions of convective rainfall regions and their areal
extent are then examined according to storm intensity, motion, vertical wind
shear, time until extratropical transition, time after landfall, and
distance from the coastline. As forward velocity increases in conjunction
with an extratropical transition, these regions move outward, shift from the
right side to the front of the TC, and grow in size. A similar radial shift,
but with a decrease in areal extent, occurs as TCs weaken. Further
quantification of the shapes of these regions could yield a more spatially
accurate assessment of where TCs may produce high rainfall totals.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.

http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=42126



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For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the
*International
Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) *in your institution's
library.  This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "*
InfoSci-Journals*" database: www.infosci-journals.com.

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*CALL FOR PAPERS*



Mission of IJITPM:


The mission of *International Journal of Information Technology Project
Management (IJITPM)* is to provide a forum for practitioners and researchers
from both public and private sectors of project management professionals,
along with information systems researchers, software developers and vendors,
to contribute and to circulate ground-breaking work, and to shape future
directions for research, as well as to help project leaders and managers
apply various advanced techniques in information systems. It encourages
discussions on how the various information systems can improve project
management as well as how advances in project management can affect the
growth of information systems.



Coverage of IJITPM:



IJITPM topics include, but are not limited to:



Budgeting

Communication and collaboration

Current and emerging standards

Decision support systems

Facilities and equipment support

Feasibility studies

Goals and objective setting

HRM challenges

Marketing and branding strategies

Measurement and metrics

Negotiation skills

Opportunity management

Organization change projects

Outsourcing and alliances

Project coordination and scheduling

Project governance

Project information systems

Project knowledge management

Project management teams

Project review and evaluation

Quality assurance and testing

Resource allocation

Risk assessment and management

Scheduling

Software and systems

Staffing

Systems analysis

Virtual project

Time and cost estimating

Web-based PM





Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission
guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijitpm



All inquiries and submissions should be sent to:

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. John Wang at j.john.wang at gmail.com
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