[AISWorld] 2nd CFP: AMCIS 2012 Minitrack "Adoption, Diffusion, and Success of IT Project Management Methodologies"

[Nils.Urbach at ebs.edu]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

18th Americas Conference on Information Systems 

Seattle, Washington, August 9-12, 2012 (http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/)

Track: IT Project Management

Mini-Track Title: Adoption, Diffusion, and Success of IT Project 
Management Methodologies

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DESCRIPTION

Despite the overwhelming advantages of using IT Project Management 
methodologies (ITPM), organizations often struggle to realize the expected 
benefits. One of the reasons of this is the lack of acceptance of such 
methodologies from their actual users. For example, only 50% of 
organizations are actually able to make their staff use such methodologies 
[1]. In the context of software development, a project survey conducted by 
Russo et al. [2] showed that only 6% of organizations claim that their 
methodologies are always used as specified. Cicmil et al. [3] also found 
that resistance towards the acceptance of project management methodologies 
is high because the users do not have faith in the concept, fear power 
loss, or lack adequate training and support from upper management. 
Organizational theorists have long recognised that behavioural resistance 
of individuals against the use of new methodologies is because they might 
not share the goals of the organizations in which they work, and that 
exerts pressure on them to use the new methodologies [4]. As such, the 
roots of lacking methodology acceptance, lies – among other factors – in 
the failure to understand the attitudes of individuals towards using a 
methodology. Researchers and practitioners alike face challenges regarding 
the design, adoption, and success of ITPM methodologies. This lack of 
understanding ultimately leads to the development and implementation of 
methodologies that might be considered unsuitable, and are as a result 
rejected by individuals.

The objective of this mini-track is to foster research on ITPM 
methodologies by providing deeper insights into factors that affect their 
successful design, adoption, diffusion, and application. Researchers and 
practitioners interested in submitting papers for this mini-track are 
encouraged to explore ITPM methodologies, and related methods and tools – 
for example from a design or behavioral perspective. Papers may consider 
different units of analysis: individual, group, or organizational level. 


SUGGESTED TOPICS

- Methodology engineering
- Designing ITPM methodologies
- Success and impact of ITPM methodology application
- Acceptance and adoption of ITPM methodologies
- Strategies to influence individuals to use ITPM methodologies
- Change management practices regarding implementation and diffusion of 
new ITPM methodologies
- Leadership, power and politics regarding use and success of ITPM 
methodologies
- Role of knowledge management and networks in ITPM use and success
- Implications of project outsourcing for ITPM methodologies
- Management software that can help support the effective execution of 
ITPM methodologies (e.g., project management information systems etc.)


IMPORTANT DATES

January 2, 2012 Submission opens 
March 1, 2012 Submission deadline 
April 2, 2012 Notification of acceptance 
April 20, 2012 Final camera-ready copy due 


INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed, and must 
be submitted using the online submission system at 
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012. 
For complete instructions for authors and information about the 
conference, visit the AMCIS 2012 conference website at 
http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/ after January 2, 2012.

MINI-TRACK CHAIRS
Kunal Mohan, EBS Business School, Germany, kunal.mohan at ebs.edu
Nils Urbach, EBS Business School, Germany, nils.Urbach at ebs.edu
Anol Bhattacherjee, University of South Florida, USA, abhatt at usf.edu


REFERENCES

[1] R. L. Glass, "A Snapshot of Systems Development Practice," IEEE 
Softw., vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 112-111, 1999.
[2] N. L. Russo, R. Hightower, and J. M. Pearson, "The Failure of 
Methodologies to Meet the Needs of Current Development Environments," 
Proceedings of the British Computer Society’s Annual Conference on 
Information System Methodologies, pp. 387-393, 1996.
[3] S. Cicmil, Z. Ðordevic, and S. Zivanovic, "Understanding the adoption 
of project management in Serbian organizations: Insights from an 
exploratory study.," Project Management Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 
88-98, Mar. 2009.
[4] M. P. Teodoro, "Bureaucratic Job Mobility and The Diffusion of 
Innovations," American Journal of Political Science, vol. 53, pp. 175-189, 
Jan. 2009.

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