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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN> <STRONG>CALL FOR PAPERS </STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">* Special Section of the <I>Journal of Management
Information Systems </I>* <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">IT Project, Portfolio, and Program Management <SPAN
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Special Section Co-Editors </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>James J. Jiang</STRONG>, Australian National
University </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN><STRONG>Gary Klein,
</STRONG>University of Colorado Colorado Springs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT
face="Times New Roman">In the past two decades, IS project management, as a
system for accomplishing information technology development and deployment, has
advanced in its application.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Project management theory and practice need to be further refined, to
achieve a goal of managing change with greater efficiency and lower realized
risk in rapidly evolving environments.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The need for rapid
change under controlled situations dictates the requirement for newer and better
practices in defining the projects and their management to achieve desired
goals.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Project portfolio and
program management – the selection and management of projects as a collective –
consider the aspects of managing multiple projects to make the best use of
limited resources to implement organizational strategies.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The complexity of managing individual
and multiple projects is inherent due to the variety of stakeholders involved
and geographic separation of project components which can often span functional,
organizational, cultural, and international boundaries.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The goal of this Special Section is primarily to foster
theoretical development regarding these refined practices of IS project,
portfolio and program management. However, methodologically innovative and
significant studies of practice aligned with success are also encouraged.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As project management covers a broad
range of areas (e.g., risk management, benefits management, control design,
stakeholder analysis), the scope of this Special Section will be broad in
shaping future studies in IT project management. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><STRONG>SPECIAL SECTION EDITORIAL BOARD
</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman">Walter Fernandez, The Australian
National University </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman">Laurie J. Kirsch, University of
Pittsburgh</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman">Carol Saunders, University of Central
Florida</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bernard Tan, National University of
Singapore</FONT><A name=_GoBack></A></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman">Amrit Tiwana, University of
Georgia</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rodney Turner, Europrojex &
Université Lille Nord de France</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">TOPICS <o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">All topics related to IT
project, portfolio and program management research are welcome. The following
are a few sample research issues: <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: windowtext"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Models of
project, portfolio and program success<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">External
influences on projects, portfolios and programs <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Cultural
impacts in the areas of project, portfolio and program
management<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Organizational
fit of IT project, portfolio and program structures<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Project
governance and decision rights configuration<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Control
mechanism design<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Risk
management in project programs and portfolios<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Submitted papers must make a significant and novel
contribution to theory, or practice well-grounded in theory, and be supported by
appropriate evidence. All research paradigms and methodologies are welcome.
Interdisciplinary collaboration is encouraged. Strong preference will be given
to papers that contribute distinctive, non-trivial IS-centric insights to
theoretical perspectives in IT or its reference disciplines, rather than to the
applications of existing theories to an IS context. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU>Interested authors are required to submit extended abstracts of no
more than two pages for their planned </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="COLOR: windowtext">submissions. This will give the editorial team an
opportunity to determine if a planned submission is appropriate for expedited
handling and review. Abstracts and full papers should be submitted by email to
JMISprojectmanagement@gmail.com. Submissions should follow standard formatting
and style guidelines for the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Journal of
Management Information Systems.</I> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="COLOR: windowtext"><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">REVIEW PROCESS:
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Inappropriately targeted
or underdeveloped papers will be returned promptly to the authors after a review
by both Special Section Co-editors.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Review of paper submissions will be double-blind. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Both a blinded manuscript without
identifying author information and a non-blinded cover page with author
information and acknowledgements should be submitted.
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style="COLOR: windowtext"><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">IMPORTANT DATES
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">- Abstract
submissions: May 1, 2012 <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">- Full paper
due: October 1, 2012 <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">- First round
of reviews provided to the authors: January 1, 2013
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<P class=Default style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman">- Paper
revisions due: April 1, 2013 <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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Final decision on acceptance of papers: June
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