Dear SIG IT Project Management members, ITProjMgmt authors and friends:<br>
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All of you may have seen the <span>AMCIS</span> 2013 call for <span><span>minitrack</span></span> proposals
has been sent out and the deadline for submitting a <span><span>minitrack</span></span> proposal
is October 18th, 2012. Therefore, we are currently soliciting <span><span>minitrack</span></span>
proposals for the IT Project Management <span>track</span> at <span>AMCIS</span> 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.<br>
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<p style="letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font:13px tahoma;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;margin:0in 0in 6pt;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal"><span>Minitrack</span> chairs will be responsible for a) promoting their <span>minitrack</span> to generate manuscript submissions to <span>AMCIS</span> 2013;<span> </span>
b) soliciting and assigning reviewers for manuscripts submitted to the
<span>minitrack</span>; and c) making recommendations to <span>track</span> chairs about each
manuscript submitted to the <span>minitrack</span>. Each of these important dates and
activities are identified on the <span>AMCIS</span> 2013 website.<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></p>
<p style="letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font:13px tahoma;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;margin:0in 0in 6pt;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal"></span><a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=58" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:rgb(217,217,217);font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal"></span></a><span style="background-color:rgb(217,217,217);font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;color:red;font-weight:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></p>
<p style="letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font:13px tahoma;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;margin:0in 0in 6pt;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">To submit a <span>minitrack</span> proposal,</span><b><span> </span></b><span style="font-weight:normal">you must submit a) m</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">initrack
chairs (names, emails, affiliation); b) <span>minitrack</span> title; c) short
description of <span>minitrack</span> for the <span>AMCIS</span> 2013 website (up to 150 words);
d) call for papers for your <span>minitrack</span>. To submit a <span>minitrack</span> proposal,
visit: </span><a href="http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013_minitracks/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013_minitracks/</span></a> a<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">nd</span><a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=60" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal"> http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=60</span></a><br>
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Potential ideas for research oriented <span>minitracks</span> in ITProjMgmt may
include one or more of the following:<br><ul><li>
Virtual project management</li><li>
Critical Success Factors</li><li>
Leadership issues in project management</li><li>
Strategic issues in project management</li><li>
Management by projects (unlike Management by Objectives)</li><li>
Human Resource Management in Projects</li><li>
Project management research methods</li><li>
Risk management in IT Projects</li><li>
Value/return on investment of project management</li><li>
Knowledge management and IT Projects</li><li>
Project Management Organizations (PMO or EPM)</li><li>
Project Management Assessment, Quality and Assurance</li><li>
Project Management Standards</li><li>
Project management theory</li><li>
Pedagogical Issues in ITPM</li><li>
Other</li></ul>
Deadlines:<br>
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<p style="letter-spacing:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font:13px tahoma;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;margin:0in 0in 6pt;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">To view the full schedule of activities for <span>minitrack</span> chairs, visit:<span> </span></span><a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=57" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px;font-weight:normal">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=57</span></a><span style="font-family:helvetica,sans-serif;color:red;font-weight:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></p>
<p style="padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-top:0in;border:medium none"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></p>
<ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">October 18, 2012: <span>Minitrack</span> proposals due</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">November 19, 2012: Revised <span>Minitrack</span> proposal due</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">January 4, 2013: Manuscript submissions for <span>AMCIS</span> 2013 begin</span></li></ul>
For up-to-date information about <span>AMCIS</span> 2013, please visit: <a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/</a><br><br>
For more information on upcoming events relating to the SIG, please
visit <a href="http://www.SIGITProjMgmt.org" target="_blank">http://www.SIGITProjMgmt.org</a><br>
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Thanks for your continuing support of the SIGITProjMgmt. Please let us
know if you have any suggestions. We look forward to your <span><span>minitrack</span></span>
proposals.<br>
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If you have any questions, please email one of the <span><span>track</span></span> co-chairs.<br>
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<span>AMCIS</span> 2013 ITProjMgmt <span><span>Track</span></span> Co-Chairs<br>
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Alanah Mitchell (<a href="mailto:mitchellaj@appstate.edu" target="_blank">mitchellaj@appstate.edu</a>)<br>
Appalachian State University<br>
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Lorraine Lee (<a href="mailto:Leel@uncw.edu" target="_blank">Leel@uncw.edu</a>)<br>
University of North Carolina Wilmington