[AISWorld] Call for Papers - AMCIS 2014 Mini Track on Information Systems Evaluation

[Lorie Obal]

Call for papers

AMCIS 2014: 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems
Savannah, Georgia, August 7-10, 2014
Track: Strategic and Competitive Use of Information Technology Mini-Track:
Information Systems Evaluation



Problems with information systems (IS) include overly lengthy development
times, high implementation and maintenance costs and disappointing returns
on investments. Evaluation of information systems is increasingly important
due to high stakes in information systems (IS) dependence, cost and return
on investment (ROI). IS evaluation is challenging due to factors of IS
complexity and difficulties in defining meaningful measures that account
for socio-technical issues and unpredictable IS benefits. Moreover, IS
evaluation research often focuses on the organizations and end users
deploying information systems. Yet, information systems are increasingly
designed and used in complex ecosystems where all stakeholders, including
vendor organizations and their employees, are expected to create value for
themselves, their clients, and the ecosystems while minimizing waste. IS
evaluation methods and their relevant combinations that enable all relevant
stakeholders to measure and create value as well as  minimize waste
together in the ecosystems are especially important for tackling the root
causes of problems such as budget and schedule overruns and lower than
expected ROI. For example, functional size measurement is a well-known
methodology that both vendors and clients can use for pricing IS
development and maintenance projects in $/function point, evaluating the
earned value in the projects by the number of function points delivered to
clients, and assessing the quality of information systems and making
investment decisions to improve quality (e.g., the number of defects per
function point). Other methodologies are also of interest.

This mini-track will focus on Information Systems Evaluation with a goal of
identifying factors to help measure, justify, and steer IS development and
deployment initiatives, including investment decisions. The objective of
this track is to publish research on concepts, methods, frameworks and case
studies in IS evaluation.

The possible topics include but are not limited to:

   - IS evaluation methods for facilitating the co-creation of value and
   the elimination of waste by all relevant stakeholders (e.g., strategic
   product line roadmapping, requirements prioritization, and release
   management)
   - Methods for pre and post IS deployment appraisal
   - Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation Methods
   - Capital Budgeting and Financial Appraisal of IS Investments
   - Socio-technical aspects of appraisal methods
   - Organizational, Political, Cultural, Legal, Regulatory, and other
   barriers to IS evaluation
   - Macro-economic, Industry-wide, or Ecosystem-specific Assessment of IS
   - IS ROI measures
   - Cost/Benefit and Risk Analyses and Management of integrated enterprise
   systems or applications
   - Empirical studies are also solicited, which evaluate specific types of
   IS such as:
      - Collaborative Systems
      - Customer Relationship Management Systems
      - Decision Support Systems
      - eLearning systems
      - Enterprise Systems
      - Healthcare Information Systems
      - Knowledge Management Systems
      - Project (Portfolio) Management Systems
      - Product Lifecycle Management Systems

These topics can be investigated from a vendor’s and/or a client’s
perspective. Evaluation can focus on entire information systems or the
artifacts (partially) representing the systems

Submit your manuscript before March 1, 2014 at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2014<https://email.jyu.fi/OWA/redir.aspx?C=jSxrK-TxHUiZuaGtzA5OZl2eVaUu6dAIrhBwka1UHXikugIj7DV7No_RfqqP6noPSph-dXCnzeg.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fmc.manuscriptcentral.com%2famcis2014>

Important Dates:

March 1, 2014     Submission Deadline
April 4, 2014         Author Notification
April 18, 2014      Revision Deadline
April 25, 2014      Camera Ready Submission Deadline



Mini-Track Co-Chairs:

 Timo K. K’a’k’o’l’a’ (Primary Contact)

University of Jyväskylä, Finland

timokk at jyu.fi



Lorie Obal

Southern California Edison, USA
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