The Information Technology (IT) has undergone profound and rapid changes in recent decades. In this context, organizations must be prepared to implement these technologies, on the form of projects, as quickly and effectively as possible, providing results before its competitors. Therefore, it can be noted that the delivery of a project on time, ever shorter, is essential. Considering these observations, the main purpose of this study is to explore how failures in IT project stakeholder management may impact, directly or indirectly, the deadlines of these projects. The empirical research, qualitative in nature, is of the exploratory type and counted with the participation of IT project managers and managers of IT project managers, who answered a semi structured interview and provided documents in support of the research. The transcripts of the interviews as well as the provided documents were used for the analysis of data content. As a final result of this study, the main failures in the stakeholder management that may compromise – mostly indirectly – the timely delivery of IT projects are identified and explored.
The Information Technology (IT) has undergone profound and rapid changes in recent decades. In this context, organizations must be prepared to implement these technologies, on the form of projects, as quickly and effectively as possible, providing results before its competitors. Therefore, it can be noted that the delivery of a project on time, ever shorter, is essential. Considering these observations, the main purpose of this study is to explore how failures in IT project stakeholder management may impact, directly or indirectly, the deadlines of these projects. The empirical research, qualitative in nature, is of the exploratory type and counted with the participation of IT project managers and managers of IT project managers, who answered a semi structured interview and provided documents in support of the research.The transcripts of the interviews as well as the provided documents were used for the analysis of data content. As a final result of this study, the main failures in the stakeholder management that may compromisemostly indirectly -the timely delivery of IT projects are identified and explored.Key words: Stakeholders, projects, Information Technology, deadlines, failures. ATRASOS EM PROJETOS DE TI CAUSADOS POR FALHAS NA GESTÃO DOS STAKEHOLDERS RESUMOA Tecnologia da Informação (TI) tem passado por mudanças profundas e rápidas nas últimas décadas. Nesse contexto, as organizações devem estar preparadas para implementar, sob a forma de projetos, essas tecnologias da maneira mais rápida e efetiva possível, apresentando resultados antes de seus concorrentes. Portanto, pode-se notar que a entrega de um projeto no prazo cada vez mais curto é essencial. Because of to the interaction with stakeholders (through communication)is considered the main shortcoming of project managers in Brazil (PMI Chapters, 2011), it was chosen to understand the delay phenomenon in relation to the effectiveness of the stakeholders management of the IT projects.The exploration of these delays or other failures in IT projects through the stakeholders' theory is still an approach little used by the academic and professional environment.The importance of this approach is real, since failures in the stakeholders' management, such as for example, poor communication of these stakeholders (Molena, 2011), results in the problem of higher frequency in projects: failure to meet deadlines.In this context, one can define the following research problem: how failures in the stakeholders management of IT projects can negatively impactdirectly or indirectly -the ultimate deadlines for the project delivery?Through readings and exploratory discussions on the topic at issue and the through researcher's own practical observation, as a project manager, it could be defined -tentatively -some assumptions for the research. Such assumptions have served as guidelines for the structuring of the theoretical (Laurindo, 2008;Keen, 1993;Luftman, Oldach & Lewis, 1993). This definition, broader, already takes into account the administrative and human a...
Wagler described Natrix sexcarinata through a specimen collected on the banks of the Amazon River in Brazil, without citing a specific location. The species was later transferred to different Neotropical genera (Chironius, Herpetodryas, Phrynonax, and Pseustes) currently allocated in the Family Colubridae. The taxonomic instability of Natrix sexcarinata is probably due to its brief original description in combination with its supposedly inaccurate illustration. Despite the holotype being lost during World War II, some authors have pointed out that its description is somewhat similar to the widespread concept of Pseustes poecilonotus. More recently, a molecular study proposed the synonymy of the genera Pseustes with Spilotes, resurrecting the Phrynonax genus to allocate Ph. poecilonotus and Ph. polylepis. However, the taxonomic positioning of Natrix sexcarinata remains unsatisfactory with respect to the cis-Andean taxa placed in Phrynonax or even Spilotes throughout the Amazon. Considering the taxonomic and nomenclatural problems mentioned above, we investigated how many Phrynonax species occur along the Amazon Basin and what would be their applicable name. We examined the external morphology (meristic, morphometric, and color pattern data) of 118 Phrynonax specimens and prepared the hemipenes of seven specimens to understand geographic, sexual, and ontogenetic variability parameters. Our result suggests the synonymy of Ph. polylepis and N. sexcarinata under the combination Phrynonax sexcarinatus. Based on available evidence, we reinforce that Phrynonax sexcarinatus is the only congener that occurs along the Amazon Basin. We have also designated a Natrix sexcarinata neotype to stabilize its complex nomenclature.
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