Achieving strategic benefits from business IT projects: The critical importance of using the business case across the entire project lifetime

Einhorn, Frank; Marnewick, Carl; Meredith, Jack R.

doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2019.09.001

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“…From the portfolio side, Nguyen et al (2018) state that the business case can show the benefits of a company's investment in the project and how value can be created from the project, therefore it can be used as a basis for decision making on a project. Similar findings were expressed by Einhorn et al (2019), that the business case contains information to decide, or the decision itself will affect the follow-up process that is different from the process of action. Therefore, the business case explains more general information and project decision information than other activities, as stated in the project plan.…”

Section: Business Case As the Basis For Decision Making Dan Project Strategysupporting

confidence: 73%

“…The first article states that a business case has a contribution to the success of a project. However, in its implementation, a business case is considered not easy to be fully implemented during the implementation period by focusing on process theory in developing business cases (F. Einhorn et al, 2019). Other articles also state that a business case is an indispensable tool to help increase the success of an IT project or investment.…”

Section: The Effect Of the Business Case On The Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Improving Project Performance: A Review of Business Cases Utilization

Johanes¹,

Arviansyah²

2021

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Management and Innovation, ICoSMI 2020, 14-16 September 2020, Bo

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Undoubtedly, we know many projects have a success rate that is far from satisfactory due to wasted expenditure. This paper reviews the business case's utilization throughout the project life, its benefit regarding project performance, and its potential positive impact on project success. We aim to determine the extent to which business cases on IT projects are implemented in a company and its impact on project performance. The current study extends knowledge from past research by perusing selected publications on the business case. We conducted a systematic literature review of literature published between 32 papers, that discuss business case and project performance. However, our findings suggest that a well develop business case have a significant impact on project performance. Finally, future research directions for developing business cases are identified.

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Section: Business Case As the Basis For Decision Making Dan Project Strategysupporting

confidence: 73%

Section: The Effect Of the Business Case On The Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving Project Performance: A Review of Business Cases Utilization

Johanes¹,

Arviansyah²

2021

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Management and Innovation, ICoSMI 2020, 14-16 September 2020, Bo

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“…The project team used requirement specification to lock down user expectation. This is in line with the use of requirement specifications as a scope control and expectation control (Einhorn et al, 2019) mechanism. Similarly, project plan was used as a mechanism to control the project timeline.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…Interestingly, the business case seems to serve a dual purpose in this regard. While the ostensive purpose of the business case was to provide the rationale for the implementation (Nafeeseh & Al-Mudimigh, 2011), the demonstrative nature of the business case preparation (Berente, Gal, & Yoo, 2010;Einhorn, Marnewick, & Meredith, 2019) may also be noted in the case study. While the users were involved in the process, they often did not have significant expertise in developing such documents.…”

Section: Outcome Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Evolving Nature of Information Systems Controls in Healthcare Organisations

Saxena

McDonagh

2020

AJIS

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Information Systems (IS) projects are found to be complex, unpredictable, and prone to time and cost overruns. Perhaps that is why organisations put a strong focus on IS controls during the planning and execution of such projects.IS control literature in the past has focussed on dyadic control relationships during an outsourced IS development project and relatively little is known about such controls during a complex enterprise systems project. Existing studies usually take a static view of IS controls and do not investigate how controls evolve during different phases of the system lifecycle, as well as across projects. This study presents a processual view of IS controls in the enterprise systems lifecycle in a national blood processing organisation. Traditional research in a blood banking context has focussed on optimising the process of blood collection, inventory management, and distribution with relatively limited attention to the implementation of the supporting information systems. This research focusses on the evolution of control based on a study of three enterprise system implementation projects in the case organisation. The study demonstrates that while all five control modes (input, outcome, behaviour, clan, and self-control) are applied across the phases of enterprise systems projects, the nature and extent of control mechanisms changes across the phases of the enterprise system lifecycle. The findings also suggest a teleological evolution of a project’s control portfolio in which the portfolio evolves based on adaptive learning processes from earlier projects. Finally, by exhibiting the influence of institutional and market context, this study also underlines the multi-stakeholder and contextual nature of enterprise systems implementation and associated controls in health service organisations.

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“…The business case consists of five steps: confirmation of opportunity, review & development of selected options, assessment of options, implementation strategy and recommendations. The business case is helpful to the project and is used in the project (Einhorn, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

A Study on Effectual Decision Making of Construction Projects in Islamabad, Pakistan: Analyzing the Influence of Risk-Taking Behavior, Leadership Skills, and Business Case Implementation.

Kiani¹,

Tahir²,

Sarfaraz³

2020

IRMBR

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The purpose of this study is to examine various aspects which include business case implementation, risk-taking behavior and leadership skills impacts on construction sector of Islamabad, Pakistan. A questionnaire was prepared for the targeted construction firms. Sample size used for analysis was 215. On receipt of the data, a comparative analysis is done by using SPSS software to choose the better options. The better option from business case implementation and the leadership skill have been instrumental in the decision making while risk-taking behavior will have no effect on it. Approaches to the Project management are becoming flexible and more adoptive to compete with the challenges arising out of rapidly change environment and complex projects. However, consideration for the possible potential changes regarding decision making in projects is very rare and less discovered. The Effectual decision making approach in the construction industry has rapidly been growing. It seems that gradually the effectuation approach would replace the traditional methods that have long been in the usage. Keywords: Effectual Decision Making, Risk-Taking Behavior, Business Case Implementation, Leadership Skills, Construction Industry.

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Achieving strategic benefits from business IT projects: The critical importance of using the business case across the entire project lifetime

Cited by 36 publications

References 22 publications

Improving Project Performance: A Review of Business Cases Utilization

Improving Project Performance: A Review of Business Cases Utilization

The Evolving Nature of Information Systems Controls in Healthcare Organisations

A Study on Effectual Decision Making of Construction Projects in Islamabad, Pakistan: Analyzing the Influence of Risk-Taking Behavior, Leadership Skills, and Business Case Implementation.

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