IT Project Success

Mkoba, Elizabeth; Marnewick, Carl

doi:10.1145/2987491.2987495

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“…Information Technology projects are organizational investments that require money, time, people, technology, facilities, equipment, and processes [42]. Information technology (IT) projects are implemented in organizations to provide benefits such as to create strategic business value in return for IT investment, to achieve greater efficiency and to improve service delivery to customers [32].…”

Section: B Conceptualization Of Information Technology Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, there are some of the challenges facing IT projects include unclear requirements, requirements gap in the final product, project scope creep, poor communication between project team members, project infrastructure delivery delay, undefined project dependencies, poor stakeholders management, inadequate support from the top management, lack of project management methodology, lack of project audit processes throughout the project life cycle, project go-live failure, lack of post-project support and maintenance plan, lack of project management best practices, poor risk assessment and management, cost overruns, IT project managers do not assign Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to project benefits [32], [40].…”

Section: B Conceptualization Of Information Technology Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Project success has different perceptions since its evolution to present [32]. Project success includes project success criteria which are the measures for determining whether a project is successful or not.…”

Section: G Agile Project Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Project success includes project success criteria which are the measures for determining whether a project is successful or not. In the traditional view the measures of project success are scope, time, cost, quality, resources, customer satisfaction, stakeholder satisfaction, realised benefits [32]. These success measures are referred in project audits or post-project reviews.…”

Section: G Agile Project Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, auditors, especially those whose experience lies with more traditional and system development life cycle controls, are struggling with how to audit agile projects [49]. Project auditing throughout the project life cycle helps to identify project risks earlier, trigger timely corrective actions and improve project performance, which increases the chances of delivering a successful project [32]. There are limited research studies on how to audit agile projects, meaning that auditing agile projects is still a new area in research.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Conceptual Framework for Auditing Agile Projects

Mkoba

Marnewick

2020

IEEE Access

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Most organizations use IT projects as vehicles to implement the IT strategy which contributes to achieving organizational strategic objectives and goals. Agile project management has been a potential solution to deliver successful IT projects instead of the traditional waterfall approach. This potential has resulted in organizations adopting agile project management to deliver IT projects on time and realise benefits. However, auditors especially those whose experience lies with more traditional and system development life cycle controls are struggling with how to audit agile projects. The problem addressed in this article is lack of an audit framework for auditing agile projects to ensure IT project success. The purpose of this article is to present the proposed conceptual framework for auditing agile projects that are implemented using Scrum methodology. The framework introduces audit processes in each process of the Scrum methodology. The quantitative research method used online survey questionnaire to validate the conceptual framework amongst IT professionals in South Africa. The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0. The research revealed that there was a significant correlation between the identified audit processes and agile project success. This research emphasizes on the need to take into account auditing agile project from its initiation to closure. This article contributes to the body of knowledge with regard to project auditing. Auditors can use the proposed framework to audit agile projects which are implemented using Scrum methodology to ensure successful completion of IT projects.

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Section: B Conceptualization Of Information Technology Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: B Conceptualization Of Information Technology Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: G Agile Project Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: G Agile Project Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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