Top management support in multiple-project environments: an in-practice view

Research on information systems failures and successes: Status update and future directions

“…This is probably the most common injunction for the successful implementation of IT in both the IS research and practitioner literature. This injunction has been given for more than three decades (Markus 1983) and continues to be given today (Elbanna 2012). Second, it is important to have a project champion.…”

Success Lies in the Eye of the Beholder: A Quantitative Analysis of the Mismatch Between Perceived and Real IT Project Management Performance

“…In consequence, we postulate that organizational politics will more often occur in combination with an "unjustified hurrah": H3.b -A high level of organizational politics and power games will result in higher mismatch scores (perceived performance higher than real performance). -Senior sponsor commitment: Many studies have demonstrated that active executive engagement, senior management sponsorship and senior sponsorship commitment (these terms are related and sometimes used interchangeably) matter for project success [17,19]. This factor does not only matter at project launch time, but also at critical milestones, in situations with roadblocks, setbacks, and problem escalations, and is generally seen as a success factor that can contribute to project success.…”

Validation of Antecedents of ERP Success in Indian Higher Educational Institutes

“…Top management support is one of the most important factor and major influence agent of ERP success [7,66,67,68,69,70]. Top management needs to constantly monitor the progress of the project throughout all phases [53].…”