IT Project Management (SIG ITProjMgmt)

In today’s highly competitive marketplace, organizations continue to look for ways to maximize the value of their projects. Information technology (IT) projects, in particular, continue to face challenges related to uncertainty, emerging technologies, and evolving societal demands. IT projects have become notorious for high failure rates, escalating costs, and budget overruns. Both research and practice suggest that many IT projects struggle to meet functionality and quality targets. Research has identified multiple reasons for these challenges: project escalation, poor risk management, failure to manage user expectations, weak governance, ineffective learning from past projects, or challenges related to virtual, hybrid, and AI-assisted projects. The insights gained from research in this area are highly relevant to practice and offer opportunities to extend and refine existing theories. As a research community, there is still much to learn about improving IT project outcomes in ways that not only deliver technological value but also foster resilience, sustainability, and societal impact.

Track Chairs
Michael A. Erskine, Middle Tennessee State University, michael.erskine@mtsu.edu
Michael H. Breitner, Leibniz Universität Hannover, breitner@iwi.uni-hannover.de