Abstract
There is a growing awareness among MIS scholars and practiti oners that there is not "one best way" to manage MIS devel opment proj ects. Thi s paper addresses the questions, "What is the set of strategies from which we can choose?" and "On what basls shoul d we choose among the strategies?" The paper turns to the organization theory literature -- in particular the transaction cost approach -- for guidance in constructing a model for proj ect strategy selection. Recent MIS literature on project management is shown to agree, for the most part, with the model's recommendations. As an exampl e of how the model can be used to analyze organizational change, the paper uses the model to review the developments i n proj ect management strategies impl led by Nol an' s Stage hypothesis. The paper concludes with some thoughts on avenues for testing the model and on the model's implications for practice.
Recommended Citation
Beath, Cynthia M., "Strategies for Managing MIS Projects: A Transaction Cost Approach" (1983). ICIS 1983 Proceedings. 5.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1983/5