Earned value performance measurement : an alternative approach to measuring information systems project progress.

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dc.contributor.authorFleishman, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-20T11:33:31Z
dc.date.available2018-04-20T11:33:31Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Commerce.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractInformation Systems (IS) project management is fundamental to organlzations who are involved in the development of information systems, yet IS projects can fail for any number of reasons, and insome cases can result in consi derable financial losses for the organisations that undertake them. One pattern of failure is .hat the IS project takes on a life of its own, continuing to absorb valuable resources without reaching its cbjective. A significant number of these projects will ultimately fail, potentially weakening an organisation's competitive position while siphoning off resources that could be spent developing and implementing successful systems. Earned value performance measurement (EVPM) is a management technique that relates resource planning to schedules and to technical performance requirements. It is formed on a platform of fundamental project management, but with earned value performance measurement, with its focus being the continuous measurement of actual achievement against a detailed performance plan, thus providing a basis for problem identification, corrective actions, and management replanning, whilst providing the information necessary to be able to predict the final costs and fmal schedule forecasts for the project. The purpose of this study is to highlight the earned value performance measurement system, and propose it as an alternative approach that can be used for controlling the IS software development effort.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianAC 2018en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/24386
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectManagement information systems.en_ZA
dc.titleEarned value performance measurement : an alternative approach to measuring information systems project progress.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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