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Conference Paper Complexity, Leadership, Information Technology, Government 18 July 2012

The role of leadership in complex projects

By Owen, Jill | Connor, James | Linger, Henry The socio-technical nature of projects has driven the shift in focus of these projects from product delivery to facilitating organizational change. Projects operate in an unstructured environment…

Article Leadership, Talent Management, Information Technology March 2010

Project Management Journal

Information systems project manager soft competencies

By Skulmoski, Gregory J. | Hartman, Francis T. This article investigates the soft competencies by project phase that information systems (IS) project managers require for project success. The authors conducted 33 qualitative interviews to…

Article Leadership, Information Technology October 2009

PM Network

Revolutionary road

By Gardner, David When Facebook wanted to deploy a new, more cost-effective and robust software to store user photos, it launched a major effort involving its best engineers. But when the project began to slip and…

Article Agile, Leadership, Information Technology 1 September 2008

PM Network

Less is more

By Smith, Jeff Skilled project managers excel in keeping project teams focused on their project goals. This question-and-answer article features the CIO of financial services provider Suncorp (Brisbane, Australia)…

Conference Paper PMO, Leadership, Information Technology 13 August 2008

PMO leadership

By Woerner, Bruce | Aziz, Laura To effectively mature a project management office (PMO), the PMO leader must act as a catalyst for improvement. This paper discusses how PMO leaders can increase their PMO's maturity. In doing so,…

Conference Paper Leadership, Information Technology 2007

Beyond successful projects--leadership in transitioning IT projects to maintain continued business value

By Malinowski, Michael F. Delivering a project does not terminate the project's life-cycle. Usually, project delivery is the beginning of a new phase, the transition to product maintenance. This paper examines how project…

Conference Paper PMO, Leadership, Information Technology 2007

PMO leadership--a catalyst for accelerating growth within the information technology project management office

By Woerner, Bruce | Aziz, Laura An organization's success in operating a project management office (PMO) primarily depends on the competencies and the performance of its PMO staff, and most specifically on the hard and soft skills…

Conference Paper Leadership, Information Technology 2006

LIfE--learning and improving from experience

By Ranganath, Prem G. Because many information technology (IT) projects involve rewards for project managers when the project meets its targets, some IT project managers focus only on performing the administrative…

Article Teams, Leadership, Information Technology December 2004

Project Management Journal

Team leadership effectiveness in technology-based project environments

By Thamhain, Hans J. In a field study of 80 technology-intensive project teams in 27 companies the author looked at the impact that managerial leadership and the organizational environment have on project team…

Article Strategy, Leadership, Information Technology September 2001

Project Management Journal

The relative influence of IS project implementation policies and project leadership on eventual outcomes

By Jiang, James J. | Klein, Gary | Chen, Houn-Gee Project leadership and a favorable development environment both are important to the successful delivery of an information system (IS). One issue that confronts organizations is where the…