Developing A Process Framework For Managing The Realization Of Information Technology Benefits For Construction Companies

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dc.contributor.authorAbdul-Kareem, Hassan Issa
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-29T00:38:24Z
dc.date.available2018-08-29T00:38:24Z
dc.date.issued2011-05
dc.description.abstractConstruction companies are spending large amounts of money being to realize IT. However, they are achieving less-than-expected benefits. This research explores the current procedures for realizing IT benefits, identifying realized IT benefits, identifying Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for managing the realization of IT benefits, and developing a conceptual process framework for managing the realization of IT benefits. The study based its conceptual framework on a comprehensive review of the literature on managing the realization of IT benefits. The process framework is a description of the required courses of actions and tasks to provide a successful approach to realize IT benefits. Also, it can be used to prescribe how the activities and tasks should be done in the process. The realization of IT benefits involved in the lifecycle of IT project. Accordingly, it consists of a process with which to manage IT benefits and realize IT project. This process begins with identifying the need for IT investment, then selecting the best project based on a study, identifying the expectations of the IT project, planning for realizing project and benefits, implementing IT project and IT benefit realization plan, evaluating IT project to realize IT benefits, and identifying potential for further IT benefits. This study uses a questionnaire that was designed and improved through the execution of a pilot survey to determine the final questionnaire form. This study focused on a population of 3,750 grade 7 (G7) construction companies. Although the calculated minimum required sample size is 98, about 21% of the population—805 companies—of the questionnaire were sent and, of those, 125 companies replied, representing about 15% of the sent questionnaires. Only 103 of the returned questionnaires were completed. This study used some methods to analyse the data, including Descriptive Statistics (DS), Factor Analysis (FA) and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6445
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectDeveloping a process framework for managingen_US
dc.subjecttechnology benefits for construction companiesen_US
dc.titleDeveloping A Process Framework For Managing The Realization Of Information Technology Benefits For Construction Companiesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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