Includes bibliographical references and index.

Resource allocation through scheduling optimization -- IT project alignment in practice -- Implementation and results : the case of a software company -- A coordination perspective on agile software development -- Systems development process improvement using principles from organization development -- Strategic software project governance and learning through project portfolio management -- Agile project management : IS motivation theory the missing link? -- Towards effective teaching in project management -- IT outsourcing success factors : a study of large and medium-sized companies -- A framework of risk in global it projects and mitigation strategies from service-oriented architecture -- Distributed is development projects' significant relational-oriented conditions -- SOA governance considerations for successful project management -- Cross-sector collaboration between business and non-business actors : the case of an ict-project in Brazil -- Why change programmes don't produce change : the case of IT-enabled change in public service organisations -- Evaluation of it projects in the context of human performance technology : principles, processes and models.

This book brings together academic research and professional practice to examine the complexity of implementing technology into the structure and organization of a corporation's ventures.