Barcelona on June 10-13, 2012ESADE, Barcelona, Spain

Information Technology (IT) Project Management

Track Co-Chairs:

Deepak Khazanchi College of Information Science and Technology, PKI 172C University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, Nebraska USA 68182-0392. USA. Phone: +1 402 554 2029; Fax: +1 402 554 3400 khazanchi@unomaha.edu

Björn Niehaves European Research Center for Information Systems Leonardo-Campus 3 48149, Münster, Germany. Phone: +49 251 83 38087; Fax: +49 251 83 28087 bjoern.niehaves@ercis.uni-muenster.de

Stacie Petter College of Information Science and Technology, PKI 173B University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 68182-0392. USA Phone: +1 402 554 2029; Fax: +1 402 554 3400 spetter@mail.unomaha.edu

Charles Iacovou School of Business Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 27106. USA Phone: +1 336 758 4579; Fax: + 1 336.758.4514 charles.iacovou@mba.wfu.edu

Description of Track:

Project Management (PM) research has evolved primarily from the engineering disciplines and it is now an integral part of information technology (IT) and software development activities. Both IT project management researchers and practitioners are facing challenges that cover a large range of topics that cut across many IS/IT areas including virtual project management, agile project management, risk management and assurance, knowledge networks, project management methodologies, distributed project management, project leadership, project quality metrics, project management standards, best practices in project management, and project success. The Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group for Information Technology Project Management is the primary sponsor of this track. The track’s overall goal is to feature quality research papers and one or more panels that focus on problems that cut across many traditional IT Project Management areas. These areas include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Theories used in project management
• Virtual and distributed project management
• Agile project management
• Knowledge networks
• Project management methodologies
• Project leadership
• Project quality metrics
• Best practices in project management
• Project management standards
• Project success
• Knowledge sharing and management in IT projects
• Portfolio project management
• Project governance models
• Risk management and assurance
• Software and eservices project management
• Project auditing

The track solicits high-quality conceptual and empirical contributions that attempt to advance theory and application of project management using any research approach or philosophical perspective (e.g., action research, experiment, grounded theory, design science, case studies, survey research, theory development, prototyping, methodology development, PM tool development). Special consideration will be given to papers and panel proposals that that align well with the specific ECIS 2012 conference theme of “IS and Global Welfare”

About SIGITProjMgmt

The Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group for Information Technology Project Management (http://www.SIGITProjMgmt.org) was formally approved by the AIS council in 2006 and currently has nearly 75+ paid members. The SIGITProjMgmt’s primary mission is to globally promote and facilitate the creation, presentation and publication of research examining all facets of information technology project management, including pedagogical issues. SIGITProjMgmt will also strive to be the global leader in linking and integrating IT project management research and practice.

Proposed list of Associate Editors:

• Alanah Mitchell, Appalachian State University, USA (mitchellaj@appstate.edu)
• Lorraine Lee, University of North Carolina – Wilmington, USA (Leel@uncw.edu)
• Cecil Eng Huang Chua, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and University of Auckland, New Zealand (aeh.chua@auckland.ac.nz or AEHChua@ntu.edu.sg)
• Eugeni Gentchev, American University of Paris, France (EGentchev@aup.fr)
• Roman Beck, University of Frankfurt, Germany (rbeck@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de)
• Timo Käkölä, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (timo.kakola@cgu.edu)
• Francesc Mirales, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain (fmiralles@salle.url.edu)
• Michael Cuellar, North Carolina Central University, USA (mcuellar@NCCU.EDU)
• Ilze Zigurs, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA (izigurs@unomaha.edu)
• Leif Skiftenes Flak, University of Agder, Norway (leif.flak@uia.no)
• Kieran Conboy, National University of Galway, Ireland (kieran.conboy@nuigalway.ie)
• Jill Owen, University of New South Wales - Canberra Campus, Australia (J.Owen@adfa.edu.au)

Please note that this list of AEs is tentative and may be adjusted depending on the volume and nature of submissions and the availability of individuals at the time of review.