Abstract
D.Com. (Strategic Management)
This thesis is about the formulation of a structured sequence of events using a
multimethodology approach to facilitate the intervention and subsequent
management, of key factors contributing to the failure of management information
system development projects undertaken in the financial services industry'.
Furthermore, a clear distinction is made between information system development
projects undertaken within the ambit of the broader development context of
'information technology', as opposed to information system development projects
undertaken within the ambit of the financial services industry, the latter, the focus
of this thesis.
The formulation of the structured sequence of events serving as mitigating factors,
was mooted specifically as a result of known failure factors of management
information systems development projects undertaken in the financial services
industry.