The adoption of IT governance for outsourcing and virtual team management in IT projects
- Authors: Kachi, Sylvester
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Information technology - Management , Contracting out , Virtual work teams - Management , Information technology projects
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/403173 , uj:33771
- Description: Abstract : IT governance is an important factor in the success of Information Technology systems and implementation. The adoption of IT governance and its effectiveness is not clear or documented. The purpose of this study is to understand the adoption and effectiveness of IT governance in South African organisations as they conduct Information Technology projects both internally and externally. This study is explorative in nature as it seeks to understand the effectiveness of IT governance using the questionnaire as an instrument for collecting data. The research methodology of this study is quantitative. The target sample is IT (Information Technology) employees that work in various South African organisations both private and public. The sample size is 164 employees. The findings of this study show that South African organisations make extensive use of IT governance. There is data indicating that IT governance is applied locally on their dayto- day IT projects. The study found that there is management support and deliberate effort to monitor and measure the effectiveness of IT governance. The study further shows that there is strong adoption of IT governance in external IT projects such as outsourced IT projects. Finally, it shows a strong use of virtual teams in IT projects in South African organisations, and also a relatively high application of IT governance principles in virtual teamwork. , M.Com. (Information Technology Management)
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- Authors: Kachi, Sylvester
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Information technology - Management , Contracting out , Virtual work teams - Management , Information technology projects
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/403173 , uj:33771
- Description: Abstract : IT governance is an important factor in the success of Information Technology systems and implementation. The adoption of IT governance and its effectiveness is not clear or documented. The purpose of this study is to understand the adoption and effectiveness of IT governance in South African organisations as they conduct Information Technology projects both internally and externally. This study is explorative in nature as it seeks to understand the effectiveness of IT governance using the questionnaire as an instrument for collecting data. The research methodology of this study is quantitative. The target sample is IT (Information Technology) employees that work in various South African organisations both private and public. The sample size is 164 employees. The findings of this study show that South African organisations make extensive use of IT governance. There is data indicating that IT governance is applied locally on their dayto- day IT projects. The study found that there is management support and deliberate effort to monitor and measure the effectiveness of IT governance. The study further shows that there is strong adoption of IT governance in external IT projects such as outsourced IT projects. Finally, it shows a strong use of virtual teams in IT projects in South African organisations, and also a relatively high application of IT governance principles in virtual teamwork. , M.Com. (Information Technology Management)
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IT governance and virtual team outsourcing
- Kachi, Sylvester, Erasmus, Wikus
- Authors: Kachi, Sylvester , Erasmus, Wikus
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: IT governance , IT outsourcing , Virtual Team
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/405368 , uj:34037 , Citation: Kachi, S., Erasmus, W. 2019 : IT governance and virtual team outsourcing.
- Description: Abstract : Organisations tend to outsource some of their functions to third-party suppliers or vendors. Most of these functions are IT projects that are planned, executed and managed by virtual team members. The organisation and the vendor are located remotely from each other. However, in the course of these contracts, a governance model needs to be adopted to decrease operational and compliance risks. While organisations are expected to have their own governance models and methods, the question this paper sought to answer was whether governance is applied in these scenarios and whose governance is applicable. Using a quantitative study on this subject and using questionnaire as a data collection instrument, this study has found that most organisations apply their in- house governance principles on their projects whether they were carried out by vendors virtually or not, and that they are in control of the governance method and rules applied. The results indicated that although governance measures are formally adopted by organisations, they’re not adequately monitored for compliance.
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- Authors: Kachi, Sylvester , Erasmus, Wikus
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: IT governance , IT outsourcing , Virtual Team
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/405368 , uj:34037 , Citation: Kachi, S., Erasmus, W. 2019 : IT governance and virtual team outsourcing.
- Description: Abstract : Organisations tend to outsource some of their functions to third-party suppliers or vendors. Most of these functions are IT projects that are planned, executed and managed by virtual team members. The organisation and the vendor are located remotely from each other. However, in the course of these contracts, a governance model needs to be adopted to decrease operational and compliance risks. While organisations are expected to have their own governance models and methods, the question this paper sought to answer was whether governance is applied in these scenarios and whose governance is applicable. Using a quantitative study on this subject and using questionnaire as a data collection instrument, this study has found that most organisations apply their in- house governance principles on their projects whether they were carried out by vendors virtually or not, and that they are in control of the governance method and rules applied. The results indicated that although governance measures are formally adopted by organisations, they’re not adequately monitored for compliance.
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