An investigation of the theory of optimism bias and its impacts on realistic Information Technology project scheduling /
Files
(Published version)
Date
2019
Authors
Prater, James Barton
Editors
Advisors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Type:
thesis
Citation
Statement of Responsibility
Conference Name
Abstract
Unrealistic Information Technology (IT) schedule development can be affected by several causes. These causes can be categorised as technical issues, such as not having the skill or knowledge to develop a schedule, psychological issues, such as optimism bias and political, where the schedule is designed to meet some political goal. Understanding and identifying these causes and which of them has the largest impact to the development of accurate IT schedules and more importantly, what tools and techniques have been shown to reduce the impact of these causes is key to improving IT project performance. The study culminated with the development of two artefacts, a Framework which details how to improve Information Technology project scheduling and a Checklist that links estimation mitigation techniques with causes. Applying both research-based tools would improve the scheduling of IT projects.
School/Discipline
University of South Australia. UniSA STEM.
UniSA STEM.
UniSA STEM.
Dissertation Note
Thesis (PhD(Project Management))--University of South Australia, 2019.
Provenance
Copyright 2019 James Barton Prater.
Description
1 ethesis (xxiii, 291 pages) :
illustrations (some colour)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268)
illustrations (some colour)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268)
Access Status
506 0#$fstar $2Unrestricted online access