An investigation of the theory of optimism bias and its impacts on realistic Information Technology project scheduling /
| dc.contributor.author | Prater, James Barton | |
| dc.contributor.school | University of South Australia. UniSA STEM. | |
| dc.contributor.school | UniSA STEM. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description | 1 ethesis (xxiii, 291 pages) : | |
| dc.description | illustrations (some colour) | |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) | |
| dc.description.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. | |
| dc.description.dissertation | Thesis (PhD(Project Management))--University of South Australia, 2019. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/147271 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.provenance | Copyright 2019 James Barton Prater. | |
| dc.subject | estimation;project scheduling;optimism bias | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Information technology projects. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Project management. | |
| dc.title | An investigation of the theory of optimism bias and its impacts on realistic Information Technology project scheduling / | |
| dc.type | thesis | |
| dcterms.accessRights | 506 0#$fstar $2Unrestricted online access | |
| ror.fileinfo | 12204859560001831 13204859550001831 Prater, James - Thesis | |
| ror.mmsid | 9916444611201831 |
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