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Illustration for: How can project managers systematically assess the full impact of proposed changes across all project areas?

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How can project managers systematically assess the full impact of proposed changes across all project areas?

Project Change Canvas
Ferreira, Varajão, Rodrigues, et al. · International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management · 2024

Operations & Supply Chain

What it means for you
  • CIO / IT Executive Mandate the adoption of the Project Change Canvas as the standard organizational governance template for evaluating all major IT project change requests.
  • IT Manager Print out the four-stage Project Change Canvas template and use it during your morning team meeting to assess the pending change request currently sitting in your project backlog.
  • Business Strategist Review the Project Change Canvas framework to ensure upcoming business change requests systematically account for non-financial dimensions like resources, risks, and communication trade-offs.
  • Researcher Draft a follow-up empirical study to measure the long-term quantitative impact of using the Project Change Canvas on post-implementation project success rates compared to traditional methods.
  • Policymaker Update organizational IT governance guidelines to require a completed, visually documented Project Change Canvas for any publicly funded or regulated technology project audit.
Illustration for: Do changes to scope, schedule, or budget truly compromise the success of an information systems project?

Key question

Do changes to scope, schedule, or budget truly compromise the success of an information systems project?

Information systems project management success
Varajão, Trigo, Pereira, et al. · International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management · 2021

Operations & Supply Chain

What it means for you
  • CIO / IT Executive Revise enterprise governance policies to replace rigid, penalty-based baseline adherence with a formal, justified change-request process, recognizing that adjustments do not inherently signal project failure.
  • IT Manager Review all active project schedules and scope documents to identify necessary baseline updates driven by shifting business needs, without fearing that these adjustments diminish overall project success.
  • Business Strategist Establish a structured dialogue with IT project leads to evaluate current business-condition shifts and proactively authorize necessary scope or budget adjustments.
  • Researcher Design a follow-up empirical study to investigate the specific qualitative drivers behind why schedule variations do not negatively impact perceived IS project success compared to scope and budget deviations.
  • Policymaker Draft updated industry oversight guidelines that move away from traditional technical software metrics (which penalize any baseline change) and instead incorporate socio-technical success criteria for organizational information systems projects.