Information Systems Project Post-Mortems: Insights from an Attribution Perspective

• Main Authors: PAN, Gary Shan Chi, PAN, Shan Ling, Newman, Mike
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: Accounting; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/693
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Information systems (IS) project failure is a costly and common problem. This is despite advances in development tools and technologies. In this article, we argue that one reason for this is the failure of project post-mortems to generate constructive lessons learned from previous projects. Over tim...