期刊名称：International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management
印刷版ISSN：2182-7796
电子版ISSN：2182-7788
出版年度：2014
卷号：2
期号：3
出版社：SciKA
摘要：It is our great pleasure to bring you the seventh number of IJISPM - Internatio nal Journal of Information Systems and Project Management. The mission of the IJISPM is the dissemination of new scientific knowledge on information systems management and project management, encouraging further progress in theory and practice. In this issue readers will find important co ntributions on information systems outsourcing risks, project management best practice, and on resource allocation in information tech nology projects. As Tracey Giles and Kathryn Cormican state in the first article of this issue, "Best practice project management: an analysis of the front end of the inno vation process in the medical technology industry", there are strong motivating factors for more effective project management practices at the front end of the innovation (FEI) process. Shrewd management of these pre-development activities has proven to be one of the greatest differentials for success. Th is article presents findings from an empirical case stud y analysis of a large organization operating in the medical technology industry in Ireland. The authors synthesized the literature to identify five critical success factors (CSFs) known to be effective in the successful management of the FEI process. Fro m this analysis an instrument to assess best practices was developed. Data was collected from 66 engineers in the R&D discipline. The findings of the study show that the organization's FEI phase aligns well with best practice. However, a difference between the level of agreement about the extent to which the critical success factors are in place in the organization and the level of importance placed on these practices emerged
