A Preliminary Testing of the Strategic IT Decision Making Model

Sherah Kurnia; Dora Constantinidis; Alison Parkes; Toomas Tamm; Peter Seddon

Conference Proceedings

A Preliminary Testing of the Strategic IT Decision Making Model

Sherah Kurnia, Dora Constantinidis, Alison Parkes, Toomas Tamm, Peter Seddon, J Choudrie (ed.), MS Islam (ed.), F Wahid (ed.), JM Bass (ed.), JE Priyatma (ed.)

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology | SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59111-7_57

Abstract

Strategic IT decisions are critical and can result in major impacts on an organization’s ability to remain competitive. Improved management of influencing factors on such decisions can lead to a reduction of cost overruns and greater return on the investment of large-scale IT expenditures. However, limited IS research has investigated strategic IT decision making processes and their associated influencing factors. To address the current knowledge gap, Tamm et al. (2014) proposed a Strategic IT Decision Making Model (SITDMM) based on a comprehensive literature synthesis. However, the SITDMM had not been tested with empirical data. This research-in-progress paper conducted a preliminary testin..

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Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This case study is derived from an interview data set that was conducted for a research project funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery grant DP130103535.