TY - GEN
T1 - It project escalation
T2 - 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2005
AU - Scott, Christopher L.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Recent IT project escalation research has seen a multi-method approach to understanding what causes escalation in IT projects. Specifically, Mähring, et al. (2004) examined the DIA Computerized Baggage Handling System failure using both the traditional four factor escalation theory model and Actor-Network Theory's (ANT) translation stage. Mähring, et al.'s findings suggested that both theoretical approaches provide complementary, albeit mutually exclusive methods for examining IT project escalation. This paper proposes an integrated view of the two theoretical approaches by examining the relationships between the four elements of Actor-Network Theory's translation stage and the four factors (project, psychological, social, and organizational) of the traditional escalation theory model. This paper reports on research-in-progress to develop an instrument to measure the outcomes of the problematization, interessement, enrollment, and mobilization stages. Discussion of the utility of such an instrument and hypothesized relationships between the translation stages and four factors will be discussed.
AB - Recent IT project escalation research has seen a multi-method approach to understanding what causes escalation in IT projects. Specifically, Mähring, et al. (2004) examined the DIA Computerized Baggage Handling System failure using both the traditional four factor escalation theory model and Actor-Network Theory's (ANT) translation stage. Mähring, et al.'s findings suggested that both theoretical approaches provide complementary, albeit mutually exclusive methods for examining IT project escalation. This paper proposes an integrated view of the two theoretical approaches by examining the relationships between the four elements of Actor-Network Theory's translation stage and the four factors (project, psychological, social, and organizational) of the traditional escalation theory model. This paper reports on research-in-progress to develop an instrument to measure the outcomes of the problematization, interessement, enrollment, and mobilization stages. Discussion of the utility of such an instrument and hypothesized relationships between the translation stages and four factors will be discussed.
KW - Actor-Network Theory
KW - It project escalation
KW - Translation stages
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84869847186
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781604235531
T3 - Association for Information Systems - 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2005: A Conference on a Human Scale
SP - 2017
EP - 2021
BT - Association for Information Systems - 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2005
Y2 - 11 August 2005 through 15 August 2005
ER -