Title :
Are the factors affecting the quality of IS projects identical in large corporations and manufacturing SMEs?
Author :
Hong, Soon Goo ; Kim, Jong Weon ; Kim, Na Rang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. Inf. Syst., Dong-A Univ., Busan, South Korea
Abstract :
The purpose of this research is to investigate the differences of factors influencing IS project quality between large corporations and small and medium manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs), and to examine whether the moderating effect on the system type including enterprise systems and unit systems exist or not. To this end, a questionnaire survey was carried out. 100 responses were analyzed. The results showed that the factors influencing IS project quality in large corporations and to SMMEs were different. In addition, moderating effects on the system type existed. This is the first empirical study to discover that the factors are not the same between the large companies and SMMEs. The implications and conclusions are also explained.
Keywords :
manufacturing industries; project management; quality management; small-to-medium enterprises; IS project quality; SMME; corporations; small and medium manufacturing enterprises; Analytical models; Cloud computing; Companies; Educational institutions; Information systems; Software; IS project quality; Small Manufacturers;
Conference_Titel :
Interaction Sciences (ICIS), 2011 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0480-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-89-88678-45-9