TY - CHAP
T1 - Impacts of openness on the success of information system development research projects
AU - Mccarthy, Stephen
AU - O'Raghallaigh, Paidi
AU - Fitzgerald, Ciara
AU - Adam, Frédéric
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 ACM.
PY - 2017/8/23
Y1 - 2017/8/23
N2 - Information Systems Development (ISD) research projects are those in which the conduction of research is not possible without the development of a tangible ICT solution. ISD research projects face inherent tensions between the need for exploration (i.e. radical innovation) and exploitation (i.e. incremental innovation). This requires varying degrees of openness to balance the exploration of new opportunities and exploitation of existing capabilities. In this paper, we investigate the management of openness in ISD research projects and their impact on project success. Findings from three ISD research projects are outlined which offer contrasting approaches to the management of openness. Each management approach is then evaluated according to the perspectives of success in the balance scorecard for projects i.e. Financial, Customer, Internal Business, and Learning and Innovation. Finally, key learnings from the projects are presented, as well as concluding remarks on success in ISD research projects.
AB - Information Systems Development (ISD) research projects are those in which the conduction of research is not possible without the development of a tangible ICT solution. ISD research projects face inherent tensions between the need for exploration (i.e. radical innovation) and exploitation (i.e. incremental innovation). This requires varying degrees of openness to balance the exploration of new opportunities and exploitation of existing capabilities. In this paper, we investigate the management of openness in ISD research projects and their impact on project success. Findings from three ISD research projects are outlined which offer contrasting approaches to the management of openness. Each management approach is then evaluated according to the perspectives of success in the balance scorecard for projects i.e. Financial, Customer, Internal Business, and Learning and Innovation. Finally, key learnings from the projects are presented, as well as concluding remarks on success in ISD research projects.
KW - Ambidexterity
KW - Industry-Academia collaboration
KW - Information systems development
KW - Interdisciplinary
KW - Management
KW - Openness
KW - Project success
KW - Research
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85029675278
U2 - 10.1145/3126673.3126675
DO - 10.1145/3126673.3126675
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85029675278
T3 - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Open Collaboration Companion, OpenSym 2017
BT - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Open Collaboration Companion, OpenSym 2017
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 13th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, OpenSym 2017
Y2 - 23 August 2017 through 25 August 2017
ER -