Barriers in Information Technology Project Management

Advancement in Information Technology requires reassessment in decision making regarding investment for the success of project management. The barriers of an Information Technology project should be acknowledged before implementing an organizational innovation. The purpose of this paper is to summarize and analyze the risk factors that should be regarded in Information Technology Project Management. The results intend to support corporations management technological changes based on a systematic review of the scientific literature. The results showed that the main issues to be considered in Information Technology Project Management are still related to Communication and to Human Resources. This work is valuable for most organizations, specially for small and medium Enterprises, because it supports decision making regarding Information Technology project management. For instance, for such Enterprises it may be unnecessary to invest in evaluating the efficiency of project management, because for most cases, as a result of this work, it is clear that investing in communication and human resource is a good strategy.

I. Introduction

In an environment characterized by changes, Information Technology (IT) plays a vital role to improve the competitiveness of organizations. For rapidly evolving organizations, the reason is that IT has been identified as a key factor to optimize their strategies and to enrich their organizational processes [1]. In other words, the management of technology and innovation has acquired major importance for corporations survival.