IT Project Prioritization Process: The Interplay of Evidence and Judgment Devices

Arisa Shollo; Ioanna Constantiou

IT Project Prioritization Process: The Interplay of Evidence and Judgment Devices

Department of Operations Management

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Abstract

In most of the large companies IT project prioritization process is designed based on principles of evidencebased management. We investigate a case of IT project prioritization in a financial institution, and in particular, how managers practice evidence-based management during this process. We use a rich dataset
built from a longitudinal study of the prioritization process for the IT projects. Our findings indicate that managers reach a decision not only by using evidence but from the interplay between the evidence and the judgment devices that managers employ. The interplay between evidence and judgment devices is manifested in three ways: supplementing, substituting, and interpreting evidence. We show that while evidence does not fully determine the decision, it plays a central role in discussions, reflections, and negotiations during the IT
prioritization process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECIS 2013 Proceedings
Number of pages	12
Place of Publication	Atlanta, GA
Publisher	Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Publication date	2013
Article number	Paper 184
ISBN (Print)	9783834924421
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	The 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013 - Utrecht University, Utrecht Science Park 'de Uithof', Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 5 Jun 2013 → 8 Jun 2013 Conference number: 21 https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/home

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Conference	The 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013
Number	21
Location	Utrecht University, Utrecht Science Park 'de Uithof'
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	05/06/2013 → 08/06/2013
Internet address	https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/home

Series	Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems
ISSN	0000-0034

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Shollo, A & Constantiou, I 2013, IT Project Prioritization Process: The Interplay of Evidence and Judgment Devices . in ECIS 2013 Proceedings., Paper 184, Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), Atlanta, GA, Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems, The 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013, Utrecht, Netherlands, 05/06/2013. <https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2013_cr/161>

IT Project Prioritization Process: The Interplay of Evidence and Judgment Devices . / Shollo, Arisa ; Constantiou, Ioanna.
ECIS 2013 Proceedings. Atlanta, GA: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2013. Paper 184 (Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems).

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