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Factors contributing to the abandonment of information systems development projects

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The study identified several factors as contributing to the abandonment of IS development projects. Organizational-related issues which ranged from senior management involvement to end-user participation in the project development process were the most widespread and dominant of the factors. Organizational issues were also found to influence factors dealing primarily with economic and technological matters in project development.

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  1. College of Business Administration, Loyola Marytnount University, Los Angeles, 90045, CA, USA

    Kweku Ewusi-Mensah & Zbigniew H Przasnyski

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Ewusi-Mensah, K., Przasnyski, Z. Factors contributing to the abandonment of information systems development projects. J Inf Technol 9, 185–201 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1057/jit.1994.19

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