Investing in Information Systems

This is an essential source book for directors and managers responsible for the purchase and management of information systems. The book examines the success stories and the failures in IT investment and provides practical guidelines for the strategic planning of investments. This book has four parts: the first section examines the feasibility phase and success factors in major IT investments; the second looks at development issues; the third analyses the problems of implementation; the last section discusses strategic planning. Recent evidence on outsourcing IT and methods for the evaluation of Business Process Reengineering are included.