Although changes have proven to be one of the crucial causes of project deviations, this topic is relatively poorly discussed in the literature. This paper presents research whose goal was to examine how changes can be prevented, and how to reduce their negative impact. Theoretical research examined risk management and change management. The developed model was verifi ed after conducting empiri...

In this article, the author investigates the nature of complexity and its role in project failure. Also, the paper proposes a model to assess complexity. It draws some conclusions about the implications for change management interventions. The author finds that projects fail when the complexity exceeds the capability of the organisation to cope. The overall aim of the article is to offer an app...

Change impact analysis is a crucial change management activity that previously has been studied much from a technical perspective. In this paper, we present a systematic interview-based study of a non-technical aspect of impact analysis. In the study, we have investigated how potential issues and uses of impact analysis are viewed by industrial experts at three organisational levels, based on A...

Persistent object systems are highly-valued technology because they ooer an eeec-tive foundation for building very long-lived persistent application systems PAS. The technology becomes more eeective as it ooers a more consistently integrated computational context. For it to be feasible to design and construct a PAS it must be possible to in-crementally add program and data to the existing colle...

This paper presents some findings from a longitudinal study of the discourse of Operations personnel in a university Information Technology Centre (ITC). The study uses a four dimensional concept of discourse to examine the complex relationship between the discourse and the wider organisational context. The use of language characteristic of participatory design has been identified in this study...

The WHO has developed and is currently testing a classification for patient safety (ICPS). Analyzing the ICPS in the light of classificatory and ontology principles as well as international standards we conclude that its qualification as a classification or taxonomy is misleading. Acknowledging its merits as a standard reporting instrument for change management and process improvements we propo...