The Impact of IT Governance on IT Projects -The Case of the Ghana Rural Bank Computerization and Inter-Connectivity Project

William Allassani

Abstract


This research seeks to analyse the root causes of the massive failures of IT Projects especially in government establishments. This study shows that the successful implementation of IT projects does not lie only Project in Management principles. It answers the question ‘why are IT projects failing despite the application of tried and tested Project Management principles ? The paper also concludes that Project Management principles per se do not guarantee the successful implementation of IT projects, but have to be brought within the principle of IT Governance. Conclusions are drawn from the Ghana Rural Bank Computerization and Inter-connectivity Project, an activity under the Millennium Challenge Account of the Millennium Development Authority to show that IT Governance needs to be inculcated into IT Projects to make its implementation successful.

Keywords


IT Governance; Project Management; IT Projects

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4301/s1807-17752013000200005

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