An Approach to Audit Dynamic Changes within Project Development Life Cycle – A Case of Omani Public Organization

Saqib Ali,Ruqaya Al Badi

doi:10.5171/2013.480436

Abstract

In the field of project management, rapidly changing environments are newly recognized and of increased challenge. Old-fashioned inflexible methods, focused around process control, are considered obsolete. Along with the increasing diffusion of project management worldwide, a comprehensive governance principle does not yet address this objective. Therefore, the driven dynamic changes (DC) into the business environment strongly influence the business processes and the project objectives. Thus, the risk of failure for outsourced information technology projects will increase. Thus, there is a clear need of an approach which will handle dynamic changes (DC) into project development life cycle (PDLC). This research focus on how the adoption of control principle in project development life cycle (PDLC) will reduce the effect of dynamic changes on overall project objectives. A qualitative approach has been followed by incorporating project management controls from different industrial standards, secondary data from available scientific literature and case study of Omani public organization were adopted and analyzed. This research will outline the foundation of an approach to how dynamic changes can easily be managed by using control practices during PDLC and can be accommodated within project budget.

Highlights

Information Technology projects are subject to immense influences from a large number of critical factors such as dynamic changes, interdependency among projects and failure to meet the defined stakeholder’s requirement
There is a clear need of an approach which will handle dynamic changes (DC) into project development life cycle (PDLC)
This research focus on how the adoption of control principle in project development life cycle (PDLC) will reduce the effect of dynamic changes on overall project objectives

Summary

Introduction

Information Technology projects are subject to immense influences from a large number of critical factors such as dynamic changes, interdependency among projects and failure to meet the defined stakeholder’s requirement. Facing any of these issues in project management is a sign of low level of internal audit and control Managing these risks entails the efforts of various parties within the organization and demands to implement an effective framework of information technology governance. COBIT has been considered as one of the strongest practices available for assisting organization in a way that how IT supports its visions and strategies This is due to the fact that it is the only control framework which dedicated the project management as one of its components. In order to manage and control outsourced project effectively under these circumstances, the buyer may attempt to monitor and intervene in the seller processes to proactively identify risks, ensure quality deliverables, obtain timely information or give timely support, and maintain a shared vision of the project with the seller. A proposed solution is required to eliminate the impacts of DC and streamline the process of accepting and integrating the important changes to the PDLC without changing the estimated baselines

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