Is Project Management: Size, Practices and the Project Management Office

Abstract

This research is an investigation into IS project management practices related to projects of varying size across diverse industries. Survey data on a broad range of project management issues was collected from 129 IS project managers. The relationships between project size with 13 project management practices and 3 project performance measures were analyzed. The influence of a project management office (PMO) on the use of standardized project management practices and project performance was empirically tested. Our findings suggest that IS project size influences budget and project quality and the PMO is empirically linked to project budget.