Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Research Project Title: Mentoring As a Successful Practice Tool for Information Systems Project Management
A State of Play Survey - Adoption & Application of Mentoring Practices within the Context Of IS Project Management Process Cycle
Information Systems is a capital investment. It is an instrument of economic change. IS project management is a major and critical business challenge. The IS project management field is dynamic and IS project success is of vital importance. We would like to learn from your experiences and obtain a better understanding of IS project management practices.
You are part of a selected sample asked to assist with this survey, and we appreciate your participation. Your responses will be treated as confidential. This survey will take about 20 minutes for you to complete. In return you will be able to use the results of this survey to benchmark project management practice within your organisation.
This survey is being conducted by the Faculty of Business and Law at Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. Should you have any concerns about the survey, please email Professor Felix Tan at [email protected] or Paul Leong at [email protected].
To help with you answer this survey, we have defined some of the terms that we use in it:
Information Systems (IS) : A computerised system that It is a used to satisfy the information needs of an organisation. It may be a combination of computer hardware, networking & communication technologies and systems & application software which are designed to handle information of one or more business processes.
IS Project Manager : The project leader in project leadership role who is normally vested with formal authority to guide, monitor and direct project resources to achieve the project objectives within agreed time, cost and performance criteria.
IS Project Management : It is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.
Project Management Process Cycle
Initiating : Defines and authorizes the project phase;
Planning : Defines and refines objectives, and plans the course of action required to attain the objectives and scope that the project was undertaken to address;
Executing : Integrates people and other resources to carry out the project management plan for the project;
Monitoring and Controlling : Regularly measures and monitors progress to identify variances from the project management plan so that corrective action can be taken when necessary to meet project objectives;
Closing : Formalises acceptance of the project, service or results and brings the project phase to an orderly end.
Mentoring : It is generally the relationship of that of a more experienced individual known as a mentor and a less experienced individual, called a mentee. It is considered as a form of professional learning where the mentee learn through observing, doing, commenting and questioning.
IS Project Mentor Or Mentor : The mentor is the person (or persons) who acts as a guide to the IS project manager for the sole purpose of increasing the chances of success of the IS project.
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Approved by the Auckland University of Technology Ethics Committee, reference Number: 09/116
Concerns regarding the conduct of the research should be notified to the Executive Secretary, AUTEC, Madeline Banda, [email protected] , or by phoning +64 9 921 9999 ext 8044.
This survey has two sections i.e. Section A and Section B.
When you have completed this survey, please click the ‘Submit’ button at the bottom of the page to send us your answers for processing.
Section A
1. Are you currently an IS Project Manager? Please select one. 2. What is the nature of your current IS project? Please select any that applies. 3. What phase of the IS project management process cycle are you currently at? Please select any that applies. 4. Do you have a mentor currently? Please select one. 5.Would you prefer a mentor assigned to your project? Please select one. 6.Would you recommend to your peers or colleagues that they adopt the mentoring process in their project? Please select one. 7.What would be the reasons that you would NOT recommend the adoption of mentoring to your peers or colleagues in their project? Please select any that applies. 8. What would be the reason(s) that you would prefer a mentor assigned to your projects. Please select any that applies. 9. What would be the reason(s) that you recommend the adoption of mentoring to your peers or colleagues? Please select any that applies. 10.Were you an IS project (leader) manager previously? 11. What was the nature of your IS project previously? Please select any that applies. 12. Did you have a mentor in your previous IS project? Please select one. 13. Would you have preferred a mentor assigned? Please select one. 14. Would you recommend to your peers or colleagues that they adopt the mentoring process in their project? Please select one. 15. What would be the reasons that you would NOT recommend the adoption of mentoring to your peers or colleagues in their project? Please select any that applies. 16. What would be the reason(s) that you would prefer a mentor assigned to your projects? Please select any that applies. 17. What would be the reason(s) that you recommend the adoption of mentoring to your peers or colleagues? Please select any that applies. 18. What is the nature of mentoring in your IS project? Please select any that applies. 19. What would be you think is the nature of mentoring in the IS project? Please select any that applies. Section B.
20. What is the mentoring relationship like? Please select any that applies. 21. How is mentoring schedule within the IS project management process? Please select any that applies. 22. Please state your agreement or disagreement to the following statements. Please select one option for each row.
“The reasons for the adoption and application of mentoring are :” 23. Please state your agreement or disagreement to the following statements. Please select one option for each row.
“The followings are considered as key mentoring adoption characteristics :” 24. Please state your agreement or disagreement to the following statements. Please select one option for each row.
“The adoption of mentoring in IS project would deliver :” 25. Please state your agreement or disagreement to the following statements. Please select one option for each row.
“The obstacles in the adoption of mentoring in IS project are :” 26. Please state your agreement or disagreement to the following statements. Please select one option for each row.
“My recommendations to any IS project manager are:” 27. What is your general attitude towards mentoring? Please select any that applies. 28. How would you rate your knowledge on mentoring? Please select any that applies. 29. What are your sources of information of mentoring knowledge? Please select any that applies. 30. What are your perceptions concerning mentoring in IS project management? Please select any that applies. 31. End of Survey.
During the period of July 2009 to December 2009, we will be conducting a series of studies of IS project management in MSC status companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Through this we will gain an in-depth understanding of the various aspect of the adoption and application of the IS project mentoring process within the IS project management process cycle, in order to provide some guidance to industry on achieving more positive IS project outcomes.
Would you be willing for us to contact you about this research? If so, please click on the appropriate option and enter your email address below. You are free to enter your email address or not as your choose. 32. If you would like a summary of the results of this survey, please click on the appropriate option and enter your email address below. You are free to enter your email address or not as your choose. 33. Similarly, if you would like a copy of your responses to this survey, please click on the appropriate option and enter your email address below. You are free to enter your email address or not as your choose. |
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