Minimizing IT Project Risk: Skill Archetypes of Successful IT Project Managers
Mar 27, 2008
May 27, 2008
Faculty and Doctoral Seminal
Dr Felix Tan, AUT University, New Zealand
Felix Tan is Professor of Information Systems, Director of Research Management and Head of the University Research Office at AUT University, New Zealand. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Information Management. Dr Tan is internationally known for his work in the global IT field, focusing on the areas of electronic commerce, global information management, business-IT alignment, and the management of IT. Dr Tan has published in MIS Quarterly, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Information & Management, Journal of Information Technology, and Information Systems Journal.
Felix Tan’s presentation to SFU’s faculty and doctoral students looked at the skills required by IT Project Managers for improving IT risk governance. His research analyzed the characteristics of competent and incompetent project managers to elicit a panel of nine skill categories which could be combined into skill archetypes for effective IT project management.