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A New Framework for Evaluating IT Projects

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Computing and Intelligent Systems (ICCIC 2011)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 233))

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Abstract

In this paper, traditional methods of measuring projects are reviewed and advantages and disadvantaged of them in measuring IT projects are specified. Then new techniques that are specialized in evaluating IT projects are introduced and IT-BSC as an appropriate method that its information is available is selected. As COBIT framework is defined for IT projects, from the combination of COBIT and IT-BSC, a framework for evaluating IT projects is proposed.

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  1. Department of Science and Technology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

    Reza Samizadeh

  2. Department of IT,Iran Telecommunication, Research Center, Tehran, Iran

    Nasrin Dastranj Mamaghani & Fatemeh Saghafi

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Samizadeh, R., Mamaghani, N.D., Saghafi, F. (2011). A New Framework for Evaluating IT Projects. In: Wu, Y. (eds) Computing and Intelligent Systems. ICCIC 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 233. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24010-2_4

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