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An investigation into using SAP-PS as a multidimensional project control system (MPCS)

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posted on 2024-06-05, 05:12 authored by B Machen, MR Hosseini, A Wood, J Bakhshi

This paper investigates the effectiveness of using a corporate enterprise resource planning (ERP) system as a multi-dimensional project control system (MPCS) to monitor and control the work performed on projects, meet the needs and expectations of the project managers and support the requirements of other key stakeholders. A qualitative approach i.e. case study interviews and literature review accompanied by a quantitative computer system validation test approach was deployed. The results from this study suggest that the corporate ERP system is effective at monitoring and controlling the project stakeholder success criteria within a fully integrated environment. The system does however need to be setup and configured for the purpose of MPCS. This study contributes to the field by providing empirical evidence that corporate ERP systems are likely one of the only systems truly capable of solving the age old problem of how to expand the traditional singular dimensional approaches commonly used in project control, thus multiple control dimensions are integrated with each other and other business systems to form a multi-dimensional project control system.

History

Journal

International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems

Volume

12

Article number

5

Pagination

66-81

Location

Hershey, Pa.

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

1548-1115

eISSN

1548-1123

Language

English

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal, C Journal article

Copyright notice

2016, IGI Global

Issue

2

Publisher

IGI GLOBAL