Information and Knowledge Management using ArcGIS ModelBuilder

Table 3: Goodness of fit indices
Mohammad Abooyee Ardakan, Babak Sohrabi and Vahid Saadat
Item Value in Model Desired Value
Total number of items 39
X 2 237
df 86
X 2 /df 2.76 0.9
AGFI 0.78 >0.8
Standardized RMR 0.00 0.9
CFI 0.94 >0.9
5. Discussion and conclusion
This paper has examined IT projects risks and Managers' IT Competency in the literature and in a
study of IT projects in Tehran Municipal (Iran). This study has attempted a broad-based theoretically
guided field study of how Project Performance is affected by managers' IT Competency and projects
Risk Exposure. IT Competent Managers are introducing with risks and can identify them and try to
manage them.
These overall conclusions are reached:
First, Results showed that there is a significant relation between Technology literacy of managers and
the risk of Technology Newness. Also, managers with great Abilities in management can overcome
the risks of Application Complexity and Organizational Environment.
Second, Access to Knowledge factor was the interesting one, there are some managers that can
provide desired knowledge from others or knowledge resources. Ability to search and find the proper
information and change them to knowledge is a great factor for managers that help them take better
decisions and manage risks.
Third, In general this research showed that in Tehran Municipality, high-risk IT projects with Budget
criterion needs high knowledge of Management and System Development and high Experience of IT
Management.
Forth, High-risk IT projects with Quality criterion needs high knowledge of Management and
Technology and high Experience in Projects.
This research also measured IT Competency of Tehran Municipality Managers and sent some
valuable points to Human Resource Department for recruitment and job promotion strategies.
6. Further research
This research was done in Tehran Municipality. Mayor of Tehran, Dr. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is
very supportive to IT projects for urban development in Tehran. Tehran's IT Master Plan has been
prepared by an expert team of managers and consultants and is followed by subordinates, so its IT
projects will not be the good sample of IT projects in Iran. It is recommended to implement this
research in some other organizations like public organizations or other municipalities of Iranian cities.
Also we used instruments that were constructed before by Barki et al (2001) and Bassellier et al
(2003), it seems that these instruments should be developed using some new theoretical perspective
toward success/failure of IT projects regarding specific context of Iranian organizations.
Acknowledgement
The authors sincerely wish to acknowledge supports of Tehran Municipality in all steps of the
research.
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