Rethinking IT in Construction and Engineering
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Organisational Readiness
Abstract
How could the potential of IT be realised to improve business performance in architecture, construction and engineering organisations? How could organisations unleash the potential of IT to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage? How can organisations migrate from technology to IT-enabled business thinking? Based on the author's twenty years research experience, this book provides a holistic picture of the factors that enable architecture, construction and engineering organisations to explore the potential of IT to improve their businesses and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. It raises awareness of the importance of the organisational 'soft issues' and the role they play in influencing the outcome of IT investments as well as addressing other complementary enablers, such as knowledge management, learning organisations, maturity models and e-readiness measurements. Real case studies are used throughout the book to illustrate various concepts and to provide the reader with a realistic and practical picture. Rethinking IT in Construction & Engineering is ideal for lecturers and researchers in architecture, construction and engineering as well as professionals at managerial level in industry.
Keywords
Organisational Standard Set; General Measurement Models; Engineering organisations; Process Maturity Models; Construction industry; Business Processes; Knowledge management; IT-enabled business; Knowledge Life Cycle; Knowledge Acquisition; Document Management Systems; Quantity Surveying; CMM.; EDI; DP Manager; Km Implementation; Km Life Cycle; Implement Km System; Software Process Improvement; Readiness Gap; Electronic Library; Deployment Team; Case Tool; Key Process Areas; Software Development ProcessDOI
10.4324/9780203961933ISBN
9781134085866, 9781134085859, 9780415430531, 9781134085811, 9780203961933, 9780367577650, 9781134085866OCN
1048370059Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2007Imprint
RoutledgeClassification
Building construction and materials