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Determination the Managing Factors for IT Benefits Realization in Civil Engineering Companies

Engineering and Technology
Vol.2 , No. 2, Publication Date: Apr. 10, 2015, Page: 81-86

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[1]	Hassan Issa Abdul Kareem, Department of Civil Engineering, Almustansiriya University, Baghdad, Iraq.

Abstract

Construction companies are spending large amounts of money being to realize IT. However, they are achieving less-than-expected benefits. This research identifies factors of managing the realization of IT benefits. This study uses a questionnaire that was designed and improved through the execution of a pilot survey to determine the final questionnaire form. This study focused on a population of 3,750 of Grade 7 (G7) Civil Engineering Companies. Although the calculated minimum required sample size is 98, about 21% of the population—805 companies—of the questionnaire were sent and, of those, 125 companies replied, representing about 15% of the sent questionnaires. Only 103 of the returned questionnaires were completed. This study used some methods to analyse the data, including Descriptive Statistics (DS), Factor Analysis (FA) and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The established factors of managing the realization of IT benefits were awareness, successful planning for changes, exchanging viewpoints, documentation, viability of current system, etc.

Keywords

Civil Engineering Companies, IT Benefits, Realization of IT Benefits, Critical Success Factors of Realizing IT Benefits

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