Abstract
Continuous evaluations are commonly practiced on complex, long-term Information Technology and Systems (IT/S) projects, but in an ad hoc and nonsystematic way. The root cause lies in the lack of a comprehensive understanding about the nature of continuous evaluation and the appropriate mechanism to guide the evaluation process. As a result, the previous practices tend to be costly and often with unsatisfactory quality.
To addresses the challenges, this research combines literature review with two case studies to develop a reference evaluation model. The model consists of three dimensions: organizational goals, system components, and development stages. Each dimension provides a comprehensive framework of elements with respect to other dimensions: together these dimensions constitute a mechanism for identifying benefits in all aspects. Through validation in two different contexts, the model is showing its soundness and merit in the higher education domain, especially the military higher education. Future research promises to generalize the model for broader applications in the field of IS development, evaluation, and project management beyond higher education.
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Wu, Mc. (2007). Continuous Evaluation of Information System Development. In: Hsu, C. (eds) Service Enterprise Integration. Integrated Series in Information Systems, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-46364-3_7
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