Abstract
Planning is the process of determining what to do over a given time-period. Managing is the process of executing, evaluating and adapting plans in the face of contingencies. The issue of management and how it relates to IS development is a large one. In this chapter we limit ourselves to discussing the following issues: the perceived role of the IS services function, the importance of IS/IT to the organisation and the role of risk in managing the applications development portfolio.
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Beynon-Davies, P. (1998). Information Systems Management. In: Information Systems Development. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14931-5_32
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