Jolanta Słoniec

Comprehensive methods of evaluation and project efficiency account

Project management is one of the main areas of contemporary organization management. This article is aimed at analysis of existing tools of project assessment - mainly comprehensive methods, but also partial techniques - and referring them to undertakings efficiency calculation which comprises cost-effectiveness evaluation, risk analysis, and investment decision taking. Business case (BC), as one of the comprehensive methods of project assessment, is simultaneously the main subject in PRINCE2 (PRoject IN Controlled Environments). It is for this reason that the case study for BC is based on this recognised method of project management. This article contains also the proposals of solutions of discerned problems within project assessment.

Reasons of Using it Outsourcing (Ito) – Polish-Spanish Cross-Cultural Analysis

Abstract The article compares the reasons for using IT outsourcing (ITO) in Polish and Spanish enterprises, based on the authors’ own research. The reasons for the application of ITO have been classified into three groups: economic, technological, and organizational/strategic. On the basis of the classified reasons, a research hypothesis was formulated: Representatives of Polish enterprises assess other groups of reasons as the most important motivation for the use of ITO in their companies compared to Spanish enterprises. On the basis of the authors’ own research, the hypothesis has been confirmed. Polish enterprises assess technological reasons as the most important, whereas Spanish enterprises consider organizational/strategic reasons to be the most important, although the differences in the assessment are not large. The difference in the validity of the reasons for the use of ITO may arise from the maturity of the ITO market in both countries but may also result from the personal experience of the companies with ITO.

A review of the literature on IT outsourcing: Polish research versus other countries’ research

A review of the literature on IT outsourcing: Polish research versus other countries’ research

Use of Cloud Computing in Project Management

The paper presents the possibility of using cloud computing in project management. Cloud computing is the most rapidly growing field of IT and is used in many areas of business activity. Modern companies and organizations carry out many activities in the form of projects. Case study of two projects using cloud computing shows that it is possible and can be successful use of cloud computing in project management. The first project involved the transfer of ERP system in an international enterprise, and the other, a smaller one, involved the implementation of technical documentation in railway station reconstruction. The scope of the projects were different and the using of cloud computing were different. Finished projects testify to the fact that the project needs may impinge on the different ways to use cloud computing. And that the projects can be successful.