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Business & Information Systems Engineering
Published in: Business & Information Systems Engineering 2/2012

01-04-2012 | Editorial

The Contribution of Business and Information Systems Engineering to the Early Recognition and Avoidance of “Black Swans” in IT Projects

Author: Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Buhl

Published in: Business & Information Systems Engineering | Issue 2/2012

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The phenomenon of so-called “black swans” is gaining more and more attention within the context of IT projects. This increase in popularity was amongst others fueled by a study published by the University of Oxford, which revealed that IT projects often fail because of extremely rare, but definitely harmful events (Flyvbjerg and Budzier 2011). …
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Literature
Mertens P (2009) Fehlschläge bei IT-Großprojekten der Öffentlichen Verwaltung. Arbeitspapier, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Taleb NN (2008) Der Schwarze Schwan: Die Macht höchst unwahrscheinlicher Ereignisse, 2nd edn. Carl Hanser, München
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Title
The Contribution of Business and Information Systems Engineering to the Early Recognition and Avoidance of “Black Swans” in IT Projects
Author
Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Buhl
Publication date
01-04-2012
Publisher
SP Gabler Verlag
Published in
Business & Information Systems Engineering / Issue 2/2012
Print ISSN: 2363-7005
Electronic ISSN: 1867-0202
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-012-0206-8

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