A Study of Critical Factors in the Development of Air Force Computerized Management Information Systems.

Abstract

A number of the factors important to MIS were found to vary with System Size, Difficulty and Contractor Involvement. Factor analyses of the sample and two subsets each revealed three factors: User Involvement; Capabilities of the Project Organization; and Planning and Control. Several predictive models were developed for system success, the best of which explained 43% of the variance in success for the total sample, and 52% of the variance in more strongly contracted efforts. It was concluded that six factors are critical to MIS, the three factor analysis factors plus: Size and Difficulty; Criteria for Continuing the Project; and Test Time. A process model, consistent with the data, of the initial stages of a MIS was proposed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA052914

Entities

People

  • Jere Wayne Retzer

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Software Development
  • Surveys
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

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