CHALLENGES FACING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT INFORMATION

SYSTEMS IN KENYA

PRESENTED TO: UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

REGISTRATION NUMBER: L147/20581/2018

PRESENTOR: CHRISPUS OUMA NYALWANGA

SUPERVISOR: MS GRACE GATUNDU

THE RESEARCH PAPER IS SUBMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI DEPARTMENT

OF OPEN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNINGIN PARTIAL OF FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA IN PROJECT PLANNING AND
MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study

1.2 Statement of the problem
1.3 Purpose of the study
1.4 Objective of the study
1.5 Research questions or research hypothesis
1.6 Significance of the study
1.7 Delimitations/Scope of the study
1.8 Assumptions of the study
1.9 Limitations of the study
1.10 Definition of important terms
1.11 Chapter summary
 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the study

High failure rates of information systems development ISD projects continue to trouble
organizations and information system practices. Such state of affaire have been of great concern
for the IS discipline for a long period, motivating IS researchers to focus on and extensively
study of ISD project failure. However, the increasing complexity and uncertain of ISD projects
and contemporary system development processes are challenging ISD project failure.

The advent information revolution in the World of business, education, policy making, has
brought about numerous benefits to these areas, an to society at large in the process. To illustrate
the point, there is not only faster transfer, dissemination and sharing of information, but above
all, more precise decision making is taking place.

An information system IS is a group of components which can increase competitiveness and

increase better information for decision making. Therefore various organizations have chosen to
apply these group of components to their associations ( Spalding, 1998).