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Albania
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Abstract:There have been made many studies about informal economy, and different reasons
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but for some of them have been excluded by some researcher. A clear definition of informal
economy is not found. This paper studies what is informal economy, what is included and
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Elena Kulikova
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod/ Russia
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The perception of a text, as a coherent unit made up of elements of different semiotic systems, is influenced by
verbal and non-verbal elements. Linguists use different terms to name such a combination: creolized text, polycode
text etc. A polycode text is interpreted as a complex textual formation in which verbal and nonverbal elements
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advertising texts and to show that the organic interaction between precedential phenomena and visual components is
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Information Security for Sustainable Development
Halit Vural
International Burch University
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
hvural@ibu.edu.ba
Nejdet Dogru
International Burch University
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ndogru@ibu.edu.ba
Abdulhamit Subasi
International University of Sarajevo
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
asubasi@ius.edu.ba

Abstract: With the advent of electronic commerce (e-commerce), business became
dependent on information systems in a new manner. Consequently information security
turned out to be more and more important for data-protection. In opposed to previous
systems, the changing requirements for security must be solely filled by new policies and risk
analysis. Security requirements can be defined with the help of investigations in the business
environment. Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is a rising discipline which includes
applications, mobile devices and wireless networks. Besides the majority of existing ecommerce applications can be adapted to run in a wireless environment. M-commerce also
involves many more new applications such as, mobile financial services, user and location
specific mobile advertising, mobile inventory management. Therefore, most of the mcommerce research should focus on applications, and security issues. To supply these
demands, we need to understand the necessary security requirements for every kind of
implementation. The aim of this work is to describe an approach for the importance of the
information security for sustainable development.
Keywords: Information Security, e-commerce, m-commerce, e-government, wireless
networks, Sustainable Development, survivability.

1. Introduction
In recent years, lots of organizations have become deeply dependent on information processing systems. The
concluding stage of dependence was reached with the development of e-commerce (Zuccato 2004). This
dependency has generated a need for protecting computer systems by means of information systems security.
Security requirements ought to be used to describe what kind of security level an information system needs
(Gerber 2000).Integrating sustainabilityinto development of business,investmentisthe main strategy of current
governmental issues. New government guidelines require that the regions combine the advancing together
strategy into a single integrated regional framework. That requires information systems to be used widely.
Organizations have been benefiting from information processing systems becoming more and more dependent
on it with the introduction of e-commerce in last few years. The use of information technologies has raised the
demand for protection of organization's data and business. Therefore,information system security has become an
essential part of electronic environmentlike e-education, e-government,e-commerce etc. The aim of advances in
Information technologiesisto improve life standards, share information, make socialrelationships stronger, and
help organizations remain competitive inthe electronic environment (Zuccato 2004).
E-government is one of areas which information system security has an enormous importance.
E-government uses information technologies in public administration to help citizens access to
governmentalinformation, citizen services, businesses and government agencies. It always need to be improved
to provide better services and easier ways for participating in democratic institutions and processes like voting.
Therefore, information security becomes main responsibility for e-government where security properties of
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availability, confidentiality,integrity, accountability and information assurance must be fulfilled (Joshi 2001).
A successful and secure e- government will earn confidence and trust of all users (citizens, businesses,
organizations, government). Although it is getting easier to develop online government implementations,
security issues are getting bigger with the increasing citizen mobility. By enabling government services to be
accessible anytime anywhere is also another challenge to avoid intrudersto damage or exploitthe system (Dridi
2001).
E-com merce is another area where financial information is exchanged and should be protected. There
are notable advances on development of e-commerce applications. Most of the e-comm erce applications have
being modified to be used in mobile environment. Mobile-commerce (m-commerce) also initiated new
researches on mobile applications, devices, and middleware and wireless networks. New applications have been
created to be used only in mobile environment (Varshney 2002). Some of mobile commerce applications are
mobile advertising, mobile inventory management, product locating, mobile shopping, mobile auction, and
wireless data center (Varshney 2002).
The aim of this work is to describe an approach for the importance of the information security for
sustainable development. Our main approach is to emphasize security requirements for e-commerce, mcommerce, e-government and e-banking (Mallov 2002).

2. The Need for a Secure Information System
An important issue in information systems is dependability and security. Organizations need secure
transmission of a document between two parties over network. For wide area networks,such as Internet,flow of
private data has a considerable risk to be stolen. That risk affects the trust on information systems. Business
organizations need a secure framework to enlargetheirinvestments. And governmentlay itsapplications on trust
of the security of citizens’information. Development of every organization is dependent on information security.
Security of system for businessis not onlyto enablethem to take advantage of new market opportunities but also
to protect their assets. They need to develop confidence and trust in the electronic world to continue their
activities worldwide. Security concerns can be divided into concerns about access control, and concerns about
information and transaction security. These schemes arethe basis of several electronic payment and procurement
systems, as presented in the following sections.
2.1. E-Com merce Applications
E-com merce server provides sell-side (auction, catalogue), buy-side (catalogue, bid), customer service
(customer management, collaboration, and so on), security (access control and authorization), and integration
(application middleware) functionality components. Various types of applications and technological devices
were developed to support those activities. One of the devices to store digital signatures, fingerprints etc. is
smartcards. Smartcards can be programmed to work on multiple applications. They have additional built-in
computing capability. Besides, there are supporting systems for transmission of data between two parties.
Secured Socket Layer (SSL) is a protocol that handles authentication and encryption for Internet message
transmission. The protocol is built into web browsers and operating systems that enables the use of Internet
shopping, Internet banking and vice versa. For credit card payments over the Internet, another protocol as
Secured Electronic Transaction (SET) is widely used. That protocol uses digital certificates to authenticate
transactions. Cybercash is another scheme that ties customer to a particular machine containing wallet and
proprietary software. The payment method can be creditcard, digitalcoins or direct debit. Creditcards are useful
with secure communications technologies such as SSL. And the smart card readers will accelerate their use on
the Internet. For business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce electronic coins and electronic cheques need to be
promoted. Another key issue to consideris how to maintain financialtransaction records for all partiesinvolved
in electronic payments. The issues related to present and future payment methods are complex and itis stilltoo
early to know how business willaccept and adaptto new electronic payment methods (Greenfield 2000).
2.2. M-com merce Applications
M-com merce is a rising discipline involving applications, mobile devices, middleware, and wireless
networks. Most of existing e-commerce applications can be adapted to run in wireless environment. Contrary to
e-commerce applications that generally run on fixed network infrastructure, m-commerce applications may not
getsuch dependabilityfrom the existing wirelessinfrastructure. The m-com merce applications consist of mobile
financial applications, mobile inventory management, shopping, mobile auction, and wireless data centre
(Varshney 2002). If we look into a basic m-com merce transaction and discuss how different m-com merce
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transactions may be affected by different security vulnerabilities. In addition to security issues related to ecommerce,there are more security concerns related to m-com merce applications (Alisha 2002).
2.3. E-Government Applications
A rapid technological evolution is seen in governmental applications. Therefore thatrapid change is not
a problem free. E-government is the use of IT in public administration and services for citizens, business
companies, and governmental agencies. Security of information systems used is the main concern of that
applications. The system has to fulfil the fundamental security properties such as availability, confidentiality,
integrity, and accountability and information assurance (Joshi 2001). Thus, a new framework foridentifying and
organizing the security requirementsthose are common to allinformation systems that have been utilized forthe
development of an integrated on-line e-government platform, are required (Lambrinoudakis 2003).
2.4. E-Learning Applications
In addition to the development, management and offering of on-line courses, the system supports
administrative tasks like registration, payments, certification, etc. During the system setup phase,itis expected
to ensure that the system must specify the access privileges for all types of users. During the authentication
phase, the suitable mechanisms must be engaged for authenticating the identification of all registered users.
During the offering the service phase,the integrity and confidentiality ofthe material provided to and submitted
by the students must be ensured. In addition, the proof of origin, submission, delivery and receipt, whenever
transactions between students and trainers occur, must be maintained. Moreover,alogging mechanism should be
utilized (Lambrinoudakis 2003).
2.5. E-Voting Applications
E-voting supportsthetransmission of a number oftypes of election proceduresthrough the Internet. All
eligible voters can thus participate in the election. The authentication of voter and election organiser
identification is a requirement prior to any type of relations of the user with the system. Even though state
officials, will generally be trusted,they must be authenticated before accessing the system and alltheir actions
must be logged. During offering the service phasein which eligible voter can select a ballot and cast her/his vote,
there are plentiful essential security requirements (Ikonomopoulos 2002). Some indicative ones are anonymity,
confidentiality, integrity, no one can vote twice, etc. The last system phase which refers to the storage of the
ballots cast and the calculation of the election tally should be available only after the election process has
finished and its aim is to validate votes and determine the total number of votes each candidate has received.
Throughout tallying the integrity must be ensured such that the participation and active involvement of party
representatives, while logging of all actions is necessary. Afterthe tallying process the votes and other relevant
evidence must be stored in a secure way. As a result security issue is also important for e-voting applications
(Lambrinoudakis 2003).

3. Security technology for Sustainable Development
As we discussed inthe previous section, security must be considered carefully when designing Internetbased systems. Any application must have a security policy, appropriate security mechanisms forits application
area and monitoring and auditing mechanisms to examine the system in a secure functionality. Security concerns
can be divided into two categories: concerns about access control, and concerns about information and
transaction security. Access control mechanisms such as passwords, encrypted smart cards, biometrics and
firewalls certify that only legitimate users and applications get access to information resources such as user
accounts, files and databases. Information and transaction security schemes such as secret key encryption and
public key encryption are used to ensure the privacy, integrity and confidentiality of business transactions and
messages. This design isthe foundation of numerous electronic payment systems. Different number of practical
measures improves security concerns. Firewalls and proxy servers can block undesirable attempt to access the
internal systems. Strong authentication mechanisms supply system access only to legitimate users. Access
control mechanisms grant users rights to access only the resources and applications they need to do their work.
Careful planning and administration of a secure network can diminish the risks of attacks.Defending againstthe
unfamiliar attacks is not possible, butthe risk can be mitigated with good system design (Greenfield 2000).
Cryptography isthe mostimportanttechnique which transforms digitalinformation from one format to
another based on the value of a number, known as the encryption key. The encryption process is a scrambled
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version of the message that the recipient can then decrypt, by using either the original key (symmetric
encryption) or a different, but related, key (asymmetric encryption). The latter one is known as public key
cryptography,relating a pair of keys, one private and one public.Information encrypted using the public key can
only be retrieved using the corresponding private key. Furthermore, public and private keys can be used to create
and verify “digital signatures”. Digital signature is appended to messages to authenticate the message and the
sender. In an internet application, a robust public key infrastructure (PKI) is needed to make possible secured
and trusted transactions. As a result, this will provide information security framework for sustainable
development to generate, store and manage keys and digital certificates, security policies for cryptographic
systems used (Greenfield 2000).

4. Conclusions
It has turn out to be obvious that security on the Internet is indeed inadequate for sustainable
development.Inthis paper, we presented variousinformation security requirementsfor sustainable development.
In particular, we discussed the dependability of infrastructure for different e-applications. Due to the open and
unconstrained nature of the Internet, staying ahead of hackers is becoming harder if not impossible. If the
Internetisto actually be successful as a medium for e-applications,the security-relatedissues must be addressed.
Even if variety oftechniques have been discussed to present protection and increase security on the Internet,the
techniques are ad hoc fixes and resolve only a small portion of a wide spectrum of Internetsecurity problems. In
addition, many ofthese fixes can be subvertedthrough security holesin other system programs. A solution to the
security problem may liein a result of currenttechniques, butthis may lead to downgrading of quality of service.
Conceivably a change in the approaches -applications are written- and in the structure of the Internet are
required.

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Information Sources for Farmers Growing Pulses in Turkey
Oral Düzdemir
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops
Gaziosmanpasa University
Tokat, TURKEY
orald@gop.edu.tr
M urat Sayılı
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics,
Gaziosmanpasa University
Tokat, TURKEY
muratsayili@yahoo.com
Hasan Akca
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics
Gaziosmanpasa University
Tokat, TURKEY
akcahasan@yahoo.com

Abstract: Literature review shows that articles focusing on information sources used by
farmers growing pulses are limited. Although farmers lack technical knowledge related to
cultivation of pulses, they do not benefit from extension staff at enough level. Therefore, they
face difficulties while growing pulses. The aim of this study is to determine information
sources (printed &amp; unprinted material, universities, extension staff, media, private input
sellers, chamber of agriculture, neighbour farms, etc) used by farmers growing pulses in
Tokat province of Turkey. Data were collected from 142 farms via survey. Research findings
showed that farmers growing pulses contact with agents selling seed for green bean, private
agrochemical sellers and other farmers in the region. On the other hand, they get information
at weal level from research institute, agricultural faculty, agro-based industry, printed
material, and media.
Keywords: Pulses, information sources, Turkey

Introduction
Pulses are one of the most important crop groups that have been cultivated by human beings since the
firstages of history. Turkey is a homeland for many varieties of pulses. They have been cultivated and consumed
in large quantities in Turkey for many years. The major varieties of pulses grown in Turkey are lentils,
chickpeas, white beans, red beans and broad beans which are used for human nutrition, and vetches (Akova,
2006).
Turkey is one of the main pulses producers in the world. In 2007, production area, production amount
and yield of chick pea in Turkey were 503 675 ha, 505 366 tons, and 1 010 kg ha-1,respectively. The figures for
dry bean were 109 250 ha, 154 243 tons, 1 410 kg ha-1, respectively. In the same year, production amount was
519 968 tons for fresh bean, and 58 710 tons for kidney bean (FAO 2009).

Material and Methods
Primary data were used in the study. Data were collected from 72 farms growing bean and 70 farms
growing chickpea via survey in Tokat province of Turkey.
The method of simple random sampling was used to determine farms to be surveyed (Dixon &amp; Massey
1969):

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n=

N .S 2 .t 2
(N − 1).E 2 + S 2 .t 2

W here, n is sample size, N is number of farm in the population, S is standard deviation,tistable value (1.86) at
95% significance level and 10% error, E is error.
Questionnaire was carried outin October 2006.

Research and Findings
Agricultural information covers all published or unpublished knowledge in all aspects of agriculture
(Agbamu 2006).Information is basicingredientforincreased agricultural production and productivity. Access to
the rightinformation atthe righttime inthe rightformat and from the right source may shiftthe balance between
success and failure of the farmer (Opara, 2008). Access to adequate information is very essential to increased
agricultural productivity (Mgbada 2006, Ofuoku et al. 2008). Benefiting from information sources can be
changed depending on educationallevel of farmers.In developed countries,farmers contact with university and
research institute actively. On the other hand, in developing and less developed countries farmers have not
understood importance ofthese organisations at desired level. This situation can be changed in different parts of
the same country.
Information sources used by pulse growers in Tokat province of Turkey are shown in Fig.1. In order to
understand the subject,information sources were classified in three levels because benefiting level of farmers
from information sources is different. In the research area, farmers growing pulses get information generally
from private agents selling agrochemicals, other farmers (friends, neighbours, etc)in the region, and seed agents
for green bean. There is a knowledge share between farmers and four actors (governmental extension staff,
chamber of agriculture,export-import unions, and chickpea seed sellers) at medium level.It was determined that
growers of pulses do not contact with research institute, agricultural faculty, agro-based industry, printed
material (books, journals,leaflets) and media (TV, Radio, etc). This situation reflects only the idea of farmers
growing pulses in the research area. Different results can be derived from other parts of Turkey.

Medium Level-Information Source
* Governmental Extension Staff
* Chamber of Agriculture
* Export-Import Unions
* Seed Agents (chickpea)

W eak Level-Information Source
* Research Institute
* Faculty of Agriculture-University
* TV, Radio, Newspaper
* Agro-based Industry
* Books, Journals, Leaflets

Strong Level-Information Source
* Private Agrochemical Agents
* Friends, Relatives, Neighbour
* Seed Agents (green bean)

FAR MERS

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Figure 1: Information sources which pulses growers use

Research findings showed that farmers growing pulses get information about agrochemical usage
especially from private sellers (bean growers: 69.45%, chickpea growers: 78.57%) while buying pesticides. At
the same time, farmers believe that they have enough experience in the subject of fertiliser use in both bean
(76.39%) and chickpea (77.14%) growing. In the subject of pesticide usage, they always contact with private
agrochemical agents while buying pesticides (Tab. 1).

Yes, always
No, I have enough experience
Sometimes, when I need
Total

Pesticides
Bean
(irrigated)
69.45
8.33
22.22
100.00

Chickpea
(non-irrigated)
78.57
12.86
8.57
100.00

Fertilizer
Bean
(irrigated)
4.17
76.39
19.44
100.00

Chickpea
(non-irrigated)
18.57
77.14
4.29
100.00

Table 1: Whether farmers getinformation how to use agrochemicals or not while buying them from agents? (%)

Conclusion and Recommendation
To produce more quality, quantity and profitable pulses following recommendations can be advice to farmers:
• Growers should getinformation from extension staffinstead of advice of neighbour farmers.
• Farmers growing pulses should benefitfrom academic staff working at agricultural faculty established
inthe region more than today.
• Education level of farmers should be increased viatheoreticaland applied agriculturaltraining activity.
• Farmers should contact with different actors at desired level.

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Information Systems at the Airport
Amila Jašari
Department of Information Technology
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
j.amilla@hotmail.com

ABSTRACT
Air traffic is a dynamic activity which trends partly depend on the general economy of the society. A phenomenon that is being
researched as part of master’s thesis are information systems. The research problem (which is always wider than the object of
research) are information systems in business in general, while the subject of research are information systems at airports in
Sarajevo and Mostar.
The established subject of research involves the processing of information systems, with a particular aspect of information
systems at the airport. The research results will show the development of information systems at the airport in Sarajevo and
Mostar. The research results will also show how the information systems at the airport in Sarajevo and Mostar are aligned with
modern technology development.
Keywords: RAD, information system, EDS, information technology
1. Introduction
The organizational structure of the traditional airline has for decades been functional. The functional model will
continue to be a good solution for those airlines that for most functions use outsourcing (catering, maintenance, etc.).
Generally they do not use modern information systems, they provide a limited number of customer service and so on.
Usually these are minor or so called low cost airline. The impact of information technology, the focus on passengers,
increased competition, require more flexible business processes, faster response to requests from passengers, service
differentiation over the competition, faster business decisions at all levels of management and so on. In order to meet
these changes, airlines are adopting new organizational models in which there are separate business units that have more
authority in decision-making and responsibility for their own profitability, but with a strong link between them.

2. Information Technology and Information Systems
The information system in the simplest way could be defined as a system that handles information in order to meet
the information needs of the organization. By similar reasoning we get one of the classic definition of an information
system: „The information system is a set of interrelated components that work together on collecting, processing, storing
and distributing information to support decision making and control in an organization“.
Although today’s computer-based information systems is almost the rule, we must understand that the information
system is not necessarily computerized. Organizations have a need and ways to handle information and before they
invented machines to automate the processing of data and information. And today, the term information system almost
automatically is associated with computers and other (mostly electronic) machines for the processing and transmission
of data. However, we will not and may not equate information systems of organization and information technology on
which it is based largely.
Information system is a socio-technical system consisting of mutually coupled technological and sociological
components that serve a common purpose. This setting is very important. It essentially determines the approach which
should be in the areas and the development and use of information systems. People who use an information system
called are called users: users of IS are individuals or groups who have the task of providing input or receiving output
from the information system (Laudon and Laudon, 1984).

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Generally speaking, the three activities of the IS organization is to produce the information needed for decision
making, control activities, analyze problems and create new products and services. These activities are: input, processing
and output.Input collects raw data from inside the organization or environment. Processing converts the raw inputs
into form with meaning. Output data is presented and thus transmit certain information to users of the information
system.Information systems also require feedback, output that returns the appropriate members of the organization to
help them evaluate or correct certain phase inputs. Computer-based information systems rely on computer hardware,
software and technology for the processing and dissemination of information.Computer programs or software are sets
of operational instructions that direct and control the computer processing. Knowledge of computers and computer
programs is important in designing solutions to organizational problems, but computers are only one part of the IS.
2.1. The development of information systems
Standardization of models on which to build an information system is an important issue. Use of standardized
development methods, techniques and tools is introduced in the development process, structuring it and thus makes
it more susceptible to control and more efficient. But standardization on the other hand can produce too “harsh”
understanding of the methodology by which the parts of the system being developed. Structured, traditional methods
and models for the development of information systems often suffer from these ills. This is one of the important
issues for managers who lead the development process. To find the answer to it, successful managers are finding a good
balance between these two extremes. In connection with the use of traditional, structured methods of information
system development, there are several essential problems, of which the most important are poor treatment of uncertainty
and complexity. Although it is only in the last ten years it felt an urgent need for change in this field, the awareness of
the existence of these problems existed since the seventies of the 20th century. Just because a long time ago there are
approaches that are different from traditional structured approach.
These are serious attempts to resolve the evident problems of a structured approach. In addition to various audits
waterfall development model, appeared in various more or less serious and comprehensive approaches, among which are
the following: prototyping, iterative development, RAD (Rapid Application Development). In addition, it is possible to
identify many more or less different approaches. All alternative approaches are, more or less, focused on improving the
development process in terms of getting a better final product and optimize the effort and cost invested in development.
2.2. Electronic air traffic
Air traffic is a dynamic activity which trends partly depend on the general economy of the society. The impact of
information technology, the focus on passengers, increased competition, require more flexible business processes, faster
response to requests from passengers, service differentiation over the competition, faster business decisions at all levels
of management and so on. In order to meet these changes, airlines are adopting new organizational models in which there
are separate business units that have more authority in decision-making and responsibility for their own profitability, but
with a strong link between them.
2.3. The organizational structure and business processes in air traffic
The organizational structure of the traditional airline has for decades been functional. The functional model will
continue to be a good solution for those airlines that for most functions use outsourcing (catering, maintenance, etc.).
Generally they do not use modern information systems, they provide a limited number of customer service and so on.
Usually these are minor or so called low cost airline.
The main sectors in air traffic are airports, air Freight, airlines, air traffic control, Aerospace, travel and distribution,
ground operations and department of government regulations in air traffic. Airports are faced with the problems of
managing large numbers of passengers, cargo and plane. Some of the business processes within this sectors are:
•

Management operations at the airport (Airport Operations) - includes information flight, integrated data management,
management planning, resources and others.

•

Operation luggage (Baggage Operations) - includes check-in baggage handling, sorting, tracking, control, baggage and
others.

•

Operation of passengers (Passenger Operations) - includes check-in loading, scanning and checking passengers and others.

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•

Transportation

•

Communication and Infrastructure (Communication &amp; Infrastructure) – includes infrastructure management, mobile
communications, messaging, hybrid networks and others.

Security

(Transportation

Security)

-

scanning

of

passengers,

baggage.

2.4. The role of information technology in the evolution of business strategies in air traffic
One of the first investors in information technology was American Airlines, which in 1962 introduced the SABRE
computer reservation system.
Computer reservation system (CRS) is a computerized system used for the collection, storage and processing of
information, as well as management of transactions related to travel. CRS systems are controlled by by individual airlines,
where agents accessing a single CRS system and make reservations for tickets. Online CRS systems are systems where
clients themselves, via the web, access CRS system for searching services and the booking. The aim of the development
of CRS system is to connect with travel agencies that represent MPs traditional airlines. In the mid 80s, CRS develops
in comprehensive global distribution system (Global Distribution Systems, GDS), which offers a wide range of tourism
products and services (transparency of air lines, reservation of accommodation, renting the car, etc.) and provides
mechanisms for communication between airlines and travel agencies. Global Distribution Systems (GDS) in specific
types of information system for distribution of tourism products.
The global distribution system (Global Distribution System GDS) integrates all tourist services, linking service
providers and end users, providing information from all segments of travel, provides booking and sale of required services
and thus provides value-added services. GDS provides services to clients at departure and the respective destinations.
2.5. Technological solutions for air traffic
Information systems for air traffic can generally be classified into four groups:
•
•
•
•

Airline Management Solutions – includes solutions that help in the planning and control of resources such as airplanes,
crew and others.
Passenger Airline Solutions – includes processes sales of electronic tickets, check-in, etc.
Airline Operations Solutions – includes operations pertaining to all aspects of flight planning, operations and others.
Supplementary Airline Solutions - includes solutions for maintenance and repair of aircraft, cargo and others.

Key issues facing the air transportation are optimization, cost savings, improvement of existing capacity, faster
response to changes and others. Some of the solutions that help airlines in achieving these goals are management systems
crew and operations control systems for planning and scheduling, management systems revenue, marketing solutions
and others. The planning process needs to optimize performance taking into account both technical and operational
characteristics of the equipment, availability of human resources, government regulations and operational constraints
such as rules air traffic control and others.

3. Information Systems at Airports in Sarajevo and Mostar
3.1. Sectors
3.1.1. Sector for Air Traffic Operations and Aviation Services
A very important link in the organization diagram of any Airport, including the Sarajevo and Mostar International Airport, is
the Sector of Traffic Operations and Aviation Services. The complete structural organization of the service sector represents the
symbiosis of sectors within it, whereas the formulation of “Team Work” gets into its full meaning.
The Air Traffic Sector at Sarajevo and Mostar International Airport consists of the following services: (1) Department for
Operational Activities, (2) Department for Passenger Ground Handling, (3) Ramp Handling Service,(4) Center for Training of
Professional Staff, (5) The Winter Service Department.

3.1.2. Department for Passenger Ground Handling
This service has several Units. A part of the service that performs registration of passengers is responsible for
checking identity documents and documents for each flight passenger who intends to travel, as well as to register the

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tickets and baggage to the final destination of travel. The staff in this service is trained to operate the system EDS
(Automatic Passengers Registration, Instructions for loading the Aircraft).At the information desk, the traveller can
get accurate information about the landing, takeoff, delays, information about the cancellation of flights, and all the
information related to travel and the necessary instructions about other available services. The Personnel responsible
for performing the processing of passengers are tasked to carry out the transfer of passengers from the building to the
Aircraft and vice versa. This part of the work is currently being done by two Air Bridges in the most modern way and bus
transfer if Aircrafts are parked on open positions. It is important to mention the assistance provided to poor mobile or
immobile passengers, mothers with children, children travelling alone, as well as all other special categories of passengers.
High officials from the public and political life are offered to enjoy the discretion of the VIP lounge. A stylish
lounge serves to welcome and farewell high officials, but it is also suitable for organization of business meetings and press
conferences. Within the Department of lost and found baggage the search for lost luggage and its storage is carried out
including its delivery to the passenger who reported lost or missing luggage. The Department of lost and found baggage,
employees professionally trained and friendly staff who operate at a highly sophisticated computer systems fortracing
lost luggage (WORLD TRACER).
3.1.3. The Sector for the Airport Development
ln the Organizational Scheme of the Airport this Sector has been existing since 2005. in the previous period, from
August 1994 until 1996 under the Public Enterprise Airports of B&amp;H the tasks of rebuilding and reconstruction were
led by the Deputy Director of Reconstruction, who also prepared the projects and renovation plans.In the initial phase
of works on the reconstruction of the Airport, staff was formed into a Team to implement the project. The PIU team
(Project Implementation Unit), as it was called, had the task to monitor the stages of individual projects, to monitor daily
dynamics and quality of work, to develop undefined situations by the project, procure Airport equipment and organize
training for the use of high-quality equipment.
The reconstruction of the technical facilities and Passenger Terminal has been successfully implemented and
today the Airport has the most beautiful Airport Passenger Terminal in the region, equipped with modern systems and
devices. In the period from 1997 to 2001 the reconstruction of the Headquarter buildings finished as well. The necessary
equipment was purchased and installed according to the dynamic which was conditional in order to gain funding.As a
logical resposne to all ongoing activities carried out during the reconstruction of the Airport, the Development Sector
was formed.The constant development of Air Transport requires adequate responses of the Airport. The Development
Sector monitors all developments in terms of new technologies, standards, regulations, requirements of Airlines,
passengers. Experienced and professional staff employed in the Sector is able to independently produce and design
solutions, technical specifications, project tasks, long-term spatial planning documents, investment programs, annual
investment plans and to supervise the execution of works.
3.1.4. Sector for Information and Communication Technologies
Aware of the fact that the information and communication technologies (ICT) are an important activity of each
company in contemporary world, the Sarajevo and Mostar International Airport, in 1999, established a new Sector
with the task of planning, development and maintenance of Airports ICT Systems. Today it is unthinkable that an
authorized person in an extremely short period of time manually processes, prepares, and presents large volumes of data
in demanding jobs, such as registering passenger/baggage, cargo, mail, balancing the weight of the Aircraft, generating
reports, and creating a packet of information for travellers, Airlines, agencies and other participants in Airline Traffic.The
Sarajevo and Mostar International Airports Sector for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) provides
tools and services for automated, continuous and accurate monitoring at the complete aerodrome complex, processes,
human resources and installed ICT systems. As a confirmation of this statement, we will take into account the work
of the Transport Sector, whose business processes are largely automated and supported by ICT systems, and security
services, where the ICT systems are used at most benefits: CCTV, Access control, KD control, Alarm Systems, fire alarm,
video analytics and others.
Sarajevo and Mostar International Airport currently owns and exploits all ICT systems possessed by all other
modern world Airports. In the Sector for Information and Communication Technologies engineers and technicians
are employed who are trained and certified by the world-renowned companies (Siemens, Solari, Atraxis, Avex, Panduit,
Cisco, Motorola, HP, Dell, SITA, DLink, Cerberus and others) in the field of self-maintenance of Airport ICT systems.
It is important to note that all the training is completed according to International Standards and Programs. The scope

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of responsibility and accountability of the Sector, and the need of possessing different knowledge and skills in the
profession, impose an obligation to the employeesof the Sector to carry out the daily work activities together, and to
develop and implement new projects, which form a compact and harmonious team. Thus, the individual’s awareness of
the necessity of teamwork has been developed, which affects positive working atmosphere, professional staff response to
work duties, strengthens creativity free of competition, with the aim of improving its business in our Sector and society
as a whole. Most of the Airports ICT Systems that are currently used were developed by System users and employees in
this Sector.
3.2. Information systems
3.2.1. FIDS – Flight Information Display System
A flight information display system (FIDS) is a computer system used in airports to display flight information
to passengers, in which a computer system controls mechanical or electronic display boards or TV screens in order
to display arrivals and departures flight information in real-time. The displays are located inside or around an airport
terminal. A virtual version of a FIDS can also be found on most airport websites and teletext systems. In large airports,
there are different sets of FIDS for each terminal or even each major airline. FIDS are used to assist passengers during
air travel and people who want to pick up passengers after the flight.
Due to code sharing, one single flight may be represented by a series of different flight numbers, thus lines (for
example, LH474 and AC9099), although one single aircraft operates that route at that given time. Lines may be sorted by
time, airline name, or city.
3.2.2. HP – DSC – Departure Control System
HP Departure Control Services Baggage Reconciliation is offered for flights handled fully in this departure control
system (DCS) or a different one. In the HP system, baggage details are created automatically by bag tag printing, read-in,
or manual claim tag input. These tags are read in the baggage room, and the system matches it with the existing baggage
tag in the passenger record of the respective flight.
The baggage reconciliation response then shows either an “ok to load” with the container number in green or “not
ok to load” in red, depending on the passenger status—checked-in, boarded, or not checked-in.
3.2.3. World Tracer - System for Handling Lost Baggage
World Tracer is a SITA / IATA service provided for the tracking of lost or delayed baggage. It has been in
operation for many years and used by many airlines, such as Qantas, Lufthansa and Emirates. The system also allows for
the rapid determination of mishandled baggage.The WorldTracer service operates globally and can exchange information
with each of the current 2200+ member airports. It tracks and follows luggage for up to 100 days and it collaborates with
other similar services. The WorldTracer internet interface allows passengers to track the bags by entering a transaction
number.
Whenever a baggage is found without an owner, it can be registered as an on-hand baggage. It is then automatically
matched with various missing-baggage files (called AHLs) all over the world. Whenever an on-hand gets a likely match,
the station that has registered the missing baggage receives an alert. The bag is matched based on the baggage’s routing
number, tag number, passenger’s surname, type of baggage, and content. When a handling agent finds an on-hand which
matches one of their AHLs, he/she can request the on-hand by sending a message to the station that registered the onhand baggage.
The format of the tracking number is AAABBNNNNN, where AAA is the airport’s IATA-Code, BB is the airline’s
IATA-Code, and NNNNN is a 5 digit tracking number. For example, PHLDL19676 is from Philadelphia International
Airport, flew on Delta Airlines, and has the tracking number of 19676.
3.2.4. PAS – Public Announcement System
A public address system (PA system) is an electronic sound amplification and distribution system with a
microphone, amplifier and loudspeakers, used to allow a person to address a large public, for example for announcements
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may additionally have a mixing console, and amplifiers and loudspeakers suitable for music as well as speech, used to
reinforce a sound source, such as recorded music or a person giving a speech or distributing the sound throughout a
venue or building.
Simple PA systems are often used in small venues such as school auditoriums, churches, and small bars. PA
systems with many speakers are widely used to make announcements in public, institutional and commercial buildings
and locations. Intercom systems, installed in many buildings, have microphones in many rooms allowing the occupants
to respond to announcements.

4. Conclusion
Information systems are based on information and communication technologies. These technologies fall into the
key generic technologies as they are penetrating all spheres of economy, science, social and private life and bring radical
changes.
As short term often is used as an ICT, in everyday speech involves the use of a wide range of technologies,
from computer, which manipulate and manage data and information across the industrial robot developed in industries,
communications technologies, such as the computer network, Internet, to radio and television. For this reason, often in
everyday speech it can be heard in different contexts.
The information system in the simplest way could be defined as a system that handles information in order to meet
the information needs of the organization.
By similar reasoning we get one of the classic definition of an information system: „The information system is
a set of interrelated components that work together on collecting, processing, storing and distributing information to
support decision making and control in an organization“.
Generally speaking, the three activities of the IS organization is to produce the information needed for decision
making, control activities, analyze problems and create new products and services. These activities are: input, processing
and output.
Air traffic is a dynamic activity which trends partly depend on the general economy of the society. The impact of
information technology, the focus on passengers, increased competition, require more flexible business processes, faster
response to requests from passengers, service differentiation over the competition, faster business decisions at all levels
of management and so on. In order to meet these changes, airlines are adopting new organizational models in which there
are separate business units that have more authority in decision-making and responsibility for their own profitability, but
with a strong link between them.

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                    <text>Journal of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 2, (2020)
DOI number: 10.14706/JONSAE2020218

Information Systems Project Success Factors: Literature Review

Nermina Durmic
International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
nermina.durmic@ibu.edu.ba
Abstract – The purpose of this paper is to identify and collect most commonly discussed project success
factors in the context of information systems (IS) projects. Through the process of review of 88 books,
relevant studies and scientific works 72 success factors were detected, with a total of 689 appearances,
which are then classified into six factor groups: Planning, Project team, Project management,
Development, Customer, Project facilitation. The paper reveals that factors that were recognized as the
most critical ones for the success of information systems projects by majority of authors belong first to
Planning, and then to Project team and Project management groups of factors. Findings in this paper
are expected to serve as a valuable theoretical basis for future empirical research of success and failure
of projects in modern information technologies (IT) organizations, and development of related IS project
success models.
Keywords – Project success, project success factors, information systems, literature review.

1. Introduction

Despite efforts IT organizations are making today to survive and take a lead in the high competitive market,
reports show that project success rates haven’t changed significantly over the past 15 years. Back in 2003, King
[1] reported that in one IT organization three out of ten projects fail on average. In the same year, Lewis [2]
reported that around 70% of all IS projects fail to fulfill the objectives set, where all failed and defectively
completed projects were included. According to Arcidiacono [3], International Data Corporation published in
2009 that 25% of observed projects failed completely, and 50% of projects required rework. Eight years later,
in 2017, PMI [4] performs a study observing “underperforming” organizations with less than 60% of project
completed successfully, meeting their fundamental goals and business purpose. It is reported that 24% of
projects in these organizations were completed within set timeframes, 25% within budget, 33% met original
goals/business intent, 68% experienced scope creep, 24% were a complete failure and 46% of the budget was
lost in case of project failures [4].

Considering the project definition adopted from Pinto and Slevin [5], explaining a project as an organization
of people committed to common goals, involving valuable, high risk tasks of different sizes that have to be
completed by previously set deadlines for a certain budget with high quality, and must have a very well defined
objectives and sufficient resources necessary for task execution undertakings, it becomes clear that project
success depends on many different factors. It’s very important to recognize and understand these factors
because they serve as a guidance for definition of project management processes [6]. While investigation of

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project success factors has been a topic of interest for many researchers and authors, there is still a lack of
literature that summarizes findings in this context. This paper is intended to fill in this gap by collecting success
factors in a broad range of relevant material in order to determine which aspects of project development process
should be given the biggest attention to ensure the project success.

After this introduction, a short background of the topic is presented, followed by explanation of the literature
review methodology. Then, outcomes of the literature review process are presented in several segments, with
short conclusion that gives suggestions for future research directions.

2. Background

A.

IS projects

Most of the authors who contributed to the theory of project management by formulating a concrete definition
of a „project“ agree that the definition is always based around five aspects, regardless of the field the project
belongs to. Those are: people, project goals and requirements, project tasks, resources and various conditions.
More specifically, a „project“ is generally defined as a complex organizational system of coordinated activities
being performed in predefined order to achieve desired outcomes, in accordance with time and resource
constraints ([7], [8], [9], [10], [11]).

Information System (IS) projects on the other hand, which are objects of examination in this review, have more
concrete characteristics. IS projects can be described as IT projects designed to answer the information
processing needs of a certain organization. Attributes that make them different from any other non-IS project
are three-fold: (1) they depend heavily on human resources and significant capital that is usually a constraint;
(2) they are people oriented projects and their stakeholder teams are composed of three groups: development
team members, managers, end users; (3) they are conceptual, meaning that IS projects can often be subjects to
risks that come from stakeholder teams, their lack of knowledge or project type [12].

B.

Project success criteria

When it comes to defining the project success, the majority of researchers agree about the general success
criteria: a successful project is a project completed on time, within scope and budget constraints ([13], [14],
[15]). However, the application of this definition in real project environments is usually not that simple.

The empirical research, conducted by Hussein [16], reveals that inadequate definition of the project success
criteria is commonly a result of incomplete understanding of the project itself and setting unrealistic
expectations about the benefits provided by project outcomes. Better understanding of project stakeholders'
inputs, who have the impact on project context and who define the final outcome expectations, is recognized
as the right approach to solving this challenge [16].

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According to Frerer et al. [17] review of project success criteria literature, authors like Pinto and Slevin [18],
Freeman and Beale [19], Khosravi and Afshari [20], Bryde and Robinson [21] define even five to nine criteria
for measuring the project success. Collins and Baccarini [22] and Munns and Bjeirmi [7] find that there is a
direct effect of project success towards project management success. Baccarini [13] concludes that there is no
unique definition of project success that could be applied on any project, and that criteria specific for a given
project needs to be defined at its inception point to ensure that all team members and stakeholders work in the
same direction.

3. Methodology

In order to respond to the research goal, it was necessary to review larger amount of literature, thus semisystematic review approach was selected as the most suitable. It helps discover theoretical aspects and teams,
or common issues within a certain research discipline [23]. Books and journals suitable for review were
collected from journal databases and online libraries. To shorten the material collection process search
keywords like “information systems project success”, “project success factors”, “project success criteria” were
used. 88 books, scientific works and articles were collected. Materials with repeating content adopted from
previous literature were not taken in consideration.

The review process was executed through three steps: (1) in the first literature walkthrough list of unique
project success factors was created, 72 of them in total; (2) frequency of appearance of every factor was
registered; (3) factors were grouped into 6 groups for easier interpretation: Planning, Project team, Project
management, Development, Customer, Project facilitation.

4. Literature Review

A.

Project success seminal works

According to Pinto and Prescott [24] critical success factors represent factors that lead to significant
improvement of project implementation chances, if appropriately addressed. Therefore, many researchers have
tried to recognize critical success factors that can be significant for all IS project in general. Leidecker and
Bruno [25] explain these factors as variables or conditions that, if properly maintained, managed or sustained,
can have a crucial impact on the organization success or failure. Definition of critical success factors may also
depend on development of country, type of organization and business [26]. An overview of project success
factors that have been discussed by the authors in previous studies on this topic is presented in the next sections.

First studies in this field have started in early seventies, and in the next 20 years seven seminal works related
to this topic have been created, written by seven different groups of authors. All other works that followed have
considered these seven works as a starting point of their research. Seven seminal works and project success
factors they define as critical ones for project success are listed below:

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Sayles and Chandler [27]: Capability and knowledge of a project manager, continuing involvement in
execution of project activities, control subsystems, scheduling and time frames, monitoring activities and
feedback provision.

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Martin [28]: Project and organizational philosophy, project planning, definition of project goals, control
and monitoring mechanisms, top management support, authority delegation and organization, project
team, resource allocation.

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Cleland and King [29]: Project schedule, project scope, process of task execution, financial support,
logistic requirements, facility support, market intelligence (who is the client), executive development and
training, manpower and organization, acquisition, information and communication channels, project
review.

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Baker et al. [30]: Project manager, skills and knowledge of the project team, team commitment, project
goals, project planning, budget and cost estimates, monitoring and control techniques, project inception
difficulties, inadequate hierarchy.

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Lock [31]: Team commitment to project activities, top management support, communication procedures,
progress review meetings, control mechanisms, project manager

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Morris and Hough [32]: Technical complexity, project goals, project scheduling, budgeting, legal issues,
implementation issues, project idea and innovation.

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Pinto and Slevin [33]: Client involvement, human resources, monitoring and control, project team lead,
communication, issue handling, technical difficulties, urgency, project politics, environmental impact.

B.

Project success factors

In this section 72 project success factors collected through literature review process and their groupings are
presented. Graph on Figure 1 shows the comparison of number of different success factors contained in every
one of the six factor groups, while graph on Figure 2 shows the frequency of appearance of success factors in
each group in the reviewed literature.

Figure 1. Number of success factors in each group of factors

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Figure 2. Frequency of appearance of success factors in literature

Charette [34] claims that IS projects almost never fail for only one or two reasons. According to him the reason
of projects failing is a combination of few factors from the following list: bad estimation of necessary resources,
poorly defined project requirements, unrealistic expectations and project goals, absence of communication
between customers, poor management of users and developers, inadequate technology, lack of a good reporting
of the project status, poor risk management, low quality of project management and development practices,
project complexity. Ewusi-Mensah [12] agrees with him, indicating that the cancelation of IS development
projects is usually caused by few combined factors, such as: project objectives, knowledge and skills of a
project team, monitoring and control, lack of involvement of the top management, project costs and deadlines.
Both authors consider definition of project goals and management as the most significant factors.

Moohebat et al. [26] did an investigation about the country difference impact on project success factors,
considering developed and developing countries. According to their research, the only project success factor,
which is of equal importance for both groups of countries, is the top management support.

Procaccino et al. [35] focus on the project success factors strictly from developers' point of view. They find
that successful project for a developer means a project that is managed the way that ensures that development
team has enough of necessary resources and the least possible amount of distractions when executing their
daily jobs. For them, involvement of the customer in the project execution who is available to give feedback
for the work done, and well defined project scope lead to successful project outcomes [35].

Egorova et al. [36] focus on stakeholders' point of view, dividing them into three groups: strategic-view
stakeholders, operational-view stakeholders and tactic stakeholders. In their work, Egorova et al. [36] state that
both operational and strategic stakeholders place „understanding the customer's problems“ to the first place.
Operational respondents give a special attention to good programming, and strategic respondents see „customer
involvement“ and „completed and accurate requirements“ as more important factors. Tactic stakeholders
choose „very good project management“ as the most important factor for the project success. For both
operational and tactic respondents, „team experience“ plays the essential role. Frese and Sauter [37] divided
reviewed projects into failed, challenged and successful projects groups, aiming to see if there are common
factors affecting project outcomes in all three groups. The conclusion they draw is that the quality of customer
involvement and requirements definition affect the project's final status in all three groups.

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Planning factors

In 95% of reviewed literature the Planning group of factors is discussed as the essential one for the project
success. Project planning, scheduling and control, project requirements and scope, project goal, mission and
vision are recognized as leading success factors in this group by majority of authors. All Planning success
factors are listed in Table 1.

Table 1. Planning group of project success factors
Planning success factors
Project planning, scheduling
and control

Requirement specification
and scope
Definition and understanding
of project goals, mission and
vision
Budgeting – cost estimates
Project/technical complexity
Process and working
procedures
Time estimations
Project organizational
philosophy/ organization
structure
Realistic expectations
Project itself/ project idea
Project strategic fit
Project size
Project pace
TOTAL (max = 88)

Source
[5], [18], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [35], [36],
[37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], [47],
[48], [49], [50], [51], [52], [53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [58],
[59], [60], [61], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69],
[70], [71], [72], [73], [74]
[11], [12], [18], [20], [26], [34], [35], [36], [37], [38], [39],
[40], [43], [45], [47], [49], [50], [52], [53], [55], [56], [58],
[60], [62], [67], [68], [69], [70], [71], [74], [75], [76], [77],
[78], [79], [80], [81], [82], [83], [84]
[5], [11], [12], [18], [26], [28], [30], [32], [33], [34], [37],
[43], [45], [47], [48], [50], [52], [58], [60], [61], [63], [66],
[67], [68], [69], [72], [74], [75], [76], [77], [81], [83], [85],
[86], [87], [88], [89], [90], [91]
[12], [29], [30], [36], [39], [45], [50], [51], [53], [59], [60],
[62], [64], [67], [68], [69], [71], [73], [74], [78], [81], [89]
[12], [34], [47], [48], [63], [69], [70], [74], [78], [79], [81],
[82], [87], [90], [92]
[6], [34], [35], [49], [64], [66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [74],
[75], [81], [87], [93]
[12], [22], [35], [36], [50], [53], [71], [83], [94]
[6], [12], [28], [29], [38], [57], [59], [73], [95]

[36], [37], [58], [71], [75], [81], [96], [97]
[6], [29], [49], [70], [76], [95]
[6], [26], [38], [60], [75]
[78], [87]
[59], [92]

Freq.
49

%
56%

41

47%

39

44%

22

25%

15

17%

15

17%

10
9

11%
10%

8
6
5
2
1
84

9%
7%
6%
2%
1%
95%

Morisio et al. [45] write that definition of requirements before projects starts or, if not possible, their completion
in the initial phases is a factor of success, which supports the “Glass law” which says that insufficiently defined
requirements are the major reason for project failures. Zouaghi and Laghouag [11] find that clear definition of
needs through requirements is one of three factors that present a high risk for the final result of a project.
According to Kappelman et al. [52], not documenting the functional performance and reliability of
requirements and scope is an early warning sign of IS project failure, which shouldn't be ignored. Definition
of requirements is also stated by Frese and Sauter [37] as a common factor for successful, challenged and failed
projects. Nasir and Sahibuddin [74] rated the clear requirements and specifications factors as the most
important ones among all project success factors.

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Reel [75] sees project complexity as the basic problem of computing in the context of project development.
Handerson [78] agrees with him, saying that complexity, together with the project size, is the main reason why
large IT projects fail. On the other hand, Nguyen [87] does agree that complexity, from technical perspective,
makes a strong negative effect on project success, but unlike Handerson [78], he rates project size as a factor
that almost doesn't affect the project success. Ogden [76] finds that the project idea is a success factor, but not
a very important one for the project success.

Hirshfield and Lee [96] say that successful projects are ones with realistic expectations and timeframes, and
suggests „planning in advance“ as an activity that should ensure meeting schedule related conditions [96].

Project team factors

As presented in Table 2, 89% of reviewed literature detected Project Team related factors as the most common
success factors in an IS project creation. Role of a project manager, team commitment and communication are
recognized as leading success factors in this group.

Morisio et al. [45] asserts that human factors play a key role in software development. Zouaghi and Laghouag
[11] and Ogden [76] also put the accent on productivity and motivation of the project team and their crossfunctionality.

According to the research study of Wong et al. [54], poor project manager's effectiveness serves as a critical
project failure factor. Manager's capability and skills are recognized by Nguyen [87] and Nasir and Sahibuddin
[74] as a strong positive effect on a project's success. Perkins [98] states that the major cause of project failure
is project manager not having the required knowledge, or not being able to apply it appropriately. While many
researchers share opinion that project manager's field experience is also very important, Kaya et al. [70]
disagree with that. Surprisingly, researchers in only 2% of reviewed literature found that working environment
is a factor that affects the success of an IS project. Unlike Nguyen [87] and Pinto and Slevin [33], Nasir and
Sabihuddin [74] even find environmental influences as completely unsubstantial factor.

Hong et al. [73] suggest that it's important to have a good communication among all related parties including
planners, consumers and developers for establishment of a good project model.

Table 2. Project team group of project success factors
Project team success factors
Project manager

Team commitment

Source
[12], [26], [29], [30], [31], [35], [36], [37], [38], [39],
[42], [43], [47], [49], [50], [52], [54], [55], [57], [70],
[71], [74], [76], [77], [78], [80], [83], [85], [87], [88],
[90], [91], [92], [94], [98], [99]
[6], [11], [26], [27], [28], [30], [32], [31], [33], [35], [37],
[38], [39], [40], [41], [44], [48], [52], [55], [58], [59],
[61], [66], [70], [71], [72], [74], [75], [76], [93], [100]

Freq.
36

%
41%

31

35%

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Communication

Knowledge and skills of
development team
Capability, skills and
experience of a project
manager
Team composition and
assembly
Personal Recruitment/
Ambition
Education and training
availability
Team motivation and
productivity
Losing skilled team
members
Experience of development
team
External consultant
Knowledge sharing
Teamwork and collaboration
Team building
Personal interests
Knowledge application
Working environment
Adding new team members
Access to talented people
Best practices and lessons
learned
TOTAL (max = 88)

31

35%

21

24%

21

24%

11

13%

5

6%

5

6%

4

5%

[45], [52], [54], [75]

4

5%

[12], [36], [47]

3

3%

[49], [69], [76]
[38], [54], [101]
[41], [78]
[12], [47]
[44], [98]
[98], [56]
[33], [87]
[45]
[47]
[75]

3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1

3%
3%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
1%

78

89%

[5], [12], [26], [29], [31], [33], [34], [36], [37], [38], [39],
[43], [47], [48], [52], [53], [56], [60], [61], [63], [66],
[67], [69], [70], [72], [73], [74], [76], [79], [90], [93]
[12], [30], [37], [41], [42], [49], [52], [53], [62], [66],
[67], [68], [69], [70], [72], [74], [78], [81], [82], [87],
[98]
[27], [33], [36], [37], [45], [49], [50], [55], [61], [63],
[66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [72], [74], [81], [82], [95],
[98]
[5], [12], [36], [38], [66], [69], [74], [82], [86], [90], [91]
[12], [30], [41], [60], [77]
[29], [47], [70], [88], [98]
[11], [59], [74], [81]

Project management factors

Project management activities are defined as success factors in 85% of the reviewed literature (Table 3). In this
group, top management support and effective monitoring and reporting are recognized as leading success
factors.

Whittaker [50] avers that inadequate risk management is among biggest IS project failure reasons. As the
organization gets bigger, risk management becomes more significant factor of success. Taylor [51] states that
inability to manage the risk and project related uncertainties has been frequently recognized as a critical
segment of IS project management. Kappelman et al. [52] find the lack of support of top managers as an
extremely important early warning sign of IS project failure, even the most important among other factors.
Nguyen [87] emphasizes that good management in general is essential for a project to succeed, especially
human resources management, quality management and time management.

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Table 3. Project management group of project success factors
Project management
success factors
Top management support

Monitoring and reporting
Change management
Project risk management
Effective leadership
Executive management
support
Quality management
Time pressure
Measurement systems
Authority delegation
Time management
Late failure warning signals
Success criteria Definition
Overtime handling
TOTAL (max = 88)

Source

Freq.

%

[5], [11], [12], [26], [28], [33], [34], [35], [36], [47],
[48], [50], [52], [54], [55], [57], [60], [61], [66], [67],
[68], [69], [70], [72], [73], [74], [78], [81], [91], [92],
[94]
[12], [26], [27], [28], [29], [33], [34], [47], [48], [50],
[55], [56], [59], [60], [63], [64], [65], [67], [68], [69],
[70], [71], [72], [74], [79], [81], [93], [98]
[26], [37], [41], [42], [44], [46], [47], [50], [52], [55],
[56], [61], [64], [67], [69], [71], [74], [75], [79], [89],
[90], [91]
[6], [11], [14], [34], [38], [41], [45], [47], [50], [51],
[55], [59], [67], [74], [78], [80], [92], [101], [102]
[12], [38], [41], [47], [63], [67], [69], [71], [74], [90],
[99], [100], [103]
[12], [37], [44], [58], [71], [83], [97], [100]

31

35%

28

32%

[41], [62], [64], [65], [70], [74]
[33], [34], [75], [76]
[12], [31], [76]
[28], [31]
[39], [78]
[53]
[52]
[45]

22
19

21%

13

15%

8

9%

6
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
75

7%
5%
3%
2%
2%
1%
1%
1%
85%

Development factors

Development related factors are recognized as ones critical for project success in 46% of the reviewed
literature. Technology and tools, together with the availability of adequate resources are recognized as leading
success factors in this group. Yet, many authors agree that success of technical development depends on the
proper project planning phase.

May [53] concludes that projects with inflexible technical architecture and undefined guidelines for managing
the project technical requirements have high risk of failures. According to him the key of success lays in correct
handling of technical aspects of the project. White and Fortune [47] underline that quality of planning must be
taken into account peculiarly to have a successful development phase, and that it's extremely important that
schedule of development activities is realistic.

All detected Development group success factors are listed in Table 4.
Table 4. Development group of project success factors
Development success factors

Source

Technology, tools

[12], [32], [34], [49], [50], [57], [59], [61], [67], [68],
[69], [71], [74], [75], [81], [82], [88], [91], [92]
[28], [34], [37], [47], [49], [53], [65], [66], [67], [71],
[72], [74], [76], [81], [82], [94]

Adequate resources
availability

Freq.

%

19

22%

16

18%

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Development approach
IT infrastructure
Testing, verification and
validation
Programming
Data quality and integrity
Architecture and design
Technical tasks
Interface with other projects
Facility support
TOTAL (max = 88)

[18], [74], [83], [91]
[54], [64], [74], [83]
[26], [54], [79], [80]

4
4
4

5%
5%
5%

[26], [36], [80]
[26], [91]
[53], [80]
[30], [33], [60]
[57]
[29]

3
2
2
2
1
1
40

3%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
46%

Customer factors

Customer related group of factors is recognized as an important one for IS project success in 42% of reviewed
literature, having the overall customer involvement as the most critical factor.

Frese and Sauter [37] find that certain level of user involvement is a prevalent factor of project success and
failure. According to Hirshfield and Lee [96] project team with their project manager can be sure their project
meets its goals only if end users are involved in the process. On the contrary, Nasir and Sahibuddin [74] claim
that project champion is not important in project development process at all.
All detected success factors in the Customer group are presented in Table 5.

Table 5. Customer group of project success factors
Customer success factors
Customer involvement
Customer approval
Involvement of project
champion
Inflexible customer
TOTAL (max = 88)

Source
[5], [11], [33], [35], [36], [37], [42], [45], [47], [48], [49],
[52], [54], [59], [60], [61], [66], [67], [68], [69], [71], [72],
[73], [74], [82], [83], [84], [85], [88], [94], [96], [97], [100]
[5], [33], [36], [72]
[26], [49], [58]
[54]

Freq.
33

%
38%

4
3

4%
3%

1
37

1%
42%

Project facilitation factors

Project facilitation factors are recognized as project success factors in 17% of reviewed literature. Although
the most significant literature about project management and project success doesn’t write about
troubleshooting, conflict handling or external influences as project success factors a lot, the 10-factor model of
the project development process defined by Pinto and Slevin [33] lists troubleshooting as its tenth component.
Human error factor is recognized as the success factor by White and Fortune [47] and Levenson [79], but
Attarzadeh and Ow [13] who also discuss human error factors as significant ones for the project success, claim
that the reason for the human error is the cause of bad project management and inability of responsible roles to
convert the theory of project management into practice.

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All detected success factors in the Project facilitation group are listed in Table 6.

Table 6. Project facilitation group of projects success factors
Project facilitation success
factors
Troubleshooting
Conflict handling
External influences
Human error factor
Tolerance of bad news
Technical difficulties
Start-up difficulties
TOTAL (max = 88)

Source
[5], [26], [33], [48], [70], [72]
[39], [47], [53]
[47], [95], [98]
[47], [79]
[90]
[89]
[30]

Freq.

%

6
3
3
2
1
1
1
15

7%
3%
3%
2%
1%
1%
1%
17%

5. Conclusion

The paper summarizes findings of the review of 88 works that discuss factors that affect the success of IS
projects. While each of 72 detected success factors can play a major role for the outcome of an IS project, the
majority of authors agree that project planning, scheduling and control; requirements and defined project scope;
definition and understanding of project goals, mission and vision; role of a project manager; team commitment;
communication and involvement of customers belong to the most significant ones. On the other hand, technical
difficulties; overtime work; project size and strategy; development team dynamics; overtime handling; project
architecture and design are the least frequent success factors in reviewed literature. Detected factors are
classified into 6 groups, according to the segment of IS project development process these factors may have an
impact on. The outcome shows that Project team group of factors is found to be the most diverse and highly
significant, while Planning group of factors is recognized to be the most significant one for the IS project
success.

During the review process, it is noticed that not a lot of empirical research was conducted on this topic in the
last 10 years, which results in the lack of literature with fresh findings and conclusions published in this period.
This paper provides a foundation for conducting such empirical research as a future research direction, with
two-fold goal: (1) to discover if recent trends in the process of IS project development – like Agile
methodologies, and unpredictable dynamic of software market today, resulted in significant changes in the list
of key project success factors and definition of “project success” overall; (2) to establish a project success
model that can be used as a guidance in the process of IS project development.

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Dražena Gašpar
University of Mostar
Bosnia and Herzegovina
drazena.gaspar@sve-mo.ba
Mirela Mabić
University of Mostar
Bosnia and Herzegovina
mirela.mabic@sve-mo.ba

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to present how usage of different software tools in solving
business problems could help students of economy to better integrate theoretical knowledge from
different economics subjects and to enhance their technological skills. Namely, IT plays crucial
role during the problem-based learning process, serving as a critical tool for information
searching, organizing and analyzing data, and presenting solutions. The paper presents the way
of use of information technology in education of economists, particularly at Faculty of
Economics Mostar and course named Business Intelligence (BI). It is obliged course for students
of Management and Business Informatics majors. At the beginning of BI course we interviewed
students and discussed their expectations related to proposed learning methods. At the end of the
BI course we also interviewed students and discussed fulfilment of their expectations. Namely, BI
course implements problem-based learning process through combination of the theoretical
knowledge and practical problem solving by using different IT tools. Students focus attention on
theoretical knowledge as well as peculiarities of solving problems. They are concentrating on
operational context of the practical problem, trying to conceptualize it and deduce solutions
acceptable in the project. Every student creates her/his knowledge and structure, makes sense of
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how IT could reshape the educational landscape by transforming the content and modes of
acquisition of learning as well as how the implementation of IT is inseparable from the process
of curriculum development and implementation of problem-based learning.

Keywords: Information technology, Higher education, Problem-based learning, Curriculum
development, Knowledge acquisition.

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