‘Requirements-Uncertainty’: Is it best formulated as a latent, aggregate or profile construct?

T Moynihan

European Journal of Information Systems, 2000, vol. 9, issue 2, 82-90

Abstract: This paper identifies the strategies that experienced information systems (IS) project managers say they use to cope with requirements-uncertainty (RU) when managing development projects for external clients. It is shown that project managers (PMs) claim to use different strategies for coping with the different dimensions of requirements-uncertainty, as this notion has been formulated in IS literature. Based on this finding, it is proposed that perhaps requirements-uncertainty should be formulated as a profile construct, and not as a latent or aggregate construct, if it is to have pragmatic validity as a guide to action for project managers.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000357

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