On January 19, 2015, the first meeting of the best practice working group on IT strategy, portfolio, and benefit management was held at the University Essen. We appreciate the interested and constructive participation of the...

On October 29, 2014, IS:link participated in the first International Office Outgoing Fair at the University in Essen (“Studieren & mehr im Ausland! Messe für Auslandsaufenthalte”). The goal of the event was to promote studies...

Dr. Kunal Mohan will serve as the chair of the “Methods, Tools and Human Factors in IS/IT Management” track at ECIS 2015 to be held in Münster. The track aims at providing a forum for conceptual, empirical, and design-oriented...

On March 5 and 6, 2015, Prof. Ahlemann will hold a presentation on “Project Management Office – Quo Vadis? Von der Support-Einheit für Projektleiter zur strategischen Stabsfunktion“ at the Softwareforen-Konferenz in Leipzig. The...

Recently, the track proposal “Advancing theories and theorizing in IS research” has been accepted for the European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS) 2015. Prof. Ahlemann is one of the track’s associate editors. The track...

The DVV (Duisburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH) offers an 18-month IT trainee program for their sub company DU-IT in January 2015. Besides the opportunity to work independently on project-related tasks and being...

On September 11, 2014, Dr. Andreas Drechsler of SITM delivered the keynote address at this year’s “Expertentagung COMPACT Focus > Agiles Projektmanagement” (COMPACT focus expert conference on agile project management). His...

Currently, the SITM chair is revising the teaching concept for its bachelor lecture “IT-Projektmanagement.” A new blended learning concept will improve the teaching and learning conditions for all the participants. In short,...

The Chair of Information Systems and Strategic IT Management collaborated with Lufthansa AirPlus on a study to determine the principles of effective project portfolio governance. Project portfolio governance refers to standardized...

The article "Standardisierung der Unternehmens-IT – Der weite Weg vom Lippenbekenntnis zu nachhaltigem Nutzen" by Sven Dittes, Prof. Nils Urbach, and Prof. Frederik Ahlemann has been published in Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management...

As of May 2014 the DU-IT (the IT service provider of the municipality of Duisburg and the DVV group) and the SITM chair have collaborated on a joint project. The project was set up to improve the management and steering of IT...

On July 1, Prof. Ahlemann held a presentation at the Project Management Office (PMO) Days 2014 titled “Project Management Office – Quo Vadis? Von der Support-Einheit für Projektleiter zur strategischen Stabsfunktion”. The...