Hur en okontrollerad expansion av IT-projekts omfattning undviks
Today there is an even higher demand on IT-projects success rate compared to a few years ago. IT-projects must be handled more efficiently and result in a more profitable investment. In order to make the handling of IT-projects more efficient and create profitability the developers must have a broad understanding of the IT-projects characteristics and which factors that affect the result of the projects. Changes within IT-projects are often carried out through the development of a system. Since this change is more common when it comes to IT-projects it is important to handle risk and change within these kinds of projects in order to prevent and avoid uncontrolled changes. Our purpose with this thesis is to investigate if change is a problem in IT-projects. Thereafter we identify and examine procedures to avoid uncontrolled changes within IT-projects and to prevent an unplanned expansion of the project scope. The thesis also results in a method of how this change can be controlled. The thesis has been conducted by studying theory about IT-projects, system development and change management. Further on a qualitative study has been conducted where three persons from different system development companies has been interviewed. After an analysis of the theoretical framework and the empirical research a method has been developed. This method describes the change management process and should function as a support for a more effective handling of changes in order to prevent that uncontrolled changes arises. The method illuminates the importance of a common understanding, planning and identification & priority as three factors in order to create an effective change management. Further on we emphasize the necessity of having a structure of control which covers all steps in the method. Finally we describe how the step of handling change is conducted by presenting the necessary steps to prevent that uncontrolled changes arises.