Transorganizational Systems Development Study

While working on my MBA at Seattle University, I co-authored a paper that we submitted to the Journal of Global Information Technology Management.

Two years have passed and I never heard anything back, so as you may imagine, I haven't thought about it in ages. I just found out that it was accepted for publication and has JUST been published. How crazy is it how long it took to get published!

So.. now the excitement everyone has been waiting for! I introduce to you the article entitled International Collaboration in Transorganizational Systems Development: The Challenges of Global Insourcing. How cool is THAT title?

Abstract: There are a number of compelling reasons for companies to look outside their own organizational and national boundaries for the skills and knowledge needed to compete in the global marketplace. Improving telecommunications infrastructures around the world and highly skilled talent pools in low cost nations are only a few of the drivers motivating companies to collaborate with partner firms located abroad. Such collaboration is, however, extremely difficult to control and coordinate. This paper examines a special case of global transorganizational insourcing in which two dispersed, semi-autonomous organizations within the same parent entity collaborate on a software development project. The project involves an American and Indian team working together to develop an enterprise-wide SAP application for Transangara Corporation, a large software publishing house headquartered in the United States. Using a transorganizational development (TOD) model, the study analyzes the reasons behind the failure of the collaborating teams to meet the scheduled release deadline for the project and presents the steps taken to address the challenges. The paper concludes with a set of lessons learned and best practices for companies dealing with similar projects.

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