Going Public: Using the Cloud to Improve Project Delivery

ABSTRACT

This research examines the relationship between proportionally higher usage of public cloud infrastructure with cost and schedule delivery variance within information technology projects of the United States government. This research demonstrates that agencies of the government that have proportionally higher levels of public cloud usage are better able to deliver projects on schedule than agencies with proportionally lower levels of public cloud usage.

KEYWORDS:

• Cloud
• government IT project
• IT infrastructure
• project delivery

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Joseph Taylor

Joseph Taylor is Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the College of Business at California State University, Sacramento. He received his PhD from Washington State University, and an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird. Before completing his PhD, Joseph worked for 17 years in industry focusing on IT strategy, innovation, and governance. His academic research interests focus on crowdsourcing and the use of technology to create business value.