Title: Public sector enterprise system implementation

Authors: Doug Frye, Thomas Gulledge, Mary Leary, Rainer Sommer, Jimmy Vincent

Addresses: Enterprise Integration, Inc., 5971 Kingstowne Village Parkway, Suite 110, Alexandria, VA 22315, USA. ' George Mason University, 4400 University Dr., MS 2E4, Fairfax, VA 22030–4444, USA. ' George Mason University, 4400 University Dr., MS 2E4, Fairfax, VA 22030–4444, USA. ' George Mason University, 4400 University Dr., MS 2E4, Fairfax, VA 22030–4444, USA. ' Inceptum Consulting, Inc., 6015 Second Street NW, Suite 101, Washington, DC 20011, USA

Abstract: Much has been written about Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for private sector Enterprise System implementation success. Our focus is on CSFs for public sector enterprise software implementations, and our research concludes that differences exist between CSFs in Private and Public Sector enterprise software implementations. These differences are described in this paper. Private sector CSFs apply to the public sector, but additional factors apply uniquely to the public sector. Our primary conclusion is that public sector success is more difficult to achieve, and that government acquisition rules must be revised to align with the CSFs.

Keywords: standard software; enterprise systems; critical success factors; CSFs; public sector; e-government; electronic government; acquisition rules.

DOI: 10.1504/EG.2007.012181

Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2007 Vol.4 No.1, pp.76 - 96

Published online: 27 Jan 2007 *

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