Colin Ashurst’s research while affiliated with National University of Ireland, Maynooth and other places

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Publications (44)


Making the Most of Investments in it
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January 2015

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... Benefits realisation has been a topic of research for a long time, with the first articles appearing as early as 1996 (Kransdorff, 1996). Since then, research has focused on the processes (Ashurst, 2011;Bradley, 2010), who is responsible for benefits realisation (Romero-Torres, 2021;, as well as benefits realisation and project success (Doherty et al., 2012;Serra and Kunc, 2015;ul Musawir et al., 2017). This research was built on the premise that a predictive or waterfall approach is followed. ...

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Principle-based decision-making: realising benefits in a scaled agile environment
Benefits Realization from Information Technology
  • Citing Article
  • January 2012

... Because design patterns are reusable, they increase the efficiency of a design process and the effectiveness of the solution, since they have already proven useful in a given context. Further, design patterns help create a common language and allow users to think about their use in different contexts [40]. Patterns are developed based on experience and observations providing a tool to transform tacit knowledge into explicit one. ...

Design Science and Design Patterns: A Rationale for the Application of Design-Patterns within Design Science Research to Accelerate Knowledge Discovery and Innovation Adoption
  • Citing Conference Paper
  • January 2013

Communications in Computer and Information Science

... Many authors agree that setting a clear strategic pathway is key in defining new processes [97][98][99]. However, problems can arise at any stage of an ERP II implementation lifecycle [46] and there are shortcomings if factors are not realised or corrected in a timely or logical manner [5], as such the need for critical pathway steps has been outlined [100]. Often resource-investments cannot easily be addressed retrospectively in this type of implementation. ...

Establishing a critical ERPII implementation pathway for customer facing organisations
  • Citing Conference Paper
  • Full-text available
  • April 2011

... The misalignment of resources during an implementation has been termed technical isomorphism [48], empirical research has highlighted that even when the technical implementation itself has been a success, there can be difficulties in establishing the most effective processes for achieving the desired benefits [49]. Compounding this issue, is the widespread underinvestment in training which is having a significant impact on benefits being realised in an ERP II environment [50]. ...

Evaluating the training requirements of ERPII implementations

... Managers can use situated learning or cognition to furnish an accurate setting for performance issues, needs, deficiencies, and scripted actions for particular situations (Norton, Coulson-Thomas, Coulson-Thomas, & Ashurst, 2012). Scenistic methodology is more appropriate for team training than for individual training. ...

Delivering training for highly demanding information systems

European Journal of Training and Development

... We are aware of and grateful for the research on business information systems, specifically ERP that has been done. These studies have proposed conceptual frameworks for thinking about customization from the perspective of benefits realization and methods for both qualitatively and quantitatively estimating the benefits of customization (Luo and Strong, 2004;Ashurst et al., 2008;Parthasarathy, 2008;Rothenberger and Srite, 2009;Staehr, 2010;Daneva and Wieringa, 2010;Aslam et al., 2012;Eckarz et al., 2012;Norton et al., 2013;Doherty, 2014;Parthasarathy and Daneva, 2014;Parthasarathy and Sharma, 2014;Parthasarathy and Daneva, 2016;Parthasarathy and Sharma, 2016;Parthasarathy and Sharma, 2017;Ibrahim et al., 2019;Parthasarathy et al., 2020;Mahmood et al., 2020;Febrianto and Soediantono, 2022;Yathiraju, 2022;Yoo and Kim, 2021;Wang et al., 2022). ...

Ensuring benefits realisation from ERP II: The CSF phasing model

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

... Ashurst. Cragg and Herring (2012) suggest that because most IT competencies research has focused on large firms, applying the competencies to new businesses must be treated with caution. Therefore, focus must be made on taking advantage of ICT education and training in creating digital entrepreneurship businesses. ...

The Role of IT Competences in Gaining Value from E-Business: An SME Case Study
  • Citing Article
  • September 2012

International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship

... The sector in the United States is highly consolidated, with the 50 biggest firms accounting for over 70% of total revenue. Retail grocery sales [6] have been vigorously sought by warehouse clubs and discount retailers like Wal-Mart, which now sells more food than anybody else in the United States. Specialty food shops, convenience stores, drugstores, dollar stores, and restaurants are some of the other sources of rivalry. ...

Exploring IT-Enabled Innovation: A New Paradigm?
  • Citing Article
  • August 2012

International Journal of Information Management

... Best Practice Framework for Benefits Realisation is based on a literature review on benefits management. The framework is an "... 'idealised' vision of how benefits realisation should be applied in practice" (Ashurst and Doherty, 2003). The framework acknowledges that, in addition to the planned benefits, incidental effects should be identified and managed, and suggests an iterative model consisting of three linear steps: benefits planning, benefits delivery and benefits review, where new understanding is taken into account in the next benefits planning phase. ...

Towards the Formulation of a 'Best Practice' Framework for Benefits Realisation in IT Projects