Prof. Derek Smith :: Research and Publications

Textbooks

• Managing Information Technology Projects, boyd & fraser, 1996, 450 pages plus an Instructors Manual (350 pages) plus a Solutions Diskette (containing electronic answers). Joint publication with Graham McLeod. Republished every year for UCT students as a cheaper student edition. New edition available in 2004.
• Data Communications: A Business Perspective, 2002. In-house publication used by undergraduate IS students at UCT and elsewhere. Joint publication with Adrie Stander. New edition to be published in 2004.

Journal Publications

• "Evaluating the Motivating Environment in South Africa compared to the United States - Part 1" : South African Computer Journal, Vol 6, March 1992 (Joint publication with Daniel Couger).
• "Evaluating the Motivating Environment in South Africa compared to the United States - Part 2" : South African Computer Journal, Vol 8, Nov 1992 (Joint publication with Daniel Couger).
• "An Evaluation of the Skill Requirements of entry-level Graduates in the Information Systems Industry" : South African Computer Journal, Vol 8, Nov 1992.
• "Predicters of Intentions of IS Professionals to Stay with the Organisation in South Africa" , Information & Management, 26, May 1994, pp245-256 (joint publication with G. Meredith and Magid Igbaria (Claremont Graduate School).
• "Career Orientations of Information Systems Employees in South Africa", Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Vol 4(4), Dec 1995, pp319-340. (joint publication with G. Meredith and Prof Magid Igbaria (Claremont Graduate School).
• A Generic Change Model for the Effective Implementation of Information Systems, South African Journal of Business Management, 1996. With joint author, K.E. Jay.
• The IS95 Curriculum, South African Computer Journal, Vol 18, Dec 1996.
• "Success Factors for the Project Management Team", ProjectPro, Vol 10(1), February 2000, pp 22-24.
• "Diversity and Effectiveness in IS Project Teams", South African Computer Journal, Vol 26, November 2000, pp91-96. With Q van Jaarsveld, C Neethling & R Andrews.
• "Creating High Performance IS Teams", South African Computer Journal, Vol 28, September 2002, pp21-29. With M Becker, J Burns-Howell and J Kyriakides.
• Smith, D.C., Newton,S. & Riley, M J. 1992. An Evaluation of the Skill Requirements of Entry-level Graduates in the Information Systems Industry, South African Computer Journal, Number 8, November
• Scott, E.C.; van der Merwe, N. & Smith D. (2005) Peer Assessment: A Complimentary Instrument to Recognise Individual Contributions in IS Student Project Groups. A special conference edition of the Electronic Journal of Information systems Evaluation (ISSN 1566-6379), Vol 8, Issue 1, January 2005, 61-70.
• Smith,D., Eastcroft,M., Mahmood, N. & Rode,H. 2006 Risk Factors affecting software projects in South Africa, South African Journal of Business Management, 37(2), pp55-65, ISSN 0378-9098.
• Smith, D., Brock, S., Hendricks, D. and Linnell, S. 2007. A Balanced Approach to IT Project Management, South African Computer Journal, Number 38, pp 47-53.
• Smith, D. C., and Bailey, S. 2007. An Analysis off the Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Styles of Information Systems Project Managers, Project Perspectives 2008, Vol XXIX, pp77-80, ISSN 1455-4178.
• Smith, Derek and Cowie, Therese. 2007. Why we Don't Realise the Benefits of IT Projects, ProjectNet, July/August 2007, pp16-19.
• Smith, D.C. 2007. Using Storytelling to Assess the competencies of a Master Project Manager Part 1, Project Management Technology Journal, (translated into Chinese), August, pp13-16, ISSN 1672-4313.
• Smith, D.C. 2007. Using Storytelling to Assess the competencies of a Master Project Manager Part 2, Project Management Technology Journal, (translated into Chinese), September, pp13-15, ISSN 1672-4313.
• Smith, D. and Crossland, M., 2008, in IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 274; Advances in Information Systems Research, Education and Practice; David Avison, George M. Kasper, Barbara Pernici, Isabel Ramos, Dewald Roode; (Boston: Springer), pp. 163-174.

Conferences and other peer-reviewed publications

• Smith, D. 2004. Managing Information Systems Project Team members: A Theoretical Perspective. Proceedings of SAICSIT 2004, 4- 6 October 2004, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 260-263.
• Smith, D. 2004. Peer Evaluations in Information Systems Student Projects Teams: Pitfalls and Practice. Proceedings of SACLA 2004, Rob Roy Hotel, Botha's Hill, Natal, 851-865.
• Smith, D., Mandy, L.C. and Lu, F. 2004. An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Stakeholder Management and Information Technology Project Success. Proceedings of PMI Research Conference, Renaissance London Chancery Court Hotel, London, 1-14 (Published on CDROM).
• Scott, E.C.; van der Merwe, N. & Smith, D.C. (2004) The Use of Peer Assessment as a Component of the Assessment Strategy used for IS Student Group Projects; Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Information Technology Evaluation (ECITE), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 11-12 Nov 2004. (One of 10 best papers)
• Van Belle, J.P. & Smith, D.C. (2005) A Community Outreach Programme for Information Systems Students at the University of Cape Town: a Report. Proceedings of 35th SACLA Conference, Kasane, Botswana, 3rd 6th July 2005.
• Smith D.C. & Speight, H.L. 2006 Antecents of Turnover Intention and Actual Turnover among Information Systems Personnel in South Africa, in Proceedings of ACMSIG Computer Personnel Research Conference (eds. Kate Kaiser & Terry Ryan), Claremont, California, April 13-15, pp123-129, ISBN 1-59593-349-2.
• Smith, D.C. 2006 The latest studies, developments and surveys conducted by UCT on the retention of skilled workers, 2nd Annual Skills Africa Summit 2006, Midrand, Gauteng, 22-25 May,
• Smith, D.C. 2006 Educating the Millennial Student: Some Challenges for Academics, in Proceedings of SACLA 2006, Jun 26-27, Cape Town.
• Smith, D.C., Brokenshire, R., Maine, R. & Maphai, K 2006 Using Storytelling to Assess the Competencies of a Master Project Manager, in Proceedings of PMSA Conference 2006 (CD), 30 May-1 June, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Gauteng.
• Smith, D.C. & Cowie, T. 2006 IT Project Managers' Perceptions of Benefits Realisation Management, in Proceedings of IRNOP VII Project Research Conference (eds. Lixiong Ou & Rodney Turner), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China, Oct 11-13, pp82 87, ISBN 7-121-03252-X.
• Smith, D.C. & Bailey,S. 2006 The Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Style of IS Project Managers, in The Proceedings of 20th IPMA World Congress on Project Management (ed. Rodney Turner), Shanghai, China, Oct 15-17, pp 405-408, ISBN 7-111-04703-6.
• Smith, D.C., Bruyns, M. and Evans, S. 2008. The Influence of Optimism and Stress on IT Project Success, PMSA International Conference, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, 26-29 May.
• Smith, D.C. and Dombo, H. 2008. Benefits Realization Management in Information Technology Projects, PICMET’08 International Conference, Cape Town, July 27-31.
• Smith, D.C. and Crossland, M. 2008. Realizing the Value of Business Intelligence, 20th World Computer Congress (WCC 2008), Milan, 7-10 September 2008.

Journal and Conference Committees

• Programme committee member for BITWorld'2001,
  4 - 6 June 2001, American University in Cairo, Egypt
• Programme committee member and referee for SAICSIT (1997- present).
• Programme committee member for SACLA (1995- present).
• Member of the editorial review board of Jnl of Global Information Management (1999-present)
• Member of the programme committee for IRMA conf, Seattle, 2002
• Programme Committee for InSite Conference, Cork, June, 2002
• Occasional referee for South African Computer Journal (SACJ), OMEGA and SAJBM
• Referee for AMCIS 2003 (IS Leadership Track)