Information Technology in Engineering and Project Management

Information Technology in Engineering and Project Management

nformation Technology (IT) can be regarded as the use of computers to store, analyze, and manipulate data (Daintith, 2009). With the rapid development of personal computers, IT has been widely applied in nearly every field (Davenport, 2013). This issue presents five papers covering engineering and project management, three of which focus on the application of IT to solve engineering and project management issues, while one presents research into public private partnerships, and another into cash flow forecasting. In “The Impact of PMIS Training: Patterns of Benefit Realization in Project Management Information Systems Training,” McCarty and Skibniewski examine the prevalence, effectiveness, and the per-hour efficiency impact of training in real-world organizations, using regression modeling, and quantitative methods to analyze the collected survey data. Their results offer interesting points on evaluating the impact of software-based training. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been widely applied to identify objects and provide important relevant information (Wamba et al., 2013). In “Evaluating the Readability of Radio Frequency Identification for Construction Materials,” Jung and Jeong experiment examine the ability of an active ultrahigh frequency RFID system to tracke tagged equipment, personnel, and materials across an entire construction site. In addition to the relevant IT issues, the authors highlight the training implications for implementing newly developed technologies in practical contexts.