Impact of organizational and user factors on the acceptance and use of project management software in the medium-sized company in Lima

摘要

The use of software applications usually contribute in most times the contexts where they are applied, however their adoption is not always effective. In particular, concerning the project management, there are some difficulti -es in the context of medium-sized companies in Lima to use project manage -ment tools for the projects they manage. In this research our objective is to study the factors related to the organization and users for the acceptance of management tools. A survey was designed and performed based on a previ -ous and similar study. A response was obtained from 77 managers of med -ium-sized projects with emphasis on the factors analyzed. Factors such as functionality, organizational size, project complexity and soft -ware use are the most representative. The study also found: (i) a strong and significant relationship between the use of software and the performan -ce perception of the project manager and (ii) factors related to experience, train -ing and education level have no effect.