Date of Conferral

10-6-2025

Degree

Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)

School

Management

Advisor

Jorge Gaytan

Abstract

The inability to complete information technology (IT) projects remains a significant concern for project managers in oil and gas industry. These are keen on discovering effective strategies to successfully complete IT projects, as any failures could significantly impact their organization's revenue and future. Grounded in the strategic alignment model, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry project was to identify and explore successful strategies project managers of oil and gas business organizations use to complete IT projects to avoid a negative impact on organizational revenue and survival. The participants included seven project managers from different oil and gas business organizations located in Texas with successful experiences using such strategies. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and publicly available organizational documents. Four themes emerged from the thematic analysis: (a) developing effective strategies for high-level planning and communication leads to IT project success, (b) adapting to project scope changes by project managers, (c) having effective IT governance and resource alignment by project managers, and (d) managing project barriers and challenges by IT project managers. A key recommendation is for project managers to complete IT projects to maintain sustainability by using innovative processes. The implications for positive social change include the potential for project managers to complete IT projects which may increase organizational revenue and expand local tax bases to support community infrastructure and programs

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