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Assessment Of Information Technology (it) Uses At Pre-contract Stage Of Building Projects
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Computer-based Systems:
Computer-based
system is a collection of computer hardware and software brought
together to facilitate the processing of information for an
organization. They are used for a variety of functions within
organizations, including component design and manufacturing customer
recordkeeping, presentation development, decision making, training,
budgeting, planning and controlling (Harrington, 1996).
Pre-contract stage:
Pre-contract
stage in construction project includes the conceptual stage,
feasibility studies, front-end engineering design stage, detailed design
stage, tender and bid analysis (Soh, 1992).
Project leader:
Project
leaders in this study are professionals employed in clients’
organizations and they represent the project clients. The project
leaders are those at the management level of the hierarchy such as
project manager, construction manages, discipline engineers, project
engineers, and project coordinator. They are the decision maker in the
project.
Information
According to Love (2004), information is an
important or useful facts obtained as output from a compute by means of
processing input data with a program.
Information and communication Technology (ICT)
The
term is broadly defined to include the direct operations of any
compute-based o communication technologies, networked or standalone,
hardware and software. In general, it is any product that uses of
computer or communication hardware or software for the technological
base (Cooper, 2001).
Information Technology (IT):
Andersen (2002)
define information technology (IT) as all components that together
provide necessary information, such as hardware, software, communication
technology essential equipment and attendant techniques, the people and
the procedures with which they work, and the data that are processed by
the system.
Technology:
Defined simply as a collection of
processes for transforming inputs into outputs and the knowledge and
skills necessary for their application IT is also defined technology as a
set of systems for getting the organization’s work done (cited in
Harrington, 1996).
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