Micro- and minicomputer applications to project management in transportation consulting are examined. The goals are to examine the external, organizational, and individual aspects of the implementation of small-computer-aided project management techniques in transportation consulting and to conceptualize a prototype small-computer-aided project management system for transportation consultants. Data collection efforts include mail questionnaires sent to 412 transportation consulting firms with a response rate of 56%. Analysis of the data shows that system/work fit (fit between small computer "system" technology and project management "work"), satisfaction with noncomputerized project management methods, organizational innovativeness, level of general computer use, and slack resources are associated with levels of adoption of small-computer-aided project management. Analysis also indicates that small-computer-aided project management isassociated with the adequacy of the amount of time that project managers spend on nonquantitative elements of project management. This paper appears in transportation research record no. 1262, Planning, management and economic analysis 1990.
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