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painting cinema
music guitar
LEGO piano programming

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Photography / João Varajão

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Photography / João Varajão

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Photography / João Varajão

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Photography / João Varajão

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Photography / João Varajão

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Painting / João Varajão

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Painting / João Varajão

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Painting / João Varajão

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Painting / João Varajão

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SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Short
Biography

information technology
information systems management
software engineering
researching teaching
success project management

J E V



João Varajão is currently professor of information systems and project management at the University of Minho.
He is also a researcher of the Algoritmi research center.

Born and raised in Portugal, he attended the University of Minho, earning his Graduate (1995), Masters (1997) and Doctorate (2003) degrees in Technologies and Information Systems. In 2012, he received his Habilitation degree from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.

His current main research interests are in Information Systems Project Management and Information Systems Management (addressing, particularly, the success of project management and of projects).

Before joining academia, he worked as an IT/IS consultant, project manager, information systems analyst and software developer, for private companies and public institutions.

He has supervised more than 100 Masters and Doctoral dissertations in the Information Systems field.

He has published over 300 works, including refereed publications, authored books, edited books, as well as book chapters and communications at international conferences.

He serves as editor-in-chief, associate editor and member of the editorial board for international journals and has served in numerous committees of international conferences and workshops.

He is co-founder of CENTERIS - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems and ProjMAN - International Conference on Project MANagement.

He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management (IJISPM).

ORCID address: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4303-3908

Education important dates

1995

graduation degree

1997

masters degree

2003

doctorate degree

2012

habilitation degree

Selected publications

Selected
Publications

articles in conferences
journal articles edited journals
book chapters magazine articles
authored books
online publications edited books


Following is a list of selected publications.

Selected authored books
Amaral, L.; Varajão, J. (2007) - Planeamento de Sistemas de Informação, 4th edition. Lisboa: FCA – Editora de Informática. ISBN: 978-972-722-579-8.
https://www.fca.pt/pt/catalogo/informatica/sistemas-de-informacao-engenharia-de-software/planeamento-de-sistemas-de-informacao/

Varajão, J. (2005) - A Arquitectura da Gestão de Sistemas de Informação, 3d edition. Lisboa: FCA – Editora de Informática. ISBN: 972-722-507-1.
https://www.fca.pt/pt/catalogo/informatica/sistemas-de-informacao-engenharia-de-software/a-arquitectura-da-gestao-de-sistemas-de-informacao/

Varajão, J. (2001) - Outsourcing de Serviços de Sistemas de Informação. Lisboa: FCA – Editora de Informática. ISBN: 972-722-221-8.
https://www.fca.pt/pt/catalogo/informatica/sistemas-de-informacao-engenharia-de-software/outsourcing-de-servicos-de-sistemas-de-informacao/
Selected edited books
Varajão, J.; Cunha, M.; Trigo, A. (2012) - Organizational Integration of Enterprise Systems and Resources: Advancements and Applications, IGI Global. ISBN13: 9781466617643, ISBN10: 1466617640.
http://www.igi-global.com/book/organizational-integration-enterprise-systems-resources/62611

Palacios, R.; Varajão, J.; Soto-Acosta, P. (2012) - Customer Relationship Management and the Social and Semantic Web: Enabling Cliens Conexus, IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-61350-044-6 (hardcover) - ISBN 978-1-61350-045-3 (ebook).
http://www.igi-global.com/book/customer-relationship-management-social-semantic/51928

Cunha, M.; Varajão, J. (2011) - Enterprise Information Systems Design, Implementation and Management: Organizational Applications, IGI Global. ISBN: 978-1-61692-020-3 (hardcover) - ISBN: 978-1-61692-021-0 (ebook).
http://www.igi-global.com/book/enterprise-information-systems-design-implementation/40296
Selected edited conference proceedings
Varajão, J.; Cunha, M.; Martinho, R.; Rijo, R.; Bjørn-Andersen, Niels; Turner, Rodney; Alves, Domingos (2016) - Proceedings of the International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems/International Conference on Project MANagement/International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, CENTERIS / ProjMAN / HCist 2016. Procedia Computer Science, Volume 100, 1-318. Elsevier.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/procedia-computer-science/vol/100

Varajão, J.; Cunha, M.; Yetton, Philip; Rijo, R. (2012) - Proceedings of the 4th Conference of ENTERprise Information Systems – aligning technology, organizations and people (CENTERIS 2012). Procedia Technology, Volume 5, 1-966. Elsevier.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22120173/5

Cunha, M.; Varajão, J.; Powell, Philip; Martinho, R. (2011) - ENTERprise Information Systems, proceedings of CENTERIS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 219. Springer. ISSN: 1865-0929.
http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/book/978-3-642-24351-6
Selected book chapters
Varajão, J.; Trigo, A.; Soto, P. (2017) - An Exploratory Study on the Influencers of the Perceived Relevance of CIO’s Activities and Skills: An Update. In Enterprise Information Systems and the Digitalization of Business Functions (pp. 401-421): IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2382-6.ch018.
https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/an-exploratory-study-on-the-influencers-of-the-perceived-relevance-of-cios-activities-and-skills/177353

Leeney, M.; Varajão, J.; Ribeiro, A.; Palacios, R. (2012) - Information systems outsourcing in large companies: evidences from 20 Ireland companies. In Computer Engineering – Concepts, methodologies, tools and applications, IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-456-7.ch612.
http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/information-systems-outsourcing-large-companies/62529

Trigo, A.; Varajão, J.; Barroso, J.; Soto-Acosta, P.; Molina-Castillo, F. J.; Gonzalvez-Gallego, N. (2011) - Enterprise Information Systems Adoption in Iberian Large Companies: Motivations and Trends. In Managing Adaptability, Intervention, and People in Enterprise Information Systems. DOI:10.4018/978-1-60960-529-2. 204-228.
http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/enterprise-information-systems-adoption-iberian/54382
Selected papers in conference proceedings with scientific refereeing
Varajão, J.; Moura, I. (2018) - Leading Information Systems Academic Teams to High Performance, Twenty-fourth Americas Conference on Information Systems, New Orleans, USA.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1528&context=amcis2018

Varajão, J.; Trigo, A. (2016) - Evaluation of IS project success in InfSysMakers: an exploratory case study. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Dublin, Ireland, 2016.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2016/ManagingIS/Presentations/6/

Varajão, J. (2016) – Success Management as a PM knowledge area – work-in-progress. ProjMAN 2016. Procedia Computer Science, 100.
https://ac.els-cdn.com/S1877050916324255/1-s2.0-S1877050916324255-main.pdf?_tid=647bc919-41d4-4d12-8878-92dc713e7d9b&acdnat=1546258559_dd89476b11806e1865debee21a8f4869
Selected online publications
Varajão, J. (2018) - The Many Facets of Information Systems (+Projects) Success. International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 6(4).
http://www.sciencesphere.org/ijispm/archive/ijispm-060401.pdf

Varajão, J.; Santana, D.; Cunha, M.; Castro, S. (2011) – Adopção de sistemas CRM nas grandes empresas portuguesas. Computerworld.
http://www.computerworld.com.pt/media/2011/07/estudo_CRM.pdf

Varajão, J.; Trigo, A.; Barroso, J. (2011) – O gestor de sistemas de informação nas grandes empresas portuguesas. Computerworld.
http://www.computerworld.com.pt/media/2011/02/estudosPortalTSI-gestorSI.pdf
Selected papers in periodics with scientific refereeing - information systems management
Carvalho, R., Trigo, A., Varajão, J., Magalhães, L., Colomo-Palacios, R. (2018) - Main CIOs activities evidences from a Delphi survey using Q-sort. International Journal of Business Innovation and Research. ISSN: 1751-0260.
https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJBIR.2018.096366

Fraga, M.; Varajão, J.; Oliveira, P. (2017) - ISOPM - Framework for the IT/IS outsourcing project management. International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems. 13(2). ISSN: 1548-1115.
https://www.igi-global.com/article/isopm/182430

Gonzálvez-Gallego, N.; Molina-Castillo, F. J.; Soto-Acosta, P.; Varajão, J.; Trigo, A. (2015) - Using integrated information systems in supply chain management. Enterprise Information Systems, 9(2), 210-232.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17517575.2013.879209
Selected papers in periodics with scientific refereeing - project management
Varajão, J. (2018). A new process for Success Management – bringing order to a typically ad-hoc area. Journal of Modern Project Management, 5(3), 94-99.
http://www.journalmodernpm.com/index.php/jmpm/article/view/309

Varajão, J.; Palacios, R.; Silva, H. (2017) - ISO 21500:2012 and PMBoK 5 processes in information systems project management. Computer Standards & Interfaces. ISSN: 0920-5489.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0920548916300848

Varajão, J.; Cunha, M. (2013) - Using AHP and the IPMA competence baseline in the project managers’ selection process. International Journal of Production Research.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207543.2013.774473#.UZYFAsoyCSo
Selected papers in periodics with scientific refereeing - enterprise information systems
Duque, J.; Varajão, L.; Filipe, V.; Dominguez, C. (2013) - Implementation of CRM systems in Portuguese municipalities. Local Government Studies. DOI:10.1080/03003930.2012.755464.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03003930.2012.755464

Rijo, R.; Varajão, J.; Gonçalves, R. (2010) - Contact center: information systems design. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. DOI 10.1007/s10845-010-0389-0, 1-19.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10845-010-0389-0?LI=true

Gonzalvez-Gallego, N.; Soto-Acosta, P.; Molina-Castillo, F.; Varajão, J.; Trigo, A. (2010) - El papel de las TIC en el rendimiento de las cadenas de suministro: el caso de las grandes empresas de España y Portugal. Universia Business Review. Cuarto trimester de 2010, ISSN: 1698-5117, 102-114.
http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3348288
Selected papers in periodics with scientific refereeing - Software engineering
Moura, I.; Dominguez, C.; Varajão, J. (2019) - Information systems project teams: factors for high performance. Team Performance Management: An International Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/TPM-03-2018-0022.
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/TPM-03-2018-0022

Varajão, J.; Dominguez, C.; Ribeiro, P.; Paiva, A. (2014) – Critical success aspects in project management: similarities and differences between the construction and the software industry. Technical gazette, 21(3), 583-589.
https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/182163

Palacios, R.; Carrasco, I.; Cuadrado, J.; Trigo, A.; Varajão, J. (2012) - I-Competere: Using applied intelligence in search of competency gaps in software project managers. Information Systems Frontiers. DOI: 10.1007/s10796-012-9369-6.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10796-012-9369-6
Selected papers in periodics with scientific refereeing - other
Pereira, J.; Varajão, J. (2019) - The temporal dimension of business processes: requirements and challenges. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 59(1).
https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=97120

Costa, F.; Santos, P.; Varajão, J.; Pereira, L.; Costa, V. (2013) - Risk Management Information System Architecture for a Hospital Center – the Case of CHTMAD. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 8(4).
http://www.irma-international.org/viewtitle/102973/

Ribeiro, P.; Paiva, A.; Varajão, J.; Dominguez, C. (2013) - Success Evaluation Factors in Construction Project Management - Some evidence from medium and large Portuguese companies. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 17, 4, 603-609.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12205-013-0019-4

Editorial participation in journals

Editorial
Journals


IJHCITP IJESMA associate editor
IJISPM editor-in-chief
BSR associate editor

Editor-in-chief
International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management (IJISPM)
http://www.sciencesphere.org/ijispm

Associate Editor
International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP)
http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-human-capital-information/1152

Associate Editor
Business Systems Research (BSR)
https://bsrjournal.org

Associate Editor
International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA)
https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-services-mobile-applications/1114

Important links

E-mail contact

E-mail
Contact

Please be free to
contact me


email: joao[at]varajao.com


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