Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) AMCIS 2012 Proceedings Proceedings Understanding the role of information systems pilots: evaluation, legitimization and experimentation David Allen Business School, Leeds University, Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom., da2@lubs.leeds.ac.uk Stan Karanasios Business School, Leeds University, Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom., S.Karanasios@lubs.leeds.ac.uk Nurain Hassan Ibrahim Business School, Leeds University, Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom., nurainhassan@yahoo.co.uk Alistair Norman Business School, Leeds University, Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom., an@lubs.leeds.ac.uk Follow this and additional works at: htp://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2012 Tis material is brought to you by the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in AMCIS 2012 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@aisnet.org. Recommended Citation Allen, David; Karanasios, Stan; Hassan Ibrahim, Nurain; and Norman, Alistair, "Understanding the role of information systems pilots: evaluation, legitimization and experimentation" (2012). AMCIS 2012 Proceedings. 12. htp://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2012/proceedings/AdoptionDifusionIT/12