Lemma Lessa

Lemma Lessa is an assistant professor of Information Systems at the School of Information Science, Addis Ababa University. He received his terminal degree in Information Technology (specialized in Information Systems) from Addis Ababa University. He has served over twenty-five years in Ethiopian Higher education. His teaching interest is in the socio-technical aspects of Information Systems. His research interest is in Information Systems Security Management, e-Government, Enterprise Systems, and IT Governance. His postgraduate teaching includes Information Systems Security Management, Information Systems Strategy & Management, Enterprise Systems, Information Systems Project Management, and more. He has authored or co-authored over thirty-five articles - nine journal articles, and about twenty-six peer-reviewed conference papers. He is a member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and the current president of the Ethiopian chapter of AIS. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Lemma is a founder and general manager of UltraPerfect IT Training and Consultancy service.

Publications

Cloud Computing Deployment Model for Ethio Telecom
Cloud Computing Deployment Model for Ethio Telecom
Lemma Lessa, Almehadi Ali. © 2024. 24 pages.
Successful adoption of cloud computing requires identifying a cloud computing deployment model that best fits its needs. This research aims to propose a cloud deployment model...
Usability of Security Mechanisms of E-Health Applications: Cases From Ethiopia
Usability of Security Mechanisms of E-Health Applications: Cases From Ethiopia
Lemma Lessa, Antonyo George Etoribussi. © 2023. 20 pages.
Extant literature supports that e-health applications are developed with a proper set of security mechanisms in place. However, the majority of the security mechanisms were not...
Readiness for Implementing an E-Voting System in Ethiopia: A Gap Analysis From the Supply Side
Readiness for Implementing an E-Voting System in Ethiopia: A Gap Analysis From the Supply Side
Lemma Lessa, Mekuria Hailu. © 2023. 13 pages.
Extant literature revealed that elections conducted in traditional ways mostly result in conflicts. Intending to address such challenges, e-voting technology is being used in...
Developing and Validating Pre-Implementation Readiness Measure for Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Developing and Validating Pre-Implementation Readiness Measure for Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Lemma Lessa, Eden Teklehaimanot Yigletu. © 2022. 21 pages.
Prior research attempted to develop enterprise resource planning (ERP) pre-implementation readiness models and frameworks, but developing a measurement model for the same has not...
Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Adoption in Ethiopia: Case of an Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprise
Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Adoption in Ethiopia: Case of an Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprise
Lemma Lessa, Biniyam Demisse Fekadu. © 2022. 22 pages.
Extant literature reveals that organizations have interest to transit from an on-premise ERP to the new cloud-based ERP. Using technology-organization-environment, diffusion of...
Steering E-Government Projects from Failure to Success: Using Design-Reality Gap Analysis as a Mid-Implementation Assessment Tool
Steering E-Government Projects from Failure to Success: Using Design-Reality Gap Analysis as a Mid-Implementation Assessment Tool
Lemma Lessa, Solomon Negash, Mesfin Belachew. © 2016. 15 pages.
There are many e-government failures in developing countries. Most studies look at these after the event (post hoc), but this chapter takes an original approach to look...
Sustainability of E-Government Success: An Integrated Research Agenda
Sustainability of E-Government Success: An Integrated Research Agenda
Ralf Klischewski, Lemma Lessa. © 2015. 20 pages.
The long-term success of e-government initiatives is of paramount importance, especially for developing countries, which face challenges such as limited budget, donor dependence...
Sustainability of E-Government Success: An Integrated Research Agenda
Sustainability of E-Government Success: An Integrated Research Agenda
Ralf Klischewski, Lemma Lessa. © 2013. 20 pages.
The long-term success of e-government initiatives is of paramount importance, especially for developing countries, which face challenges such as limited budget, donor dependence...