[9] proposed an
assessment model to evaluate e-readiness for construction companies
(VERDICT) in adopting e-commerce technology. This model established
that for an organisation to be e-ready, it must have (1) management
that drives the adoption, implementation and usage of the technology;
(2) processes that are favourable to the successful adoption of
the technology; (3) people who have belief, knowledge, skills and
abilities in the technology; and (4) technology necessary to support
the business functions. Similarly, the BEACON model, developed by
Khalfan et al. [7] to assess an organisation readiness for concurrent
engineering, consists of four main elements: people, project, process
and technology.