Project management practice by the public sector in a developing country

This study aims to explore the critical driving and resisting forces that promote or inhibit the implementation and use of project management (PM) software in Qatari Government Organizations in an attempt to determine whether software-based PM methodologies are being effectively implemented in the public sector organizations or not. Research hypotheses were evaluated using ANOVA and Mann- Whitney test. Findings indicated that forces that promote or inhibit software based PM implementation are significantly affected by the managerial interest and nature of existing (traditional or contemporary) PM practices. More importantly our findings identified some driving forces that promote the implementation of software-based PM methodology (SPMM) in Qatari government organizations and also identified some roadblocks that prohibit such implementations. Finally managerial implications for the successful implementation of SPMM are provided and avenues for further research are suggested.

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IT Governance in the Public Sector in a Developing Country

Handbook of Research on ICT-Enabled Transformational Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-390-6.ch025 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 452-486 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Edephonce N. Nfuka ◽

Lazar Rusu

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Service Delivery ◽

Developing Country ◽

Public Service ◽

It Governance ◽

Public Service Delivery ◽

The Public ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Governance Practices ◽

Transformational Government

This chapter focuses on IT governance in the public sector organizations in a developing country like Tanzania. Today in many organizations in the public sector, the use of IT has become crucial in sustaining and extending the organizations’ strategies and objectives. This pervasive use of technology has caused a critical dependency on IT that calls for a specific focus on IT governance. In this chapter, we provide its overview and, based on the analysis of five case studies indicate the current practices, problems, and consequences in the Tanzanian public sector environment. Moreover, we reveal twelve key issues to consider for effective IT governance together with the trends and future research in improving ICT-enabled transformational government in public service delivery in this environment. In this context, the chapter contributes to an understanding of the IT governance practices and related ICT-enabled transformational government issues and complexities involved in the transformational phase for better public service delivery in a developing country like Tanzania.

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Vienna Construction Projects: Redirection of Project Management Critical Success Factors—More Focus on Stakeholders and Soft Skills Development

Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government ◽

10.4335/16.2.337-359(2018) ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 337-359

Author(s):

Helmut Wanivenhaus ◽

Jure Kovač ◽

Anja Žnidaršič ◽

Igor Vrečko

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Public Sector ◽

Construction Projects ◽

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Project Managers ◽

The Public ◽

Business Environments ◽

Critical Success

Although research interest in project management is increasingly directed at analyzing development trends in different business environments, the public sector in this respect has received surprisingly little intention. This paper analyzes the perception of the relevance of particular project management critical success factors among project managers and other project stakeholders in the public sector with relatively high organizational project management maturity. The main focus of research is the city of Vienna and its construction projects. An extensive quantitative survey showed the changing perceptions of the key projects’ success factors—namely, strengthening the importance of developing soft skills and stakeholders’ management.

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Project management in the public sector: a bibliometric analysis (1988-2014)

Revista Gestão da Produção Operações e Sistemas ◽

10.15675/gepros.v12i2.1630 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 01-20

Author(s):

Diego Honorato Clemente ◽

Roberto Marx ◽

Marly Monteiro de Carvalho

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Public Sector ◽

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

The Public

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Project management methodology in the public and private sector: The case of an emerging market

Journal of Governance and Regulation ◽

10.22495/jgr_v6_i1_p3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 26-37

Author(s):

Azamat Oinarov ◽

Dana Eshimova

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Public Sector ◽

Private Sector ◽

Emerging Market ◽

Public And Private ◽

Project Management System ◽

The Public ◽

Low Exposure ◽

Public And Private Sector ◽

Specific Project

Application of project management methodologies in different countries is varied. The preference of a particular methodology largely depends on the specific features of a project management system in use. The aim of the paper is to draw the attention of project-involved readers to the need to develop, not a guide, but a specific project management methodology for projects in the public-private sector. The objective pursued by the paper is to provide useful recommendations for improving the existing methodologies on project management in the public-private sector. Kazakhstan’s experience in implementing project management methodologies in its public sector is sporadic while its private sector uses of modern methodologies build on external investor proven practices. At the background of the low exposure of the public sector to the best of project management methodologies, the paper reviews existing international project management methodologies and develops useful recommendations on the methodology, most suitable for a developing country’s public-private sector, on Kazakhstan’s example.

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