scholarly journals Thread: Managing context in project environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Flora Lu
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Day To Day Operations ◽  
Project Lifecycle

<p>Creative design agencies are unique organisations as various disciplines and priorities combine to deliver solutions in often complex client problems. A suite of software platforms is used in the day-to-day operations of project-based organisations, however there still appears to be a disconnect between communication and shared understanding. While the market for project management software is saturated, a need exists for a complementary platform that can help encourage shared understanding throughout the client project lifecycle.  This project aims to explore issues of boundary spanning, project knowledge management, and communication with DNA Design serving as a project partner. In this exploratory research process, a qualitative research approach revealed several issues revolving around inadequate handover processes, low work self-efficacy, and a lack of alignment between priorities.  The core finding of this project found that while practitioners do communicate throughout the project lifecycle, there is no one best fit for all project members and despite the high levels of communication, many practitioners feel they lack the necessary information and understanding in a client project. From this core finding, the product development strategy pivoted. Instead of developing and implementing a knowledge repository, it could be more beneficial for DNA and other project-based organisations to consider strategies and technologies to actively manage expectations and understanding within a client project.  The proposed solution, Thread, aims to track each project team members’ attitudes at a regular interval to map the stage of the project lifecycle and provide DNA a bird’s-eye view of the user experience of project team members to allow for active project management during the project lifecycle and a quantifiable post-project review process.  It is hoped the recommendations and proposed solution can be scaled to other project- environment organisations as the challenges of knowledge sharing and communication are felt heavily in multi-disciplinary teams and organisations. As the future of organisations are moving towards specialised knowledge workers, it is increasingly important that staff are aware of the context of the project to be empowered and productive.</p>

scholarly journals Thread: Managing context in project environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Flora Lu
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Day To Day Operations ◽  
Project Lifecycle

<p>Creative design agencies are unique organisations as various disciplines and priorities combine to deliver solutions in often complex client problems. A suite of software platforms is used in the day-to-day operations of project-based organisations, however there still appears to be a disconnect between communication and shared understanding. While the market for project management software is saturated, a need exists for a complementary platform that can help encourage shared understanding throughout the client project lifecycle.  This project aims to explore issues of boundary spanning, project knowledge management, and communication with DNA Design serving as a project partner. In this exploratory research process, a qualitative research approach revealed several issues revolving around inadequate handover processes, low work self-efficacy, and a lack of alignment between priorities.  The core finding of this project found that while practitioners do communicate throughout the project lifecycle, there is no one best fit for all project members and despite the high levels of communication, many practitioners feel they lack the necessary information and understanding in a client project. From this core finding, the product development strategy pivoted. Instead of developing and implementing a knowledge repository, it could be more beneficial for DNA and other project-based organisations to consider strategies and technologies to actively manage expectations and understanding within a client project.  The proposed solution, Thread, aims to track each project team members’ attitudes at a regular interval to map the stage of the project lifecycle and provide DNA a bird’s-eye view of the user experience of project team members to allow for active project management during the project lifecycle and a quantifiable post-project review process.  It is hoped the recommendations and proposed solution can be scaled to other project- environment organisations as the challenges of knowledge sharing and communication are felt heavily in multi-disciplinary teams and organisations. As the future of organisations are moving towards specialised knowledge workers, it is increasingly important that staff are aware of the context of the project to be empowered and productive.</p>

scholarly journals Methodical approach to building system of motivation of the project team

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 01036
Author(s):  
Valeriya Glazkova
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Motivation System ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Methodical Approach ◽  
Team Motivation ◽  
Empirical System

Currently investment and construction activities are based on the implementation of development projects. As any project’s success heavily depends on joint efforts of a project team members, there is an urgent need for a motivation system able to stimulate team members’ result-orientation and satisfy their individual needs. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) methodology is suggested as a basis for building a sound development team motivation system, with its motivational tools correlating to stages of project management. The purpose of this article is to build methodical approach to system of motivation of the development project team. The methodological approach is formed taking into account the correspondence of the goal and the type of motivation depending on the stage of project management, as well as on the basis of the principles of forming the motivation system of the project team. The result is a constructed conceptual model for the development of a motivation system for the development project team based on the principles of PMBOK. Methods of comparative, empirical, system and economic analysis were used to substantiate the propositions put forward in the article.

Knowledge Sharing in Project Environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Zinga Novais ◽  
Jorge Vareda Gomes ◽  
Mário José Batista Romão
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Successful Execution ◽  
Management Project ◽  
A Company

Projects have been increasingly used in the implementation of organizations' business operations. Knowledge sharing has been considered essential in project environment; therefore, the integration of knowledge management within project management becomes crucial for project success. The objective of this research is to study how knowledge sharing is integrated within the context of a project, and what is the perception of project team members about it. A case study was carried out in a company within the financial sector, focused on a project team of the entity. The results revealed that project managers, other professionals in project management, and the organization itself are very much aware of the importance of knowledge sharing. The results also emphasized that, regardless of the lack of incentives by top management, project team members consider that knowledge sharing highly contributes for a successful execution of projects.

scholarly journals Role and impact of social relationships and networks in a software project team environment – a conceptual framework

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Awie Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Project Environment ◽  
It Project ◽  
Research Findings

The establishment of social relationships between information technology (IT) project team members is a phenomenon all IT professionals are exposed to and, in many cases, involved in. Furthermore, these relationships are used by IT project team members for personal as well as professional purposes. The question is what positive or negative contributions do these kinds of relationships have on the project itself? Past studies have placed little focus on these social relationships and networks, and have failed to take cognisance of their importance in the IT project environment. This paper demonstrates that social relationships and networks in the IT project environment play a significant role in project teams and should be managed in such a way that the team members and the project as a whole can benefit from them. A partial grounded theory (GT) research approach was followed. Interpretive patterns from GT enabled inferences to be drawn about the role and impact of social relationships and networks in IT project teams. The research findings provide practical considerations and highlight potential problem areas. A conceptual framework is proposed to support management in decision making and to give them a better understanding of the complexities involved in such relationships.

Transfer of Information and Knowledge in the Project Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 544-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerzy Kisielnicki
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Project Outcome ◽  
Communication Methods

Success and failure in information technology (IT) projects depend on many factors. Based on the analysis of literature as well as the author’s research and experience, we can build a working hypothesis of a significant influence of the communication system on a final project outcome in the context of: • Communication between the project team and the outside world (users, suppliers, other project teams, etc.) • Communication within a project team In project management literature, communication occupies a significant position (Candle & Yeates, 2003; Maylor, 2003). Most research projects, however, are focused on the analysis of communication between the project team and the outside world while communication within the project team seems to take a second place. From the literature dealing with building effective project teams, research carried out by Mullins (2001) deserves a closer look. Mullins researched the key contradiction within a project team; he discovered that project leaders demand from their team members the willingness to compromise and subordinate while at the same time they promote individualism and want to foster creativity. Chaffe (2001), on the other hand, concluded that most people during their professional career lose both their creativity and individualism and prefer to conform to the existing standards. This is the very reason why some leaders prefer to build their teams from young people knowing that they lack experience. By doing that, they realize they increase the risk of not achieving their goals. Therefore, the IT leaders need to combine these conflicting trends and build the project team to ensure the overall success of the project. Adair (1999) indicates three criteria that need to be taken into consideration when evaluating potential team members: competence, motivation, and personal traits. The subject of this article is to prove the hypothesis that the communication system within the team significantly influences the its effectiveness. The key question that needs to be answered is: what conditions does the project leader need to create in order to maximize the positive and minimize the negative effects of teamwork? While at first glance this hypothesis might seem obvious, detailed analysis does not lead to decisive conclusions. While executing the project, teams could use different communication methods to both define the project tasks as well as evaluate results. The effectiveness of various communication methods can be very different; therefore, we want to prove the hypothesis that:

Experience and Working Conditions of Project Managersin Poland – Research Report

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Rafał Łabędzki
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Project Team ◽  
International Project ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Management Association

This paper reveals the project management reality in Polish organizations . Two groups of factors referring to the project manager are presented . The first one contains direct factors, i .e . these that can be influenced by the project manager himself: experience in project management (in years), level of certificate, sector of the economy . The second one comprises the indirect factors, which cannot be controlled by the project manager: number of projects carried out in the organization yearly, number of concurrent projects carried out in the organization, average project budget in the organization, average number of project team members . Conclusions are based on the research carried out in 2011 in cooperation with the International Project Management Association . Moreover, two hypotheses are verified, both refer to the Polish project management conditions .

Method for Improving the Efficiency of IT Project Management Using a Genetic Algorithm

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 673-682
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Vaynilovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Project Team ◽  
It Project Management ◽  
Labor Input ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Software Complex ◽  
It Project ◽  
Project Participants ◽  
Cocomo Ii

The article is devoted to solving the current problem of improving the efficiency of IT project management processes. When managing IT projects, managers are faced with the problem of formation teams and distributing tasks among project participants in the face of the need to minimize costs and completion dates of an IT project. The lack of necessary methods and software doesn't allow the IT project Manager to adequately assess competences and skills of participants, their personal qualities, which leads to a decrease in the effectiveness of project management. The article proposes a method of improving the efficiency of IT project management, which differs by using a genetic algorithm to form project commands and assign team participants to project tasks. The efficiency criterion is the complexity and duration of the project and individual tasks using the COCOMO II method. When forming project teams, takes into account the level of technologies proficiency, experience with technologies, the coherence of the project team members, and the experience of similar developments of project participants. The level of technologies proficiency affects the level of labor input multiplier, experience with technologies — at the level of the multiplier, the coherence of the project team members — on the level of scale factor, the experience of similar development — on the level of the scale factors of the COCOMO II methodology. Taking into account the personal and psychological qualities of project participants reduces the risk of interpersonal conflicts within the team, which also reduces the duration of projects and the labor input of solving tasks. Research of personal and psychological qualities is carried out on the basis of automated tests. The test suite includes Rosenzweig, Belbin, Myers-Briggs, Thomas and Honey-Mumford tests. The developed method is implemented in a software complex for multilevel IT project management. Testing of the method and software complex was carried out within the framework of the students' learning practice of the specialty "Software engineering" of the Belarusian-Russian University. The use of the proposed method allowed to reduce the labor input of solving the tasks of training projects by 19.2 %, to reduce the project realization term by 10 %.

scholarly journals Methods to Choose IT Project Executors

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana Khitrova ◽  
Sergey Ovanesyan ◽  
Anastasia Nizovtseva
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Hierarchical Decomposition ◽  
Main Criterion ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Decomposition Of Functions

Companies working in the field of IT technologies, in most cases, implement a project management approach. A significant problem of the project management paradigm is the creation of the project team. The main criterion that determines the possibility of choosing a specialist for the project team is the level of his compliance with the required set of competencies. The task can be solved using the system analysis. Hierarchical decomposition of functions and criteria allows us to form a relative assessment of applicants to assign for the project. The article examined an example of decomposition of the system of functions, criteria and the results of assessing relative importance of functions for the implementation of a project in the support department of accounting programs of the company "En + Digital". In the process of project implementation, it becomes necessary to address the issue of operational distribution and work redistribution adjusting appointed executors. The article discusses the methods of redistributing functions using internal resource and possibilities of hiring third-party performers. The research determined the necessity to use informational assessment of team members work load while managing the project.

scholarly journals The Method of Project Team Formation on the Example of the Ship’s Crew

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 521-526
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Modern Project ◽  
Correct Conclusion ◽  
The Individual

This article analyzes the existing terminological and methodological personnel management apparatus and as a result, it turned out that the application of the project-oriented management approach leads to the conclusion and indicates that the employment agreement (contract) for the voyage, the ship's crew are all signs of the project, and the project team. It should be noted that shipping companies are management oriented organizations through projects. Despite the absolutely correct conclusion that the minimum crew should be determined on the basis of the conditions for ensuring the safe operation of all ship systems and mechanisms. Specific techniques and methods for calculating the required number of crew not previously represented. The project-oriented context of modern project management in a turbulent environment and the need for appropriate transformations of infrastructure and industry, including the sea. The management activities take into account the individual characteristics of the project team members, due to socio-cultural influences. The project management methodology and team format of the project activity considers human resource management processes in conjunction with other areas of knowledge that should be integrated into processes such as content management, timing, cost, quality, risk, supply, communications. Therefore, it seems quite logical for the authors to refer to “the processes of formation and management of human resources in project teams” on the example of the ship’s crew.

The legal, governance and ethical implications of involving service users and carers in research

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 818-831
Author(s):  
Virginia Minogue ◽  
Mary Cooke ◽  
Anne-Laure Donskoy ◽  
Penny Vicary
Keyword(s):  
Service User ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Research Management ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Ethical Implications

Purpose Service user and carer involvement in all aspects of the health and care research process, from co-applicant on funding applications to active engagement in a research study, is now a requirement for most research funders. However, as co-production increases and service users and carers take on more responsibilities, this involvement has legal, governance and ethical implications. The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness of the issues and consider potential solutions. Design/methodology/approach Experiences of engagement as co-applicants in research funding applications, of involvement as research study team members, and as co-researchers were gathered from a range of service user and carer experts. Consultation and a workshop gathered further evidence from a range of stakeholders across the research management community. Findings Service users and carers, who contribute to the research protocol and process, feel a strong sense of responsibility to ensure the high quality of a research study. However, they may be new to their roles, status and key responsibilities when acting as project team members, co-researchers or co-applicants engaging in funding applications. The responsibility of sponsors, grant holding organisations, funders and other members of the research community is to communicate with and support service users and carers in those roles. More needs to be done to understand the contractual, a legal and governance issues and responsibilities that are specific to service user and carer co-applicants, project team members and co-researchers, from both an organisational and individual service user and carer perspective. Practical implications The implications of the findings are to raise awareness of the practical, legal and ethical issues arising from this type of involvement and the potential risks arising from lack of cohesion or understanding. The review also highlights the concerns and barriers service users and carers may find in becoming involved. Originality/value The findings highlight a range of issues for research regulators, sponsors and investigators to consider to ensure service users and carers can fulfil their responsibilities and be supported in doing so.

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