scholarly journals A Goal-driven Risk management approach for Distributed Agile Development Projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suprika Vasudeva Shrivastava ◽  
Urvashi Rathod
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Performance Goal ◽  
Team Collaboration ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Management Architecture

Software companies are now using Distributed Agile Development (DAD) in order to create high quality solutions, which aligns with the business priorities of lesser time and cost. Although, DAD is beneficial, there are significant risks involved in such projects. In order to minimize the adverse effect of risks on DAD projects, it is imperative to understand, how the risks impact the project performance goals including ‘Time’, ‘Cost’ and ‘Quality’. In this paper we present a goal driven approach for managing risks in DAD projects. This approach of risk management will enable project managers to identify the most important risks with respect to the goal to be achieved and focus on managing those risks first. The study shows that if ‘Time’ is a considered goal for a DAD project, the most important risks that would need consideration are related to requirement management, architecture changes and coordination issues between stakeholders. Similarly, if ‘Quality’ is the primary performance goal in a DAD project, it would be necessary to first deal with risks related to internal and external communication in the organization, team collaboration and requirement documentation availability. The awareness of top ranking risk factors that impact a particular project goal will assist the projects managers to control the risks in a way that the desired project goals can be achieved.

scholarly journals Do Agile Managed Information Systems Projects Fail Due to a Lack of Emotional Intelligence?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tan Trung Luong ◽  
Uthayasankar Sivarajah ◽  
Vishanth Weerakkody
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Staffing And Training ◽  
And Training ◽  
Agile Teams

Abstract Agile development methodologies (ADM) have become a widely implemented project management approach in Information Systems (IS). Yet, along with its growing popularity, the amount of concerns raised in regard to human related challenges caused by applying ADM are rapidly increasing. Nevertheless, the extant scholarly literature has neglected to identify the primary origins and reasons of these challenges. The purpose of this study is therefore to examine if these human related challenges are related to a lack of Emotional Intelligence (EI) by means of a quantitative approach. From a sample of 194 agile practitioners, EI was found to be significantly correlated to human related challenges in agile teams in terms of anxiety, motivation, mutual trust and communication competence. Hence, these findings offer important new knowledge for IS-scholars, project managers and human resource practitioners, about the vital role of EI for staffing and training of agile managed IS-projects.

scholarly journals Study on Time and Resource Management in Construction Projects Using MS Project

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.10) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
T Subramani ◽  
T M.Karthick
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Fixed Time ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Performance Goal ◽  
Resource Leveling ◽  
Project Study ◽  
Time Table ◽  
Task Time ◽  
Cost Implications

This construction project study about excessive stake endeavor aiming at time certain programmed performance goal. Except combine resources are deliberate and procured, no activity may be completed in line with a pre fixed time table. Project managers ought to take complicated choices under exceptional scheduling desires and below situations of uncertainty that every so often expand past assignment intervals. Our project study  offers with useful resource scheduling for a quick track project with constrained intervals. The learning has been executed in stages. Inside the first segment, with the useful resource of MS PROJECT software task time table for numerous activities for the development of a business constructing become prepared. Finally, requirements of sources had been attributed to the activities primarily depend on Standard Schedule Rates. The considered necessary necessity information collected from the designated drawings and triumphing site online situations. The analysis was completed with the aid of useful resource leveling for diverse activities by way of reducing resources with accelerated length to observe the time-cost implications.

scholarly journals Project risk management practices: the organizational maturity influence

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Crispim ◽  
Luiz Henrique Silva ◽  
Nazaré Rego
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Risk Management ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Project Complexity ◽  
Risk Practices ◽  
Organizational Maturity ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify patterns of project risk management (PRM) practices’ adoption, and provides empirical evidence concerning the importance (and key attributes) of organizational PRM maturity to the use of risk-related practices and project performance.Design/methodology/approachThe research involved two phases: interviews with five project managers, and a worldwide survey of project managers that resulted in the analysis of 865 valid questionnaire responses. Cluster analysis was used to classify PRM practices’ use, factor analysis to detect the structure of the relationship between the variables measuring PRM practices’ use and a multiple regression analysis (with canonical correlation) to further reveal the different degrees to which PRM practices and organizational maturity are associated.FindingsThe identified patterns of risk practices’ adoption indicate that different contexts of organization PRM maturity and project complexity influence practices selection. The PRM practices related with targets (e.g. time-phased budget plan) are the most used, and those related to tools and techniques (e.g. S-curve) are the least used. Additionally, the obtained results confirm that organizational PRM maturity influences risk practices’ usage, moderated by project complexity, and organizational PRM maturity influences project performance.Originality/valueEmpirical methods were used to investigate the relationship between organizational PRM maturity and a large set of PRM practices with project complexity as a moderator. Gaps in the use of PRM practices (i.e. areas where more PRM knowledge and training are needed) were identified. Finally, this work identifies the attributes of organizational maturity with implications in practices’ usage and project performance.

scholarly journals The Influence of Risk Management on Construction Project Performance: A Case Study.

2018 ◽  
pp. 936-942
Author(s):  
Mazurina Mohd Ali ◽  
Sakinah Zahra Norman ◽  
Erlane K. Ghani ◽  
Noor Hasniza Haron
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Schedule Delay

Risk Management is recognized as an important exercise that creates value to a project and improves project performance. Time, cost and quality are the primary measures of a project performance in this industry. The success or failure in any construction project can be monitored through the attainment of these primary measures. Notably, Malaysian construction industry is considered as one of the important industries that positively contribute to the increase of Gross Domestic Product and subsequently the growth of the country’s economic development. Unfortunately, this industry suffers poor performance in which it leads to failure in accomplishing effective time, cost and quality performance. Most construction projects face a schedule delay, cost overrun and are poor in product quality. Thus, the aim of this study is to determine the influence of risk management on construction project performance of Malaysian companies based on these three primary measures. The degree of diffusion of risk management practice in the chosen construction project in Malaysia is also examined. The methodological approach exploited in this study is a case study approach involving analysis of documented data and face-to-face interviews with key players that hold different roles and responsibilities. They include a director, project managers, finance managers, contract managers and quantity surveyor managers. The results demonstrate that adopting effective risk management practices positively impacts project performance thus leading to project success. Nevertheless, the lack of knowledge and poor communication of risk management practices in construction projects contribute to the weak implementation of an effective and systematic risk management practices in Malaysia.

scholarly journals A risk management framework for distributed scrum using PRINCE2 methodology

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1299-1310
Author(s):  
Mohammad Esteki ◽  
Taghi Javdani Gandomani ◽  
Hadi Khosravi Farsani
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Distributed Teams ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Risk Management Framework ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Development Approach

The distributed Agile development approach has been accepted by software companies due to its promised benefits. However, due to the controversial nature of distributed and Agile development, significant challenges arise from spatial, temporal, social, and cultural differences between distributed teams. Scrum, as the most popular Agile methodology, assumes that team members work together in the same room. But this principle does not apply in a realistic scenario where Scrum teams are distributed in different locations. Hence, proposing a risk management framework is necessary in order to succeed such teams. The purpose of this research was to propose a risk management framework in Scrum using the PRINCE2 methodology, which includes the perceived risks in distributed Scrum projects and their causes and roots for managing these risks. By embedding distributed Scrum in delivery layer of PRINCE2 and considering perceived risk factors, along with a hybrid model, a risk management framework was suggested. This framework has been used in a case study, and the results showed its proper functionality in detecting and eliminating potential risks in the case under study. Also, using this framework led to higher team efficiency in terms of increasing the number of completed user stories in each sprint.

scholarly journals A Framework for Risk Management in Globally Distributed Agile Software Development (Agile GSD)

2009 ◽  
pp. 32-41
Author(s):  
Suprika Vasudeva Shrivastava ◽  
Hema Date
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Time Zone ◽  
Risk Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
Globally Distributed

Global Software development (GSD) is gaining popularity as it helps in saving cost and reduces time to market. GSD faces various challenges like communication problems, time-zone differences and cultural differences. Agile principles are used as a means to increase production rate by making processes more responsive to change. Since success of using agile methodologies is dependent on communication and collaboration, combining agile with distributed development (Agile GSD) becomes a risky process. In the current literature, few research papers mention about the risk involved in globally distributed agile development process. This paper contributes by identifying some of the most relevant risk and suggesting risk mitigation strategies in the form of a framework for risk management for globally distributed agile development. The framework is created based on the literature available and the interviews of project managers and developers conducted in three software development organizations in Pune (India). Each component of the framework is discussed in the paper in detail. The research will be relevant for the project managers who are handling distribute agile projects.

scholarly journals The Influence of Risk Management on Construction Project Performance: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
pp. 69-75
Author(s):  
Mazurina Mohd Ali ◽  
Sakinah Zahra Norman ◽  
Erlane K. Ghani ◽  
Noor Hasniza Haron
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Schedule Delay

Risk Management is recognized as an important exercise that creates value to a project and improves project performance. Time, cost and quality are the primary measures of a project performance in this industry. The success or failure in any construction project can be monitored through the attainment of these primary measures. Notably, Malaysian construction industry is considered as one of the important industries that positively contribute to the increase of Gross Domestic Product and subsequently the growth of the country’s economic development. Unfortunately, this industry suffers poor performance in which it leads to failure in accomplishing effective time, cost and quality performance. Most construction projects face a schedule delay, cost overrun and are poor in product quality. Thus, the aim of this study is to determine the influence of risk management on construction project performance of Malaysian companies based on these three primary measures. The degree of diffusion of risk management practice in the chosen construction project in Malaysia is also examined. The methodological approach exploited in this study is a case study approach involving analysis of documented data and face-to-face interviews with key players that hold different roles and responsibilities. They include a director, project managers, finance managers, contract managers and quantity surveyor managers. The results demonstrate that adopting effective risk management practices positively impacts project performance thus leading to project success. Nevertheless, the lack of knowledge and poor communication of risk management practices in construction projects contribute to the weak implementation of an effective and systematic risk management practices in Malaysia.

scholarly journals The Impact of Soft Skills of Project Managers in Construction Project Performance as the Mediation Role of a Conceptual Project Risk Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Nasser Salim Al Saadi ◽  
Abdul-Kahar ◽  
Prof. Madya Dr. Norhayati Binti Zakuan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Project Risk Management ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
The Impact

This paper is a conceptual data presentation and analysis on the impact of soft skills of project managers in the construction industry as the target survey which is vital since rapid economic development has increased the demand for construction of infrastructure and facilities around the globe. The methodology used in this study is a conceptual approach based on qualitative analysis of theoretical research and empirical data. The review of literatures and discussions from previous studies showed that project management soft skills can be correlated with project risk management and project performance. It recommended future research of this topic quantitatively.

scholarly journals Study on the Role of Project Manager in Improving the Project Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-139
Author(s):  
Om Prakash Giri
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Execution Monitoring ◽  
Critical Resource

A project manager is the person who has the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project. Project manager is responsible to complete the project within time, cost and quality towards making the project a success. Construction industry plays an important role in the economy of the country. The industry, however, is beset with many challenges, including delivering projects within cost, time and quality. Therefore project manager is a critical resource in the project to achieve its objectives. Sadly, the role of the project manager is often overlooked. It is assumed that the leadership role of the project manager is measured against time, cost, quality, and customer satisfaction. The importance of this study is to find various roles that project managers ought to play for improving project performance. Good project management practices and competent project managers always deliver better result.

Il risk management approach nelle Università italiane: prime riflessioni su vincoli e opportunità

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-136
Author(s):  
Manuela Lucchese ◽  
Giuseppe Sannino ◽  
Paolo Tartaglia Polcini
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Management Approach
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