Critical Issues in E-Learning Project Management in the Context of Web Technologies Development

2014 ◽  
pp. 172-186
Author(s):  
Darius Amilevičius
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Technological Factor ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
E Learning

eLearning can cover a spectrum of activities from supporting learning to blended learning (the combination of traditional and e-learning practices), and to learning that is delivered entirely online. However, no matter what technology is used, learning is always the vital element. E-learning is no longer simply associated with distance or remote learning, but, instead, forms a part of a conscious choice of the best and most appropriate ways of promoting effective learning. The global demand for higher education continues to rise, and e-learning provides an alternative way for higher educational institutions to deliver knowledge to learners at a distance rather than in the traditional way. The success of e-learning starts and ends with project management. In this chapter, critical success factors of eLearning projects—organizational factor and technological factor—are considered as critical issues from the management perspective viewed in the context of the rapid development of Web technologies.

Critical Issues in E-Learning Project Management in the Context of Web Technologies Development

2016 ◽  
pp. 1952-1966
Author(s):  
Darius Amilevičius
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Technological Factor ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
E Learning

eLearning can cover a spectrum of activities from supporting learning to blended learning (the combination of traditional and e-learning practices), and to learning that is delivered entirely online. However, no matter what technology is used, learning is always the vital element. E-learning is no longer simply associated with distance or remote learning, but, instead, forms a part of a conscious choice of the best and most appropriate ways of promoting effective learning. The global demand for higher education continues to rise, and e-learning provides an alternative way for higher educational institutions to deliver knowledge to learners at a distance rather than in the traditional way. The success of e-learning starts and ends with project management. In this chapter, critical success factors of eLearning projects—organizational factor and technological factor—are considered as critical issues from the management perspective viewed in the context of the rapid development of Web technologies.

scholarly journals The design of information technology strategic plans in educational institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Dwi Astuti ◽  
Wing Wahyu Winarno ◽  
Amir Fatah Sofyan
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Private University ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
E Learning

Strategic Plan, which is usually taken from Vision, Mission, Objectives, Policies, Programs and activities that are oriented towards the goal for a certain period relating to the main tasks and functions of the Agency / Institution, prepared by consider the developments of strategic environment, the sustainability of organization without strategic plan will not be directed and guaranteed because there are no management guidelines and system improvements in order to increase the competition with other business actors. STMIK Bina Patria is a private university (PTS), but it does not have an information system (SI) strategic plan. The information system contributes to improve the quality of students’ services, operational efficiency, and students’ satisfaction. With SI / IT, the monitoring, coordination, and decision can be performed effectively. The goal can be achieved if the organization has a clear plan. And, researchers make an IT strategic plan for STMIK Bina Patria according to the TOGAF Framework with data analysis methods of Value Chain, Critical Success Factors, and SWOT. The analysis results showed that by the availability of 4 applications, 3 applications do not require any improvement, namely SI-KEU, E-LEARNING and E-JOURNAL. In contrast, an application which is SI-AKAD requires additional features. There were 5 proposed applications to be built, namely SI-PMB, SI-ALUMNI, SI-MUTU, SI-PERPUST and SI-DASHBOARD. All of application proposals are mapped into the application development roadmap within the next 5 years.

scholarly journals E-Learning Critical Success Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Analysis of E-Learning Managerial Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Y. Alqahtani ◽  
Albraa A. Rajkhan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
E Learning

During the COVID-19 pandemic, educational institutions were shut down all over the world, which impacted over 60% of students and caused a massive disruption of the education system. The goal of this paper was to identify the critical success factors for E-learning during COVID-19 using the multi-criteria Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) techniques to enhance the educational process. Data were generated by interviewing 69 E-learning managers in educational institutions during COVID-19 based on defined evaluation criteria and E-learning approaches through several channels. We found that technology management, support from management, increased student awareness to use E-learning systems, and demanding a high level of information technology from instructors, students, and universities were the most influential factors for E-learning during COVID-19. Among the five learning systems, blended learning was the most suitable learning system to practice. These results demonstrated that, regardless of how extraordinary the technology is in an educational institution, the readiness of E-learning execution played a large role in boosting the educational process during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN LITHUANIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neringa Gudienė ◽  
Audrius Banaitis ◽  
Nerija Banaitienė
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Survey Results

This paper aims to identify a comprehensive list of critical success factors for construction projects in Lithuania. Based on the available literature review, this paper identified 71 success factors under 7 broad groups. Based on the survey results, ten factors including project manager competence, project management team members' competence, project manager coordinating skills, client clear and precise goals/objectives, project value, project management team members' relevant past experience, project manager organising skills, project manager effective and timely conflict resolution, client ability to make timely decision, and project manager experience were determined as the most important success factors for construction projects. These critical success factors are of great significance both to researchers and industry practitioners.

scholarly journals Evaluating critical success factors and level of challenges in project life cycle (PLC)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Sallaudin Hassan ◽  
Natasha Farhana ◽  
Siti Aishah ◽  
Siti Mahirah ◽  
Khairul Firdaus Jimisiah. J
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Critical Success Factor ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Project Life Cycle ◽  
Project Life

This research aims to evaluate the Critical Success Factors (CSF) of project management and  to assess the level of challenges at each steps in Project Life Cycle (PLC). Five Independent Variable (IV)  is been selected as Critical Success Factors which is Leadership, Effective Communication, Teamwork,  Organization and Project Nature. There are four main stage in project which is Defining, Planning,  Executing and Closure. The scope of this research is on projects/events   conducted under Student  Development and Campus Life Style (SDCL). Five projects has been selected for assessment in this research.  Survey questionnaire is been used as primary data collection. LIKERT Scale is been used to rank the answer from respondents. 50 respondents are involve in this research. Data is analyzed by using SPSS version 21. Result shows that the most critical success factors in project is Team Work while the least Critical Success Factor is Leadership. Meanwhile, the most challenges stage in project management is Executing, while the least challenges stage is Defining. The finding in this research is considered important discovery. More efforts should be focus on identified Critical Success Factor and the most challenges stage in Project Life Cycle.  It is suggested that the scope of study to be extended to other universities or industries in future research.  

scholarly journals EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN MANAGING WATER INFRASTRUCTRE PROJECTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 531-550
Author(s):  
Mariela Sjekavica Klepo ◽  
Mladen Radujković
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Final Stage ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Critical Success

There is a continuous need to improve existing project management decision-making support models, particularly those for monitoring and control are needed to increase chances for success. In this paper, potential of early warning in project management was focused, along with its connection to project success via project success factors. First, a systematic literature review was conducted, along with the focus group method, in order to identify project success factors. The selected success factors were also collected on 93 water infrastructure projects through a survey. By the means of linear regression analysis, critical success factors were finally determined. The results were integrated in the early warning system algorithm, composed by three modules – detection, validation and response module. The response module is composed by three dimensions: 1) risk, constraint and change management, 2) incorporation of project management competences and 3) application of project management methods, tools and techniques. The proposed early warning system was tested on three infrastructure projects. The results confirmed that improved early warning system can contribute in increase of project management success. As original database is composed by projects from only one country (Croatia), in the final stage of the research proposed approach was checked in five countries from the Central or South East Europe (Czech Republic, Slovenia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina). The results from the final stage confirmed potential of the proposed approach as declared originally, so it is reasonable to expect success in early warning system’s implementation due to similarities of critical success factors on projects as well as project management problems in general, that countries in regions share. This research presents new and creative way in linking early warning and project success, as well as interpretation of early response through different dimensions in project management. Also, based on the results of this research, it is possible to create a useful practical tool for managing other types of projects.

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