Sustainable Project Management

Responsible, Sustainable, and Globally Aware Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7638-9.ch006 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 124-153

Author(s):

Martin Albert ◽

Friedrich Mickel

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Project Management ◽

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Derived Categories ◽

Project Manager

Sustainability is a concept that has increased in popularity constantly over recent years. During this time, the discipline of project management begun to focus on sustainability, but literature shows that the topic of sustainable project management is still incipiently explored. Therefore, the goal of the chapter is to identify connections between sustainability and project management, which is achieved through the literary review of 46 different texts. These sources were analyzed using a bibliometric analysis and a qualitative content analysis. As deductive and inductive derived categories “definition project management,” “definition sustainability,” “definition sustainable project management,” “affected areas,” “principles of sustainable project management,” and “project manager” were defined. In order to develop the profession of sustainable project management, focusing upon the verification of theoretical findings with empirical research is suggested.

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Measuring Information System Project Success through a Software-Assisted Qualitative Content Analysis

Information Technology and Libraries ◽

10.6017/ital.v38i1.10603 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

pp. 53-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jin Xiu Guo

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Project Management ◽

Project Success ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Project Assessment ◽

It Project ◽

It Project Success ◽

New Research

Information System (IS)/IT project success is a growing interest in management due to its high impact on organizational change and effectiveness. Libraries have been adopting integrated library systems (ILS) to manage services and resources for years. It is essential for librarians to understand the mechanism of IS project management in order to successfully bring technology innovation to the organization. This study develops a theoretical model of measuring IS project success and tests it in an ILS merger project through a software-assisted qualitative content analysis. The model addresses project success through three constructs: (1) project management process, (2) project outcomes, and (3) contextual factors. The results indicate project management success alone cannot guarantee project success; project outputs and contextual factors also influence success through the leadership of the project manager throughout the lifecycle. The study not only confirms the proposed model in a post-project evaluation, but also signifies that project assessment can reinforce organizational learning, increase the chance of achieving success, and maximize overall returns for an organization. The qualitative content analysis with NVivo 11 has provided a new research method for project managers to self-assess an IS/IT project success systematically and learn from their experiences throughout the project lifecycle.

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Research on reflective-evaluative competence in pupils with intellectual disabilities

Revista Amazonia Investiga ◽

10.34069/ai/2021.46.10.13 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (46) ◽

pp. 138-151

Author(s):

Lesia Prokhorenko ◽

Ihor Popovych ◽

Hanna Sokolova ◽

Nataliia Yarmola ◽

Olga Forostian

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Self Control ◽

Mental Operations ◽

Primary Pupils ◽

Mental Actions

The aim is to conduct empirical research on the formation of reflective-evaluative competence in primary pupils with intellectual disabilities and to determine effective methods to develop it. Methods: tests with standardized questionnaires, methods for checking the logic of motivating dialogue, comparative analysis, quantitative and qualitative content-analysis. We established that disorders in the functioning of reflection in primary pupils are observed in changeable or unfamiliar situations: rejection to solve a problem, desire to simplify a task, justification of their inability, avoidance of difficulties. We registered that insufficient development of self-control and self-esteem causes faults in programming and performing activity. We identified difficulties in verbalizing a plan of actions showing the respondents’ inability to compare and substantiate practical and mental operations. Disorders in reflective-evaluative competence are insufficient development of reflection, self-control, self-esteem and self-correction that does not allow primary pupils to organize their mental actions purposefully.

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Agile Workplace Innovation

European Journal of Workplace Innovation ◽

10.46364/ejwi.v3i2.461 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Thomas Papke ◽

Dirk Nicolas Wagner

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Project Management ◽

Software Engineering ◽

Significant Influence ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Suitable Method ◽

Agile Methods ◽

Complex Adaptive ◽

Workplace Innovation ◽

Silver Bullet

Agile methods, such as Scrum, first re-invented project management in software engineering. It then quickly spread into all kinds of areas and industries. Scrum is “a framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems” (Schwaber and Sutherland 2013), and it changes the way work is done. It can be shown that Scrum is a suitable method to support Workplace Innovation. The concept of Workplace Innovation, described here with the ‘Fifth Element Concept’ (Totterdill 2015), comprises practices that empower and enable employees and that are beneficial for organisations. To obtain an understanding of how Scrum supports Workplace Innovation, guided interviews were conducted and analysed. Five practitioners of Scrum were interviewed, and the analysis was carried out using Mayring’s qualitative content analysis with an inductive coding. This article aims to gain insights into how and where Scrum can support Workplace Innovation, and what other factors have a significant influence. Scrum may not be a silver bullet, but it can be instrumental in supporting many elements of Workplace Innovation.

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