Since today's dynamic and competitive
business environment increasingly requires additional level of competence, the
project manager is, certainly, a profession whose value and demand is growing. As
to reach the project objective, the project manager should have an adequate
education, which is the reason why the corporations, especially in the Information
Technology (IT) industry, are among leaders in investment to project
management education and certification. The aim of this paper is to
contribute to the identification and understanding of the project management
education model in Croatia and explore possibilities for its improvements,
especially in the field of the project management in the IT industry. For that reason, through 2018 and 2019, authors
conducted the research on availability of project management education programs
in Croatia, opportunities for international certification as well as attitudes
of the project management professionals in IT sector on the existing education
model. The study suggests that there is a growing trend of project managers’
certification, especially in the IT industry, as well as a variety of informal programs
for project management education. Simultaneously, there is a lack of project
management university study programs. Empirical results show that project
management study programs lack the practical segment and are, in most cases,
offering only fundamental theoretical knowledge. Therefore, authors, on the
basis of the literature review and analysis of IT sector needs assessment, provide
recommendations of the domains, to be included into future university study
programs.
Practitioners’ Perspective on Software Project Management Education
