NEW CHALLENGES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT � SPECIFIC PROJECT ENVIRONMENTS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Smolikova
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Specific Project

scholarly journals Study on causes of delay and cost overruns in heritage renovation of Bhaktapur

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Umesh Sukamani ◽  
Hari Mohan Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Economic Factor ◽  
Cost Overruns ◽  
Managerial Skills ◽  
Material Cost ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Specific Project

A fresh and present look at the performance and delivery of heritage projects is required because few studies have been conducted to explore the specific project management and participant issues that contributed failed elements (time and cost) in heritage projects. The major contribution of this research is in the guidance for improvement to help avoid delays and cost overruns in future heritage renovation projects. Bhaktapur municipality is rich in heritage; here the tourism market is one of the source of economy. Bhaktapur municipality has been selected for this study because many of the heritage renovation projects have been completed each year. Most of heritage renovations have been done with the help of users committee and amanat. Tourism has become an important economic factor for the region. So the heritage renovation is studied with the impact of the delay in the works. The research design for this study is more qualitative than quantitative. The main causes of delay have been found as difficulties in financing projects and poor managerial skills. Similarly, the causes of the cost overruns have been found as material cost increased due to inflation.

scholarly journals Measuring the Project Management Complexity: The Case of Information Technology Projects

Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocio Poveda-Bautista ◽  
Jose-Antonio Diego-Mas ◽  
Diego Leon-Medina
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
It Projects ◽  
Information Technology Projects ◽  
Complex Projects ◽  
Management Association ◽  
Project Complexity ◽  
Complexity Assessment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Specific Project

Complex projects require specific project management (PM) competences development. However, while no complex projects have standards that are recognized to guide their management, complex projects do not have guides to deal with their complexity. To lead complex projects to success, this complexity must be measured quantitatively and, in our opinion, project management complexity assessment should be based on existing PM standards. In this work, the main project complexity assessment approaches based on PM standards are analyzed, observing that International Project Management Association (IPMA) approach is the closest to a tool that can be used as a complexity quantitative measurement system. On the other hand, several authors have shown that the inherent complexity of specific kind of projects must be measured in a particular way. The main objective of this research is to propose a project management complexity assessment tool for IT projects, providing a Complexity Index that measures the impact that complexity factors inherent to IT projects have under a specific complexity scenario. The tool combines the use of complexity factors defined by IPMA approach and the use of complexity factors found in the literature to manage inherent complexity of IT projects. All these factors were validated by expert survey and the tool was applied to a study case.

scholarly journals Project management templates used to plan and manage product and service provision. Case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-247
Author(s):  
Ilinca SOARE ◽  
Manuela RUSU ◽  
Adriana STEFAN ◽  
Alina DRAGOMIRESCU ◽  
Constantin MILITARU
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Group Project ◽  
Single Location ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
Specific Project

This article presents a compilation of methods and techniques that help manage projects successfully and which are developed by IAQG - International Aerospace Quality Group. Project management is a structured process that helps teams to achieve specific project goals. It can be used for all types of projects and project sizes. The templates were created to provide organizations a single location of common templates that can be used as an actual project workbook. The project management templates were customized using the project Technologies for obtaining new composite materials with advanced properties.

scholarly journals THE PLACE OF RISK MANAGEMENT IN AGILE METHODOLOGY

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Evelina Parashkevova
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Complex Activity ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Specific Approach ◽  
Agile Methodology ◽  
Agile Project Management ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Characteristic Features

Risk Management is an organized decision-making process that efficiently plans, assesses, handles, monitors, and documents risk to increase the likelihood of achieving project goals and decrease the likelihood that a risk would become a future problem. The introduction of agile project management as a methodology in organizations poses new challenges to risk management. Although some of the conventional methods can be applied, it is important to take into account the specific characteristics of the agile methodology. This implies a more dynamic application of a set of methods and techniques for identifying, analyzing, assessing, and affecting risk. Risk management is a complex activity requiring a specific approach in terms of the capacity of an organization and the characteristic features of projects. Risk management is an important part of the integrated project management framework. It is not a coincidence that this process is included in the methodologies of the Project Management Institute and the International Project Management Association as well as in a number of standards.Risk management is a complex activity requiring a specific approach in terms of the capacity of an organization and the characteristic features of projects. This means that even when standard rules, procedures, methods and techniques for project risk management exist, they need to be adapted to each particular case, analyzed and verified in the course of their implementation. Thus, this process can be highly effective.Organizations’ expectations of enhancing their effectiveness through risk management pose new challenges to project risk management methods and techniques. The dynamics of environmental factors – internal and external – is the main prerequisite for the attention managers pay to this process.It is important to note that each project is specific and standardized risk management systems would be not only difficult to implement, but also ineffective. The agile approach to project management implies agile risk management. This means that standard risk management methods, techniques and limitations need to be adapted to the specifics and complexity of a project on the one hand, the requirements of stakeholders, and the team and organizational capacity, on the other.The report focuses on issues related to agile project management, the integration of risk management into the project management process, and some contributing points of the agile methodology to improving the effectiveness of the project management process. Risk is presented as an unforeseen event that may have a positive or negative impact on project goals. The main advantages of agile risk management in a project and the possibility of integrating it with the overall project management are highlighted.

Project Management Knowledge Areas and Skills for Managing Software and Cloud Projects: Overcoming Challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofyan Hayajneh ◽  
Mohammed Hamada ◽  
Shadi Aljawarneh
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Critical Skills ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
New Challenges

Background: Cloud Computing has already started to revolutionize storing and accessing data. Although cloud computing is on its way to become a huge success, there are some challenges that arise while managing cloud services. This indeed reveals many new knowledge areas, skills and consequently new challenges that need to be overcome so that software project managers can cope and make use of the newly available cloud services. This research aims to identify the challenges faced by project managers in cloud computing and highlight the knowledge areas and skills required to meet these challenges. Methods: The findings of this paper are presented through three stages. First, the pre-survey questionnaire to validate skills and knowledge areas which will be selected and eventually adopted for the main survey. Second, interviews with experts in the field to discuss the challenges identified in the literature review and it will also be adopted with the pre-survey to build the main survey. Third, the main survey to identify the critical skills and knowledge areas that are required for managing cloud projects. Results: This study drew recommendations so that possible systems and tools can be developed and integrated to overcome some of these challenges that give it the importance of providing guidance for the managers in the field to improve the performance of project management successfully. Conclusion: This study leads to gain more understanding of the attributes of a competent cloud manager. It also determines knowledge areas and skills to help them effectively in overcoming the challenges faced in software and cloud projects.

Project Management as a Tool for Fostering Cooperation Between Municipalities in Slovenia

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Vrečko ◽  
Anja Žnidaršič ◽  
Jure Kovač
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Project Management Organizations

Among the answers to the new challenges of contemporary environment, cooperation between those who implement development in public administration at state, local and regional levels is increasingly highlighted. Surprisingly, the role of cooperation in developing projects and the maturity of public administrations’ project management organizations for accelerating the development of municipalities have not been researched until now. This study confirms that project cooperation between Slovenian municipalities promotes the municipalities’ orientation for achieving development through projects, and their management awareness of the importance of fundamental managerial functions and other project management concepts and techniques for the successful achievement of development goals.

scholarly journals Project management methodology in the public and private sector: The case of an emerging market

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Azamat Oinarov ◽  
Dana Eshimova
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Project Management System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Low Exposure ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Specific Project

Application of project management methodologies in different countries is varied. The preference of a particular methodology largely depends on the specific features of a project management system in use. The aim of the paper is to draw the attention of project-involved readers to the need to develop, not a guide, but a specific project management methodology for projects in the public-private sector. The objective pursued by the paper is to provide useful recommendations for improving the existing methodologies on project management in the public-private sector. Kazakhstan’s experience in implementing project management methodologies in its public sector is sporadic while its private sector uses of modern methodologies build on external investor proven practices. At the background of the low exposure of the public sector to the best of project management methodologies, the paper reviews existing international project management methodologies and develops useful recommendations on the methodology, most suitable for a developing country’s public-private sector, on Kazakhstan’s example.

scholarly journals Meaningfulness of basic factors of economic competition through the prism of the use of instruments of project management in an entrepreneurship

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-145
Author(s):  
Maryna Samsonenko ◽  
◽  
Khrystyna Peredalo ◽  
Yurii Oherchuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Economic Competition ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Restrictive Measures ◽  
Specific Project

The main factors of economic competition are considered, namely: people, time, money and quality. The ability to manage these factors through specific project management tools is reflected. The practical significance of each of the factors of economic competition is emphasized and the appropriate project management tool for the management of each of the factors on the example of companies in various sectors of the economy, based on research results or statistics. In particular, when considering the factor of economic competition "people", it is recommended to pay special attention to their role in improving the effectiveness of strategies implementation and changing the goal as a key quintessence of the organization, and for the development of this factor improved stakeholder assessment process is proposed, which is often used in project management to increase its competitiveness. Another tool in people management is analyzed - SCRUM teams, which have become especially popular globally. Research data on the level of their use in various areas of management are presented. To control the time parameter of economic competition, it is recommended to pay attention to the SMART technique, according to which the goals should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and limited in time. The importance of the "time" factor in the competitive environment is demonstrated by the example of postal companies and compared their level of competitive advantage according to this criterion, as well as those companies that responded quickly to restrictive measures during the Covid-19 pandemic and changed their priority projects to those that are more urgent today. Regarding the "quality" factor, analyzing the world's achievements, attention was paid to the effectiveness of using 14 principles of E. Deming, which still remain relevant. The "costs" factor is governed by classical and further tools such as budgeting and the popular E. Deming cycle. It is concluded that the use of various project management tools in the field of economic competition to increase the positive impact of its factors allows ensuring the desired level of competitiveness of the organization of any field of activity and at any stage of its life cycle. These tools are easy to use, versatile and practical.

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