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Chapter 15
Handbook of Research on Project Management Strategies and Tools for Organizational Success
This chapter takes the definition of the Project Management Institute , which is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities.
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Conflict Management in International Cooperation Project Teams: Perspective of a Project Manager in Colombia
Hugo Fernando Castro Silva (Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia, Colombia), Gonzalo Andres Rodríguez Cañas (Universidad EAN, Colombia), and Maricela I. Montes-Guerra (Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1934-9.ch015
Abstract
The complexity of projects of international cooperation (IC) and especially the characteristics which are similar to those of social, international projects in the public sector, and the amount and diversity of the interested parts, makes it necessary to implement strategies when handling conflicts in order to maintain the project according to the established plan and get benefits based on its objectives. This empirical cross-cutting research has as main objective to identify the conflict management process in project teams of international cooperation in Colombia and determine the great influence observed in the style of handling the conflict on the performance of the project. The results showed that the cooperative and collaborative styles are significantly and positively related to the project performance whereas competitive and evasive styles affect significantly and negatively the performance of the project of international cooperation in Colombia.
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Chapter 2
Process-Oriented Model for Managing Software Development Projects Using the PRINCE2 Method
The practice of organizing and managing resources to ensure task completion within predefined scope, timeline, and cost limits.
Published in Chapter: Process-Oriented Model for Managing Software Development Projects Using the PRINCE2 Method; From: Innovation, Strategy, and Transformation Frameworks for the Modern Enterprise
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CAMES: An Approach to Project Management Based on Action Research and the Ideal Speech Situation
A formalised approach to the management of activities, including a series of procedures and possibly supported by software. The application of processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the project objectives.
Published in Chapter: CAMES: An Approach to Project Management Based on Action Research and the Ideal Speech Situation; From: Handbook of Research on Effective Communication, Leadership, and Conflict Resolution
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Chapter 4
Project Planning, Management, Monitoring, and More
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Chapter 106
Project Management Concepts for E-HRM
The practice of organizing and managing a project in a controlled and defined manner by applying specific knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques with the objective of producing a project outcome that will meet or surpass the client’s satisfaction and expectations; often referred to as “PM.” The leader of the project is the project manager, or “the PM.”
Published in Chapter: Project Management Concepts for E-HRM; From: Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: Challenges in e-HRM
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Chapter 10
The Role of Management in Instructional Design
the use of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to enhance the instructional design process.
Published in Chapter: The Role of Management in Instructional Design; From: Handbook of Research on Adult Learning in Higher Education
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Chapter 7
Impact of Project Management Offices on Knowledge Management
Refers to “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements” ( PMI, 2017 , p. 10).
Published in Chapter: Impact of Project Management Offices on Knowledge Management; From: Handbook of Research on Project Management Strategies and Tools for Organizational Success
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Chapter 6
Project Portfolio Management: Tool for Strategy Implementation in Non-Governmental Organizations
The process of planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work to achieve specific goals in a specific time under predefined success criteria.
Published in Chapter: Project Portfolio Management: Tool for Strategy Implementation in Non-Governmental Organizations; From: Handbook of Research on Emerging Business Models and Managerial Strategies in the Nonprofit Sector
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Chapter 6
Agile Business Analysis for Digital Transformation
The application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements (PMI, 2017a).
Published in Chapter: Agile Business Analysis for Digital Transformation; From: Handbook of Research on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and ICTs
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Chapter 2
Performance-Driven Project Management in Cyprus
The effort of delivering something of value for the user of that output. Projects have a beginning and end point, compared to process management which is ongoing/repetitive. Although processes can be broken into projects and projects can be elements of programs, this is a defined effort with resources assigned, timeframe designated, and quality/criteria established.
Published in Chapter: Performance-Driven Project Management in Cyprus; From: Cases on Performance Improvement Innovation
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Chapter 8
The Role of an Agile and Lean Project Management Toolkit for Assisting E-Learning Project Management Teams in Multi-National Organisations: Accounting for Inter-Organisational Architecture, Culture, Agility, and Change in Legacy Systems
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Steering Start-Ups' Organizational Behavior Through Development of Project Management Practices
Application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques applied to project activities in order to achieve project goals and implemented through processes groups – initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.
Published in Chapter: Steering Start-Ups' Organizational Behavior Through Development of Project Management Practices; From: Recent Advances in the Roles of Cultural and Personal Values in Organizational Behavior
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Chapter 76
Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning
The body of knowledge concerned with principles, techniques, and tools used in planning, control, monitoring, and review of projects.
Published in Chapter: Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 7
The Relationships between Project Management and Knowledge Management: Where We Can Find Project Knowledge Management in the Project Management Process
A set of efforts implemented to meet and deliver the scope within the established deadlines and costs, generating results in a level of quality that meets stakeholders’ expectations and contributes to customers’ satisfaction, considering that risks are manageable.
Published in Chapter: The Relationships between Project Management and Knowledge Management: Where We Can Find Project Knowledge Management in the Project Management Process; From: Handbook of Research on Effective Project Management through the Integration of Knowledge and Innovation
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Chapter 16
Soft Skills as a Critical Success Factor in Project Management
Application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet its requirements.
Published in Chapter: Soft Skills as a Critical Success Factor in Project Management; From: Handbook of Research on Project Management Strategies and Tools for Organizational Success
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Chapter 48
Technology Enhanced Collaborative Leadership Development
Involves a range of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to manage resources and ensure that the objectives and deliverables of a project are achieved in a timely and cost effective manner.
Published in Chapter: Technology Enhanced Collaborative Leadership Development; From: Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy
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Chapter 315
Project Management in Government
The discipline of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria. A project is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service, or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or deliverables) undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value.
Published in Chapter: Project Management in Government; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 103
The ISO/IEC 29110 Software Lifecycle Standard for Very Small Companies
This is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources to achieve specific goals.
Published in Chapter: The ISO/IEC 29110 Software Lifecycle Standard for Very Small Companies; From: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
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Chapter 5
Journey to Project Management Program Design: Certification, Alignment, and Quality in Higher Education
When a temporary endeavor is defined with a clear beginning and end, it is considered a “project” rather than an ongoing “operation.” The term Project Management refers to the systematic approach to oversee this temporary endeavor. The Project Management Institute has defined this type of management as “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements” ( www.pmi.org , 2019).
Published in Chapter: Journey to Project Management Program Design: Certification, Alignment, and Quality in Higher Education; From: Cases on Learning Design and Human Performance Technology
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Chapter 13
A Fuzzy Group Decision-Making Approach to Construction Project Risk Management
Project management is the discipline of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria. A project is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or deliverables) undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value.
Published in Chapter: A Fuzzy Group Decision-Making Approach to Construction Project Risk Management; From: Handbook of Research on Leveraging Risk and Uncertainties for Effective Project Management
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Chapter 7
Attributes of an Effective Project Manager: The Case of European Operational Programs in the Public Sector
The use of specific knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to achieve specific project objectives and deliver an added value outcome to users.
Published in Chapter: Attributes of an Effective Project Manager: The Case of European Operational Programs in the Public Sector; From: Financial Evaluation and Risk Management of Infrastructure Projects
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Chapter 10
Agile Management for Multimedia: A Case Study
A discipline oriented to the systematizing of time limited and goal defined efforts of development, from the project phases to the people, resources, time and costs involved.
Published in Chapter: Agile Management for Multimedia: A Case Study; From: Handbook of Research on Enterprise 2.0: Technological, Social, and Organizational Dimensions
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The Roles of Information Technology and Knowledge Management in Project Management Metrics
The knowledge about principles, techniques, and tools used to plan, control, and monitor the projects.
Published in Chapter: The Roles of Information Technology and Knowledge Management in Project Management Metrics; From: Handbook of Research on Effective Project Management through the Integration of Knowledge and Innovation
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Chapter 2
Incidence of Organizational Culture in Digital Transformation Projects
This chapter takes the definition of the Project Management Institute, which is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities.
Published in Chapter: Incidence of Organizational Culture in Digital Transformation Projects; From: Handbook of Research on Management Techniques and Sustainability Strategies for Handling Disruptive Situations in Corporate Settings
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Chapter 1
Internal Communication in Contemporary Organizations: Digital Challenge in a Project Management Department
It can be defined as the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to design activities that make it possible to respond to project requirements.
Published in Chapter: Internal Communication in Contemporary Organizations: Digital Challenge in a Project Management Department; From: Navigating Digital Communication and Challenges for Organizations
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Chapter 3
Information Management in Project Management: Theoretical Guidelines for Practical Implementation
Is the application of Knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements ( PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, 2013 AU19: The citation "PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, 2013" matches the reference "Project Management Institute, 2013", but the capitalization is different. ).
Published in Chapter: Information Management in Project Management: Theoretical Guidelines for Practical Implementation; From: Handbook of Research on Effective Project Management through the Integration of Knowledge and Innovation
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Chapter 12
A Model for Competence E-Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education
Application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.
Published in Chapter: A Model for Competence E-Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education; From: Handbook of Research on E-Assessment in Higher Education
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Chapter 16
The Business Transformation Framework, Agile Project and Change Management
It is an administrative and planning aspect of a Project and any other type of project where it sets the responsibilities, tasks and duties of the Project ’s team members.
Published in Chapter: The Business Transformation Framework, Agile Project and Change Management; From: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Business Operations and Management
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Chapter 10
Project Management and Efficiency of the Projects in the Industry 4.0 Era
Project management is concerned with planning, scheduling and controlling project activities to achieve timely project completion within budget and meeting performance expectations.
Published in Chapter: Project Management and Efficiency of the Projects in the Industry 4.0 Era; From: Agile Approaches for Successfully Managing and Executing Projects in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Chapter 141
The Contribution of Benefit Management to Improve Organizational Maturity
Is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements ( PMI, 2016 ).
Published in Chapter: The Contribution of Benefit Management to Improve Organizational Maturity; From: Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning
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Chapter 420
Cost Estimation and Security Investment of Security Projects
Is a common framework providing managers with principles, techniques, and tools needed to manage project team effort efficiently and to meet successfully the enterprise’s project objectives.
Published in Chapter: Cost Estimation and Security Investment of Security Projects; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 26
Scrumming: Gamifying a Dashboard for Undergraduate Student Motivation
Set of activities to be performed in all projects covering its planification, monitoring and control and its closure to achieve that project can be achieved within the time and budget expected.
Published in Chapter: Scrumming: Gamifying a Dashboard for Undergraduate Student Motivation; From: Handbook of Research on the Influence and Effectiveness of Gamification in Education
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Chapter 95
‘Stream of Training' Approach in Project Management Training
A methodology undertaken by a project team and led by a project manager to minimize the risk of failure and maximize the chances of success in a project. The project team under the leadership of the project manager defines goals/targets, determines how to efficiently utilize project resources such as time, money, people, materials, systems, and so forth during the course of a project.
Published in Chapter: ‘Stream of Training' Approach in Project Management Training; From: Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology
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Chapter 166
Process Management Methodology
A discipline that requires the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques during project activities to achieve the goals of a particular project, while optimizing the use of resources (time, costs, people, materials, etc).
Published in Chapter: Process Management Methodology; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 1
Instructional Design Methodologies
Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad range of activities in order to meet the requirements of the particular project. A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to achieve a particular aim. Project management knowledge and practices are best described in terms of their component processes. These processes can be placed into five process groups: initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing—and nine knowledge areas—project integration management, project scope management, project time management, project cost management, project quality management, project human resource management, project communications management, project risk management, and project procurement management
Published in Chapter: Instructional Design Methodologies; From: Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology
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Chapter 14
Adopting Communications Management Practices in Project Management: A Preliminary Study in Bogotá, Colombia
Applies appropriate methods, techniques, and tools to organize the activities of a project, and to achieve its objectives.
Published in Chapter: Adopting Communications Management Practices in Project Management: A Preliminary Study in Bogotá, Colombia; From: Handbook of Research on Project Management Strategies and Tools for Organizational Success
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IS Project and Portfolio Management
The planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of resources for a finite period of time to complete specific goals and objectives.
Published in Chapter: IS Project and Portfolio Management; From: Handbook of Research on Instructional Systems and Technology
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Chapter 43
Assessing Critical Success Factors of ERP Implementation
Is the ensemble of activities concerned with successfully achieving a set of goals. This includes planning, scheduling and maintaining progress of the activities that comprise the project.
Published in Chapter: Assessing Critical Success Factors of ERP Implementation; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 505
Management and Cost Estimation of Security Projects
is a common framework providing managers with principles, techniques, and tools needed to manage project team effort efficiently (in a timely manner, and utilizing the forecasted resources), and therefore to meet successfully the enterprise’s project objectives.
Published in Chapter: Management and Cost Estimation of Security Projects; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 2
Patient Advocacy and the Policy Making Process
Practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team, to achieve specific goals within project’s constraints such as timing, quality requirements and budget. The core of project management is the continuous following, monitoring and governing (i.e. management) of each phase of the project. The discipline originated for the conduction of complex projects, for example for engineering, public works, software development, and so on.
Published in Chapter: Patient Advocacy and the Policy Making Process; From: Managing Patients' Organizations to Improve Healthcare: Emerging Research and Opportunities
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Chapter 2
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Maturity Models: Utility for Practitioners
The practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time – such activities are known as a ‘project’, a temporary endeavor to produce a specific outcome.
Published in Chapter: Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Maturity Models: Utility for Practitioners; From: Diverse Applications and Transferability of Maturity Models
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Chapter 14
Quality Assurance in Project Management
Project management is carefully planned, organized effort to manage the resources in order to successfully accomplish specific project goals and objectives. Project management covers the entire life cycle of a project right from the feasibility study of the project, project planning, implementation, evaluation, support, and maintenance of the project. Each phases of the project is a vast topic within project management. The topic of interest here is the quality assurance in project management.
Published in Chapter: Quality Assurance in Project Management; From: Handbook of Research on Technology Project Management, Planning, and Operations
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Chapter 54
The Business Transformation Framework, Agile Project and Change Management
It is an administrative and planning aspect of a Project and any other type of project where it sets the responsibilities, tasks and duties of the Project ’s team members.
Published in Chapter: The Business Transformation Framework, Agile Project and Change Management; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 15
Knowledge Management and Its Relationship With Organizational Maturity Processes: An Approach on Project Management
This chapter takes the definition of the Project Management Institute, which is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities.
Published in Chapter: Knowledge Management and Its Relationship With Organizational Maturity Processes: An Approach on Project Management; From: Handbook of Research on International Business and Models for Global Purpose-Driven Companies
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Chapter 309
Information Project Assessment by the ANDA Method
The application of the knowledge and techniques specific to the project-oriented activities, so that the stakeholders’ expectations and requirements should be attained or surpassed
Published in Chapter: Information Project Assessment by the ANDA Method; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 1
Project Management With High-Performance Work Teams: Analysis of Generic Competencies That Influence Collective Performance
This chapter takes the definition of the Project Management Institute , which is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities.
Published in Chapter: Project Management With High-Performance Work Teams: Analysis of Generic Competencies That Influence Collective Performance; From: Handbook of Research on Project Management Strategies and Tools for Organizational Success
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Chapter 173
Project Management for Transformational eGovernment
The discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
Published in Chapter: Project Management for Transformational eGovernment; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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Chapter 14
Investments in IS/IT Projects: The Healthcare Sector
Is the process within organization where temporary endeavours are undertaken for beneficial change and added value (Nokes, 2007 AU215: The in-text citation "Nokes, 2007" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ), requiring a multi-dimensional set of skills and a professional practice of managerial knowledge (Hodgson, 2002 AU216: The in-text citation "Hodgson, 2002" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ; Kerzner, 2013 AU217: The in-text citation "Kerzner, 2013" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).
Published in Chapter: Investments in IS/IT Projects: The Healthcare Sector; From: Effective AI, Blockchain, and E-Governance Applications for Knowledge Discovery and Management
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Chapter 12
Project Management Tools and Techniques to Deal With Disruptive Situations in Projects: An Applied Research in the Colombian Context
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Chapter 52
Experience-Based Learning
The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad range of activities in order to meet the requirements of the particular project.
Published in Chapter: Experience-Based Learning; From: Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
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Chapter 12
Sustainability on Project Management: An Analysis of the Construction Industry in Colombia
It corresponds to the application of hard and soft skills during the life cycle of a project in order to meet the objectives of the project.
Published in Chapter: Sustainability on Project Management: An Analysis of the Construction Industry in Colombia; From: Handbook of Research on Project Management Strategies and Tools for Organizational Success
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Chapter 7
Examining Stakeholders' Roles in Influencing IT Project Cancellation Decisions
The process of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling the production of a system
Published in Chapter: Examining Stakeholders' Roles in Influencing IT Project Cancellation Decisions; From: Handbook of Research on Technology Project Management, Planning, and Operations
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Chapter 326
Information Systems and Technology Projects in Healthcare Organisations
Project management is the application of processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the project objectives.
Published in Chapter: Information Systems and Technology Projects in Healthcare Organisations; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 377
Knowledge Sharing Tools for IT Project Management
Use of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to perform activities related to a temporary venture to develop a unique product or service according to stakeholder specifications.
Published in Chapter: Knowledge Sharing Tools for IT Project Management; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 27
Project Management: An e-Government Driver?
The discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
Published in Chapter: Project Management: An e-Government Driver?; From: Handbook of Research on E-Government in Emerging Economies: Adoption, E-Participation, and Legal Frameworks
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Chapter 14
Considering Sustainability in Project Management Processes
The planning, monitoring and controlling of project delivery and support processes, aimed at realizing benefits for stakeholders.
Published in Chapter: Considering Sustainability in Project Management Processes; From: Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Economics
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Chapter 12
Methodology to Improve the Maturity of Project Management at Industrial Enterprises
A summary of management tasks, management organization, management techniques, and managing means for project realization.
Published in Chapter: Methodology to Improve the Maturity of Project Management at Industrial Enterprises; From: Diverse Applications and Transferability of Maturity Models
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Chapter 13
Model Based on Ontological Engineering as Support for Stakeholder Management
Is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements.
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Chapter 15
Management of Big Data Projects: PMI Approach for Success
Project Management is the planning, reporting, and control of project activities to reach the project goals.
Published in Chapter: Management of Big Data Projects: PMI Approach for Success; From: Agile Approaches for Successfully Managing and Executing Projects in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Chapter 500
Project Management and Graduate Education
The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations of that project.
Published in Chapter: Project Management and Graduate Education; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 600
Software Development Process Standards for Very Small Companies
This is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources to achieve specific goals.
Published in Chapter: Software Development Process Standards for Very Small Companies; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 73
Deploying a Software Process Lifecycle Standard in Very Small Companies
The process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources to achieve specific goals.
Published in Chapter: Deploying a Software Process Lifecycle Standard in Very Small Companies; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 14
Communication Skills Training in Workplaces: Workshop Programs in Industrial Environments
It can be defined as the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to design activities that make it possible to respond to project requirements.
Published in Chapter: Communication Skills Training in Workplaces: Workshop Programs in Industrial Environments; From: Cases on Developing Effective Research Plans for Communications and Information Science
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Chapter 18
Identifying the Key Success Factors of Innovation for Improving the New Product Development Process
A methodical approach that aims to achieve the project objectives through planning, executing, and controlling project processes.
Published in Chapter: Identifying the Key Success Factors of Innovation for Improving the New Product Development Process; From: Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Chapter 6
Investigating the Risks of Time and Cost Overruns in Infrastructure Projects
Project management is the suitable application and integration of knowledge, skills, techniques and tools to project functions in order to meet project requirements efficiently.
Published in Chapter: Investigating the Risks of Time and Cost Overruns in Infrastructure Projects; From: Financial Evaluation and Risk Management of Infrastructure Projects
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Chapter 6
When Is It a Good Fit to Apply the Scrum Approach to Project Management
Project management is the application of processes, methods, skills, knowledge, and experience to achieve specific project objectives according to the project acceptance criteria within agreed parameters. Project management has final deliverables that are constrained to a finite timescale and budget.
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Chapter 168
Project Management in Innovation Networks
The application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities in order to meet stakeholders’ needs and expectations from a project.
Published in Chapter: Project Management in Innovation Networks; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 333
Experiences of Implementing a Large-Scale Blended, Flipped Learning Project
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Chapter 21
E-Health Strategic Planning: Defining the E-Health Services' Portfolio
A structured (adaptive) approach to help the organizations to define, plan and conduct their projects on time and within budget and requirements, in spite of the uncertainties of the social and organizational environments, such as: changing policies; attitudes of the stakeholders; emerging technology; novelty; complexity; etc.
Published in Chapter: E-Health Strategic Planning: Defining the E-Health Services' Portfolio; From: Handbook of Research on Developments in E-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives
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Chapter 7
Prospects and Challenges of Application of Project Management Techniques to Enhance the Delivery of Projects in Libraries and Information Centers
This is a scientific approach that is concerned with the controlling, organizing, and coordinating of all activities required in a project to efficiently achieve the objectives and completion of a project.
Published in Chapter: Prospects and Challenges of Application of Project Management Techniques to Enhance the Delivery of Projects in Libraries and Information Centers; From: Handbook of Research on Knowledge and Organization Systems in Library and Information Science
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Chapter 126
Contributions of Information Technology Tools to Project's Accounting and Financing
A wide discipline that includes the knowledge base and techniques for planning, controlling, and implementing projects. The PMI (Project Management Institute) defines it as follows: “Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.”
Published in Chapter: Contributions of Information Technology Tools to Project's Accounting and Financing; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 2
Trends in Management of TI Projects and CEO Competence
Set of methodologies to plan and direct the processes of a project.
Published in Chapter: Trends in Management of TI Projects and CEO Competence; From: Handbook of Research on Project Management Strategies and Tools for Organizational Success
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Chapter 12
eRiskGame: A Persistent Browser-Based Game for Supporting Project-Based Learning in the Risk Management Context
Procedure whereby a venture is led to its conclusion taking into account the costs, deadlines, quality expectation and other targets set in advance.
Published in Chapter: eRiskGame: A Persistent Browser-Based Game for Supporting Project-Based Learning in the Risk Management Context; From: Handbook of Research on Serious Games as Educational, Business and Research Tools
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