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The effect of megaproject external social responsibility on community acceptance: the mediating role of public trust
Authors: D. Aga; B. Beyene
Year: 2024

PurposeBy extending corporate social responsibility research to a megaproject context, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of megaproject external social responsibility (SR) on community acceptance through the mediating role of public trust.Design/methodology/approachDrawing from legitimacy theory as well as corporate social responsibility literature, this study developed hypotheses linking the constructs of SR, (public) trust and community acceptance of a megaproject. Thereby, a household survey questionnaire was administered to collect data from randomly selected 328 households in the local community who reside near the construction site of a mega hydropower project in Ethiopia. Guided by structural equation modelling, Smart Partial Least Squares4 (SmartPLS4) was utilized to analyze the data.FindingsThe empirical findings show that community-targeted SR has a significant positive effect on community acceptance of a megaproject, whereas the direct effect of natural environment-targeted SR on community acceptance was found to be non-significant. More importantly, the study reveals that trust in the contractor of the megaproject mediates the relationships between a megaproject SR (fully in the case of the natural environment and partially for community-targeted responsibility) and community acceptance.Originality/valueThe present study contributes to legitimacy theory by illustrating the consequences of megaproject external SR in terms of trust and community acceptance, an issue which has not received adequate attention in the project management literature.
Accuracy of Contemporary Parametric Software Estimation Models: A Comparative Analysis
Authors: Derya Toka; O. Türetken
Year: 2013

Predicting the effort, duration and cost required to develop and maintain a software system is crucial in IT project management. Although an accurate estimation is invaluable for the success of an IT development project, it often proves difficult to attain. This paper presents an empirical evaluation of four parametric software estimation models, namely COCOMO II, SEER-SEM, SLIM, and True Planning, in terms of their project effort and duration prediction accuracy. Using real project data from 51 software development projects, we evaluated the capabilities of the models by comparing the predictions with the actual effort and duration values. The study showed that the estimation capabilities of the models investigated are on a par in accuracy, while there is still significant room for improvement in order to better address the prediction challenges faced in practice.
Social participation vs rating voting as part of decision making to create a comfortable urban environment
Authors: Vladimir Bogdanov
Year: 2024

We continue to study trends and attempts to reform territorial-settlement objects in the style of a “breakthrough”, namely, on the basis of highlighting national goals and a new project approach to the development of territories. The article raises the question of the significance, pros and cons of those mechanisms that are currently involved in the implementation of the tasks of urban planning and city regulation policy. Projects and programs implemented by the state for systemic changes in the urban environment are considered. In particular, sensitive topics are touched upon, which today concern both various departments, so is the population, namely in the context of the implementation of the federal project “Formation of a comfortable urban environment” of the national project “Housing and Urban Environment”, which is a continuation of the priority project “Formation of a comfortable urban environment” and was implemented in the period 2017-2018, and from May 7, 2024 it will be transformed into a new one – “Infrastructure for Life”. Since 2018, the project has been implemented by a rating voting mechanism based on mass participation of the population, the functionality of which is to organize the selection of territories for improvement and create a comfortable urban environment. In this regard, the article raises the following questions: can rating voting really be attributed to the mechanisms of socially-based urban development, considered an important element in managing the development of territories, an element of social participation technology? Or based on the practice of project management of the development of territories, the proposed mechanisms are only manipulative practices and new forms of imitation of management in the context of the development and implementation of urban planning solutions? Taking into account the fact that there is still no adequate resettlement system in the country, and new urban planning approaches that have not been tested in practice are being launched from above, such as integrated territorial development, we come to the conclusion that the principles of technocratic management remain dominant, the framework of which is the policy of urban planning and city regulation. As a result, the question is raised about the transition to a socially justified city system based on the principles of social participation.
Exploring the Relation Among Product Complexity, Team Seniority, and Project Performance as a Path for Planning New Product Development Projects: A Predictive Model Applying the System Dynamics Theory
Authors: S. Barbalho; M. Monteiro de Carvalho; Patricia Melo Tavares; C. Llanos; G. A. Leite
Year: 2019

For complex new product development (NPD) projects, traditional planning techniques have failed in realistic planning. Consequently, project performance has poor results, despite the dissemination of project management knowledge. This research aims to investigate the relationship between product complexity and team seniority as planning parameters for the NPD project, exploring the effect on project performance. The research applies a system dynamics model for simulating the influence of these parameters on project performance, particularly relating schedule and scope dimensions. In this article, we compare the impact of different relations between product complexity and team seniority on three projects in order to test the method. Only the product primary functions must be taken into account for gathering data from product complexity, and team seniority must be known. Besides, the decision-maker applies a first-order linear model to a goal-seeking background to predict the project schedule for a specified product scope. The results show that the model predicts the project schedule performance with an error of less than 15%, as compared to the actual projects’ performance.
How do business students self-regulate their project management learning? A sequence mining study
Authors: S. Heikkinen; Sonsoles López-Pernas; Jonna Malmberg; M. Tedre; Mohammed Saqr
Year: 2022

The relation between learning strategies and academic achievement has been proven to be strong in multiple studies. Still, the connection between micro-level SRL processes and the academic achievement of business students in learning project management remains unstudied. The current study aims to find how sequence mining can identify students using different learning tactics and strategies in terms of micro-level SRL processes. Our findings show that there are differences in the use of tactics and strategies between low and high performing students. Understanding the differences in how low and high performing students apply different micro-level SRL processes can help practitioners identify students in need of support for SRL.
Management of information systems projects in virtual environments and distributed teams
Authors: Carolina Torres-Sipión; Franz Brito-Trujillo; Néstor Felix Brisolesse; Moises Solis-Pozo; Julio Evangelista-Azañero; Camila Morales-Susanibar; Paul Mallqui-Rivera; Víctor Linares-Cabrera; F. Caro-Soto; Damaris Medina-Palma
Year: 2024

In today's business environment, effective information systems project management has evolved with the increasing adoption of virtual environments and distributed teams. This article addresses the challenges and best practices in managing information systems projects in virtual contexts, where teams work remotely and collaborate through digital tools. It highlights the advantages and pitfalls of this modality, as well as strategies to maximize efficiency and communication in this type of projects.In this context, the article addresses the challenges and best practices in managing information systems projects in virtual environments and with distributed teams. Through a comprehensive review of the current literature and the analysis of relevant cases, key strategies to optimize communication, coordination and success in this type of projects will be explored.
Critical Success Conditions for Enterprise Systems Change Projects
Authors: Odd Fredriksson; L. Ljung
Year: 2010

Enterprise systems are configurable and customized computer-based information systems, claiming to provide a total, integrated solution to firms’ information-processing needs. ‘Management support’, ‘User Involvement’, and ‘Project Management Experience’ are considered as three of the most important critical success conditions for Enterprise systems change projects. The main purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss new preconditions for established critical success conditions in Enterprise systems change projects. Traditional Enterprise systems technology and traditional plan-driven project management methods are not in an effective way supporting the established critical success conditions for Enterprise systems change projects. Supported by the findings from one case study, we propose that new preconditions, such as modern Enterprise systems technology, more narrowly defined projects and agile methods are matching each other. We also propose that this combination of new preconditions is more appropriate for supporting the realization of critical success conditions for Enterprise systems change projects.
Measuring the Residential Satisfaction as a Guide for Planning and Design Process in Housing Projects (Case Study of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia)
Authors: A. Mohammed; M. Maatouk; M. Helmi
Year: 2023

This study sought to enhance the planning process of housing projects in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by measuring residential satisfaction. To achieve this goal, the study conducted a survey of 3,568 household heads in four public housing projects and analyzed 342 responses using descriptive statistics. The survey consisted of forty-three indicators across six dimensions: residents' demographics, housing, social environment, physical environment, accessibility to services, and efficiency of services. The results of the survey revealed that while 49.6% of the residents were satisfied with their social relationships with neighbors, friends, and family, 59.4% of respondents were unsatisfied with the sense of safety and security within the projects, 78.7% were dissatisfied with housing project management, 68.8% with the physical environment, and 76.9% with access to public facilities such as mosques, schools, health and commercial centers, workplaces, relatives' homes, and the efficiency of housing project services was dissatisfied rated at 77.5%. Overall, the majority of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the housing projects as a place to live. To address these findings, the study developed a conceptual framework and approach based on residents' satisfaction as a means of improving the planning and design of housing projects in Saudi Arabia. The study also reviewed best practices for planning housing projects worldwide to inform the conceptual framework and approach. These findings and suggestions can inform future efforts to improve the residential satisfaction of housing projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Assessing the Risk of Software Development in Agile Methodologies Using Simulation
Authors: M. I. Lunesu; R. Tonelli; Lodovica Marchesi; M. Marchesi
Year: 2021

Agile methodologies aim to reduce software development risk using short iterations, feature-driven development, continuous integration, testing automation, and other practices. However, the risk of project failure or time and budget overruns is still a relevant problem. This paper aims to present and discuss a new approach to model some key risk factors in agile development, using software process simulation modeling (SPSM), which can complement other approaches, and whose usage is particularly suited for agile development. We introduce a new approach to modeling some key risk factors – namely project duration, number of implemented issues, and key statistics of issue completion time – using a simulator of agile development, which we developed for this purpose. The approach includes modeling the agile process, gathering data from the tool used for project management, and performing Monte Carlo simulations of the process, to get insights about the expected time and effort to complete the project, and about their distributions. The model’s parameters that can cause risk are errors in effort estimation of the features to develop, variations in developers’ assignment to these features, impediments related to developers’ availability and work completion. To validate the simulator, and to demonstrate how the method can be used, we analyzed three open-source projects, gathering their data from JIRA repositories. We ran Monte Carlo simulations of these projects, showing that the simulator can well approximate the progress of the real project, then varying the identified risk factors and statistically evaluating their effects on the risk parameters. The proposed approach is relevant for project managers, being able to quantitatively evaluate the risks, provided that the process and the project’s data are properly modeled and gathered. As for the future, we are working to improve our risk assessment method, evaluating it on more case studies, scaling the model from a single team to multiple teams involved in one or more projects.
INFLUENCE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DONOR FUNDED EDUCATION PROJECTS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY
Authors: Eva Njoki Mwangi; Yusuf Muchelule
Year: 2020

This study sought to determine the effect of project management practices on the implementation of NGOs’ projects in Nairobi County. It narrowed down to education projects that were funded by NGOs in Nairobi County. The study was guided by the following objectives; to examine the influence of resource mobilization on the implementation of donor funded education project in Nairobi County; - and to determine the influence of team management on the implementation of donor funded education projects in Nairobi County. It was anchored on the resource dependency theory and contingency theory of organizational structure. It used a descriptive survey methodology. The total target population was 105 which comprised of; 17 project managers, 30 project supervisors from the 17 donor funded education projects in Nairobi County, 3 government representatives and 55 project committee members from beneficiary organizations. Primary data was used, where the questionnaires were administered to the respondents through the drop and the pick method and once collected the data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics to calculate the frequency percentages mean score as a measure of central tendency and standard deviation as a measure of data dispersion. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26 was used to perform correlation analysis to establish the degree of relationship between respondents' opinions on the two research objectives and the implementation of education projects. The information collected was handled with the utmost confidentiality. From multiple regressions, it was inferred that resource mobilization contributes most to the implementation of donor funded education projects followed by team management. The study concluded that most organizations had adequate resources in terms of human labor and funds. In terms of team management, it was concluded that proper communication channels and coordination from top managers to junior staff plays a big role in project implementation. The study recommended that management of organizations need to allocate more resources to foster successful project implementation. On team management, it recommended for a seamless and a comprehensive strategy in management practices that incorporate inclusivity of all stakeholders in the implementation process. Key Word: Resources Allocation, Team Mobilization CITATION: Mwangi, E. N., & Muchelule, Y. (2020). Influence of project management practices on the implementation of donor funded education projects in Nairobi City County. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7 (4), 1389 – 1401.
Provider's Innovativeness and Outsourcing Performance: the Moderating effects of Contractual and Relational Governace
Authors: Aihua Yan; Mary C Lacity; R. Sabherwal
Year: 2016

This study contributes to IS literature by answering a question: How do contractual governance or relational governance moderate the effect of provider’s innovativeness on outsourcing performance? We develop a research model based on an integration of multiple theories to test the moderating effects of contractual governance and relational governance. First, we examine the main effects of both provider firm capabilities and two governance mechanisms on outsourcing performance. In terms of provider’s firm capabilities, we focus on provider’s innovativeness, a capability to deliver innovation and continuous improvement, which is largely understudied in IS literature. We find that provider’s innovativeness, contractual governance, and relational governance all have significant positive effects on outsourcing performance. Second, we examine the interactions between provider’s innovativeness and those two dominant governance mechanisms. We find that relational governance does not have significant moderating effect on the relationship between provider’s innovativeness and outsourcing performance, whereas a formal contract which clearly specifies control mechanisms and incentives for providers has a positive moderating effect. Last, we discuss implications for further research and practice in global outsourcing projects management.
An empirical study of application of PSP methodology with students of a Systems Technology program with different levels of training
Authors: J. Manrique; Raquel Anaya
Year: 2012

It seeks to determine the feasibility and appropriateness of applying the first level of Personal Software Process in Systems Technology program with emphasis on software development, in order to develop in the students, basic and technical skills in Project Management and Quality. It was designed and implemented a pilot test for four groups of different levels of training. Each group performed two individual practices, according to their level of training, from which they collected some data that showed the learning outcomes. The main findings are: (a) the opening of freshman students to the application of PSP, in contrast to the resistance of students from last semester to the application of PSP, (b) the complexity of the tool in time and defects recording that generates more work to students and divert their attention from the technical work; (c) positive relationship between final product quality and adoption of PSP.
The Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Managing Project Processes and Targets: A Systematic Analysis
Authors: Cherie Noteboom; Martinson Q. Ofori; Zixing Shen
Year: 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the defining technology of the 21 st century and has far-reaching impacts on project management (PM). This study assesses the applications of AI in managing project processes and targets through a systematic analysis of publications from 2017 to 2021. The analysis has revealed interesting insights, trends, gaps, and issues. This study informs the researchers and practitioners of the status of AI applications in the management of project processes and targets. It helps stimulate research efforts that can lead to more advances in applying AI to augment PM practices.
A REVIEW OF ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ARCHI-PRENEURSHIP PRACTICE IN NIGERIA
Authors: Solomon Oisasoje Ayo-Odifiri
Year: 2023


This article appraises issues and opportunities of architectural entrepreneurship (archi-preneurship) practice in Nigeria. It recognises the relevance of entrepreneurial orientation in the architectural syllabus as a consequence of the emerging issues facing the career path and derived from students' long-term educational needs to prepare them for a successful job in a competitive global economy. Hence, industrialisation, job creation, and poverty alleviation processes are accentuated by entrepreneurship. To find out these issues and opportunities of archi-preneurship, a systematic review approach was adopted to source current relevant data from Academia, Elsevier, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, MDPI, and ResearchGate databases for this study, which focused on programmes relating to the architecture profession that can help entrepreneurs grow and make conclusions. The concepts of entrepreneurship, architecture, and technology were explored. Five specialisation areas that would potentially facilitate entrepreneurial prospects in Nigeria were identified, and the challenges they present to architects. These components include architecture consultation; research and application of building information modeling (BIM) technologies; property development and construction, retrofitting and energy efficiency; sustainable building material science; and urban design. Some available skills architecture graduates could engage in include landscaping, interior design, graphics and animation, project management, architecture blogging, forensic architecture, and building pathology among others. The study outlines different aspects that architects should consider to de-emphasise the hunt for non-existent office employment and embrace self-occupation. Also, more entrepreneurial training skills and development programmes should be established, as well as a reassessment of the present syllabi to instill business knowledge at all stages of architecture education.