derhan/semantic-scholar-manajemen-proyek huggingface dataset:
Qualifying Software Engineers Undergraduates in DevOps - Challenges of Introducing Technical and Non-technical Concepts in a Project-oriented Course
Authors: Isaque Alves; Carla Rocha
Year: 2021

he constant changes in the software industry, practices, and methodologies impose challenges to teaching and learning current software engineering concepts and skills. DevOps is particularly challenging because it covers technical concepts, such as pipeline automation, and non-technical ones, such as team roles and project management. The present study investigates a course setup to introduce these concepts to software engineering undergraduates. We designed the course by employing coding to associate DevOps concepts to Agile, Lean, and Open source practices and tools. We present the main aspects of this project-oriented DevOps course, with 240 students enrolled it since its first offering in 2016. We conducted an empirical study, with both a quantitative and qualitative analysis, to evaluate this project-oriented course setup. We collected the data from the projects repository and students’ perceptions from a questionnaire. We mined 148 repositories (corresponding to 72 projects) and obtained 86 valid responses to the questionnaire. We also mapped the concepts which are more challenging to students learn from experience. The results evidence that first-hand experience facilitates the comprehension of DevOps concepts and enriches classes discussions. we present a set of lessons learned, which may help professors better design and conduct project-oriented courses to cover DevOps concepts.
PMBoK vs. PRINCE2 in the context of Polish construction projects: Structural Equation Modelling approach
Authors: J. Sobieraj; D. Metelski; P. Nowak
Year: 2023

This paper discusses the approaches of Polish construction managers in terms of their preferences for the use of the two most popular project management (PM) standards and methodologies, namely PMBoK and PRINCE2. Our empirical survey was carried out in a group of managers and construction experts and involved 192 Polish SME companies from the Polish construction sector. The answers to the questionnaire were carefully analysed and interpreted with the use of the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Method. The results show what can affect the choice of management methodology, with a particular focus on such latent variables as PM flexibility, rigidity, knowledge and control. Our study provides empirical evidence which contributes to more effective management of investment projects undertaken by construction companies. The most important conclusions from our study are that PMBoK is more likely tied to flexibility and knowledge and PRINCE2 to rigidity and control. However, it does not necessarily mean that PMBoK has an advantage over PRINCE2. Simply put, the choice of the right methodology may depend on a number of other additional factors, such as: project size, its specific environmental conditions, size of a company implementing specific project, etc. Therefore, under certain conditions (e.g. for larger and more complex projects, etc.) it may be advisable to rely on the PRINCE2 methodology.
Organizational Impact on Project Management in Financial Data Warehousing: A Case Study
Authors: Marc Räkers; Christoph Rosenkranz
Year: 2008

Today s financial industry is fundamentally based on information technology. Most companies, especially banks, run data warehouses to achieve an integrated view on their whole business. These financial data warehouses have to cope with very different kinds of information provided by each business unit. As banking product portfolios are subject to frequent changes and warehouse requirements are enhanced permanently due to supervisory guidelines and internal reporting needs, data warehouse projects have to master various challenges over time. In order to obtain resilience, the organizational structure of data warehouse projects has to be aligned to team members roles, skills and required communication channels. We describe how communication problems can be identified by using the Viable System Model and examine how communication between project stakeholders influenced a project in an exemplary case study. We illustrate that the management of financial data warehouse projects has to deal with complex problems of knowledge transfer due to a gap of mutual understanding between project members from business and IT departments.
First-year engineering students’ learner agency sources in a systemic PBL environment: a Q study
Authors: N. Lyngdorf; Xiangyun Du; A. Lundberg
Year: 2023

ABSTRACT Problem-based learning (PBL) has been implemented with different levels of success in first-year engineering education in response to the rapidly growing requirements for a higher degree of learner agency in graduates. This study is contextualised in a systemic problem-based learning environment and explores the sources of first-year engineering students’ learner agency development in relation to the main features and skillsets of PBL, such as teamwork, student-centredness, problem orientation and project organisation. Q methodology was employed, including both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis based on a 39-statement Q sample and 102 valid Q sorts. The Q analysis identified four statistically distinct viewpoints on the key sources of learner agency for students: (1) Team dynamism and self-directed learning within the project team, (2) Trust and peer support within the project team, (3) Individual efforts at career readiness and (4) Team efforts at project management. The findings highlight the potential of PBL for offering more and better pedagogical support for first-year engineering students in developing learner agency.
Toward a Project Management Theory for Renewal Projects
Authors: Erling S. Andersen
Year: 2006

Project management literature treats projects as fundamentally similar. However, empirical studies show that projects are systematically managed differently. Thus, theories on how to manage different types of projects should be developed. This paper focuses on internal renewal projects that are seen as temporary organizations with assignments from a mother organization. This leads to an extended concept of project success. The propositions put forward to identify project success constitute a theory for renewal projects.
Operational challenges in collaborative research projects: Addressing conflict multidimensionality
Authors: K. Löhr; M. Bonatti; L. H. I. Homem; S. Schlindwein; S. Sieber
Year: 2018


Purpose
Collaborative research projects are highly complex organizational settings with specific needs and inherent risks that can endanger project success if not managed well. The purpose of this paper is to enlarge the knowledge of operational challenges in collaborative research projects to improve both project and conflict management.


Design/methodology/approach
On the basis of the concept of systemic conflict, this study conducts a conflict analysis of a collaborative research project on food security to establish how multiple conflict drivers interact.


Findings
The results show that multiple conflict drivers affect the operation of collaborative research projects and the drivers also interact and do not function in isolation. The study also finds that the importance of some drivers differs when comparing project members’ perceptions with the number of interlinkages between drivers. A conflict map is provided to visualize the results.


Research limitations/implications
The empirical evidence provided in this study is limited because it relies on a single case study and on project members’ perceptions.


Practical implications
The research can help not only the research community and, in particular, project management but also funding bodies in dealing with the unpredictability of outcomes created by project dynamics. In addition, the results can feed into future research, project design and management strategies.


Originality/value
The study applies multidimensional conflict analysis to a field that is understudied.
Prospective analysis in the music industry under the artistic context in music project management
Authors: Denis Manuel Roa-García; Mario Enrique Uribe-Macías; Juan José Forero-Ortíz
Year: 2023

En la industria musical, en lo que respecta a la gerencia de proyectos, cuenta con poca información que valide la aplicación de las buenas prácticas en la gestión; motivo por el cual, se realizó un análisis prospectivo en la industria musical bajo el contexto artístico en la gestión de proyectos musicales en Ibagué. La metodología de estudio se trabajó bajo una perspectiva cualitativa, con enfoque exploratorio y descriptivo, con un diseño conceptual, visión estratégica y construcción de escenarios. Los resultados de la investigación contribuyeron a que los artistas consideren la importancia de adquirir habilidades gerenciales para fortalecer la industria musical en la gestión de proyectos, al nivel de llegar a obtener una oficina de gestión de proyectos musicales, además de otros alcances en los próximos 10 años (2022 al 2032). Es de vital importancia que los actores sociales generen el cambio y puedan seguir las estrategias planteadas en esta investigación.
SOLAR POWERED OFF-GRID WATER DISTRIBUTION PROJECTS: A CASE STUDY COMPARISON OF TWO COMMUNITIES
Authors: Lonny Simonian; Paul Redden
Year: 2024

This paper presents the pre-construction planning and construction installation phases of student-run projects in Ecuador and Ghana to provide fresh water via pumped water storage through photovoltaic (PV) systems. Our Ecuadorian project relied on a preliminary design prepared by a non-profit organization as the construction basis. The Ghanian project was designed by students, with faculty support. These two case studies were chosen because they had similar project goals, occurred close in time, and had the same faculty and student clubs performing the work. The fundamental project management areas of scope, schedule, and budget management were assessed as a basis for comparison. Although there were several differences between the projects, students gained new knowledge in all of these areas. The work involved several students and two faculty from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly). The work included piping connections to direct current submersible pumps, water storage, distribution piping/connections to a village community center or directly to households, PV panels, and an electrical distribution system with overcurrent protection. The initial design was an important part of each project; however, many details were resolved during construction using a design-build approach.
Gamification of software engineering curriculum
Authors: V. Uskov; B. Sekar
Year: 2014

Advances in computer gaming technology, digital game design, game engine development, mobile computing, and mobile software engineering, stimulated active research on gamification of processes and activities in "serious" areas such as education, learning, corporate training, management, administration, marketing, simulations of complex physical objects and phenomena, engineering, project management, Wellness, healthcare, chemistry, and other areas. The performed analysis of the current status of serious games' applications in industry clearly shows that it will soon need a significant number of well educated and highly skilled specialists in gamification of main business processes, including serious games' software engineers, analysts, designers, developers, testers, etc. The findings and outcomes of performed analysis motivated the authors - faculty and graduate student at Bradley University (Peoria, IL, U.S.A.) - to work collaboratively, propose a new approach and ways of gamification of software engineering curriculum.
Adopting Agile Methods for Graduate Employability
Authors: Bernard Griffin; M. Udall; Margaret Ross; E. Georgiadou
Year: 2013

The paper evaluates the impacts of using adaptive contemporary workplace methods for the enhancement of student motivation and learning, along with future employability. The interim effects of incorporating an 'Agile' project management approach within an established Activity-Based Learning strategy are considered for second year undergraduate students in Software Engineering and Computer Games Development environments. A range of observations and measurements are analysed to determine likely cause and effect relationships, supported by the university's virtual learning environment, as a key communications component. The findings suggest that student motivation may be significantly enhanced through online access to interactive multi-media materials in support of an incremental facilitated learning strategy. In addition, local employer interest in graduate recruitment has been increased.
Rough Registration of BIM Element Projection for Construction Progress Tracking
Authors: Jingguo Xue; X. Hou; Ying Zeng
Year: 2022

Monitoring construction progress is essential for project management. A variety of excellent automatic schedule acquisition methods have been proposed, particularly 3D reconstruction. However, both laser-based and image-based 3D reconstruction methods rely on point clouds which have some inherent defects. In this study, a rough registration method was proposed to obtain construction progress. The method does not generate point clouds during the entire process but determines the actual construction progress by registering the target detection results and the projection of building information model elements. The method was tested at the construction sites of commercial and residential buildings. The experimental results indicated that the registration accuracy reached 95.13%. The average external parameter calibration time and the registration time of each image are 18.57s and 50.59ms, respectively. Compared to similar 3D reconstruction methods, the proposed method is realistic, fast, and simple. This provides a promising method for 3D reconstruction from unordered construction-site images.
Using learning analytics to assess project management skills on engineering degree courses
Authors: I. Menchaca; M. Guenaga; J. Solabarrieta
Year: 2016

Learning analytics is a field of study that has been evolving since the outset in attempting to meet various needs. The use of learning analytics techniques has helped us ascertain the level of students' participation and their degree of satisfaction in order to learn how they use resources or identify students at risk. Research currently focuses on applying these techniques to find out how the student learns and to improve teaching/learning processes. A key aspect in improving these processes is the assessment of general competences, which constitutes key learning in engineering students and has thus been identified as a need that can be met by learning analytics. An experiment was conducted on 93 students from different engineering groups at the University of Deusto with a view to assessing the extent to which students have developed the project management competence, using learning analytics techniques. The model designed for analysis is described in this paper, in addition to the methodology and research carried out. Results have shown that by combining an automatic analysis and exploratory learning analytics techniques, conclusions can effectively be drawn about the extent to which a given student has developed a competence based on data obtained via use of a technological tool.
The Effect of Procurement Practices on the Public Project Performance: The Case of North Showa Zone, Oromiya Region, Ethiopia
Authors: Bogale Belay Abegaz
Year: 2024

The overall objective of this study was to assess the effects of procurement practices on the performance of public projects in the case of North Shoa Zone. The specific objectives of the study were, to find out the effects of procurement planning, supplier selection process, procurement contract management and procurement staff competency on the performance of projects. The study took a quantitative research approach and explanatory research design. A census sampling technique was employed to select 114 employees related to project procurement practices and project management as respondents. All of the questionnaires were submitted back for analysis, representing a response rate of 100%. A structured questionnaire was administered to collect data from the respondents. The data was finally analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) V.28 to compute descriptive statistics such as the mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics like Pearson’s correlation analysis to obtain findings vital for the research study. In addition, regression analyses were conducted to estimate the average effects of procurement practices on public project performance. Majority of the respondents indicated that procurement practices affect project performance to a large extent. The regression analysis result indicated that procurement planning, supplier selection process, procurement contract management, and procurement staff competency had significant positive influence on performance of projects. The analysis further revealed that the four independent variables in this study accounted for around 68 % of change in project performance. It therefore recommended that implementing procurement practices effectively helps to improves projects performance.
Институт проектного офиса в организациях с бимодальным управлением
Authors: Ольга Боброва; Игорь Челак; Леонид Кириллов
Year: 2024

Today a lot of attention is paid to project management. This is due both to the special importance of supporting strategic advantage (rapid changes, an objective reduction in the life cycle of modern products and an increase in dependence on customer needs can critically devalue the assets and potential of the organization), and to the need to find solutions to problems without disrupting the overall functioning and taking into account the risks associated with resistance to change. In management practice, projects are often equated with programs and interpreted as a set of pre-planned activities, which requires maintaining the "top" management, providing resources for the implementation of these activities. Meanwhile, the key in projects is budgeting tasks, results of operations, and not activities, individual operations. At the same time, within the framework of the tasks set, the set of their constituent operations should not be administered. If this condition is not met, then there will be no positive effects of the project associated with novelty (discoveries), changes, development. Another innovation of the 21st century for managing the development of organized systems is bimodal management. This article discusses the features of project management in private and public organizations when they use modern bimodal management, as well as the problems of functioning of a special project support structure — the project office. The author's approach to projects as a partnership is proposed, in contrast to a special organization of resource management and operations with a bias towards coordination and control activities, in principle alien to the idea of projects as activities of personally interested persons outside the framework of official or functional duties and powers. The article shows the restrictive conditions of the project method and proposals for overcoming them in the field of public administration.
Future of Project Management with Machine Learning
Authors: R. Mamatha; Dr.Lalitha Surya; Kumari; Dr.A.Sharada
Year: 2023

Software companies will constantly work on numerous projects at a time. Project managers are responsible for making each project successful. As to monitor and control many projects organizations use project management tools to perform tasks in a well-organized manner. Current day’s lot of data is generated in organizations related to software development as the organizations use project management tools to track the status of the project. This project data generated by project management tools like Jira, Asana, and Trello can be used to solve resource allocation problems. Though there are numerous solutions for addressing the project scheduling problem, none of them has intelligent decision-making. Research is still scarce in the area of software project management and evidence is required to assess the theoretical methods and ideas. This paper introduces a resource allocation method that uses machine learning for effective project scheduling.
Using Software Technologies to Enhance Students Learning: An Experience in Software Project Management Course
Authors: M. Alshayeb
Year: 2015

The use of Information technology IT tools in teaching provides innovative learning environments that increases students' interaction with instructor and among students themselves. It is expected that the use of technology to enhance student learning experience. In this paper, I report my experience in teaching software project management course using different technologies. A survey was conducted, at the end of the semester, to evaluate students' experience; the student feedback indicates that using technology in teaching enhanced their learning experience.
Utilizing Project Management Techniques to Model Critical Success Factors in Large-Scale Construction Projects
Authors: Dr. Sabah Noori Hammoodi Al Ani
Year: 2024

This study investigates the application of project management techniques to model critical success factors (CSFs) in large-scale construction projects, utilizing Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to validate the measurement model. Through factor level analysis, eight distinct categories of CSFs were identified, highlighting their significance in project management success. The structural model analysis revealed positive correlations between project management success and CSFs, impacting project-level outcomes such as customer satisfaction, team satisfaction, and project profitability. Strong predictive validity and appropriate model fit were demonstrated through R-squared and Q-squared values, as well as WarpPLS analysis. The study's theoretical implications include a clear differentiation between project management success and project success, while practical implications underscore the importance of leveraging success factors to enhance project outcomes. Overall, the research provides valuable insights for improving the management and performance of large-scale construction projects.
Dynamic monitoring and control of a critical chain project based on phase buffer allocation
Authors: Junguang Zhang; S. Jia; Estrella Díaz
Year: 2018

Abstract Improvement in the monitoring and control of the efficiency of project scheduling is a challenge for project management research. Classic static buffer monitoring methods cannot be adapted to a complex project environment with a high-degree of uncertainties. In order to overcome this challenge, this paper suggests the use of a dynamic buffer monitoring model based on the phase attributes of the project. The proposed method allocates a project buffer to each phase based on the duration rate and the network complexity of the phases, sets buffer monitoring parameters and monitors the implementation of each phase dynamically. Buffer monitoring trigger points are determined and adjusted dynamically based on the attribution of each phase. Thus, dynamic rolling monitoring and control are conducted through the implementation of these phases. The empirical analysis through a Monte Carlo simulation shows that the duration and cost determined by the proposed method are more reasonable, thus signifying that it can optimise both project duration and cost. These findings indicate that, as opposed to traditional buffer monitoring methods, the proposed approach can effectively overcome student syndrome, monitor project scheduling and avoid unnecessary cost caused by excessive measures.