Project Management Approaches for Environmentally Considerate Strategic Planning that Balance Organizational Strategy with Sustainable Tactics at Colleges

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell Burrell ◽  
Simon Cleveland ◽  
William Quisenberry ◽  
Michelle Quinteros de Czifra ◽  
Marybeth Barnard-Zaffino
Author(s):  
Edwin Francisco Ferrer Romero

This article aims at discussing the link between project management discipline and strategic planning by applying the methodology of strategic management. Currently, some organizations need to turn project management into a competitive advantage, which are generally reached when aligning them with organizational strategy. Consequently, it is important to make sure that strategic planning stages are clearly aligned with the methodology of project management. Therefore, the analysis, formulation, implementation and definition of the strategic goals have to meet practicability. Some basic concepts of strategic management and the analysis of the project management focus are discussed, referring to PMBoK of the Project Management Institute (PMI) theoretical framework which guarantees a competitive advantage for these organizations. This methodology is known as Integral Management of Strategic Projects


Author(s):  
E.I. KOSTYUKOVA ◽  
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A.N. BOBRYSHEV ◽  
A.V. FROLOV ◽  
N.P. AGAFONOVA

The study of various management concepts at the present stage of economic development contributes to improving the efficiency of activities in various areas through intensive development. As a result, in each economic entity, the issue of applying not only advanced production technologies but also management approaches becomes relevant. At the moment, a significant number of management concepts have been developed and actively used. Still, project management can be considered the universal one, as it helps implement the set goals in conditions of resource constraints. The degree of effectiveness of the project approach to management is largely determined by the ability of an economic entity’s accounting and analytical system to form the necessary information base. Scientific and practical interest is a study aimed at creating elements of the information field for making effective management decisions in the context of the project approach to management, which is the purpose of the work. The result should be considered a set of distinctive features of project management in setting and maintaining management accounting in an economic entity.


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 5120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrício Martins Lacerda ◽  
Cristina Dai Prá Martens ◽  
Henrique M R De Freitas

As they strive towards greater professionalism in carrying out their activities, non-profit organizations (NPOs) have begun paying attention to project management. The non-profit sector (NPS) has also begun to adopt strategic planning techniques, thus making the acceptance of project portfolio management (PPM) methodology a natural consequence. This article aims to propose a project portfolio management model adapted to the context of NPOs.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Sharaf Al-Deen Waleed AL-Smadi ◽  
Abdalrahman Hammoudah Yousef Alhndawi

The continual need for building in developing economies and countries such as Jordan increases the obstacles and problems faced by Project Management Units in completing projects on time, with quality assurance, and at lower prices. However, as more and more new types of project management approaches such as (Design-Bid DB) are introduced, the binding conditions of contracts are growing tougher in order to reduce risks during project execution. In this paper, the researcher tries to provide a fair comparison between (Design-Bid-Build DBB) and (Design-Build DB) approaches which are already used in the construction project in Jordan and offering a good vision for both owners and contractors equally


2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (0) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Lena Gutheil

In order to react adequately to the complex, fast-changing and politicised environments in which development projects operate, donors have started adopting more adaptive project management approaches. Projects dealing with civil society actors in particular are said to benefit from adaptive management. As adaptive management largely depends on locally led and politically smart programming, it is presented as one avenue for addressing long-standing problems of civil society organisations, such as donor dependency, lack of legitimacy and accountability issues. However, the evidence base concerning the effects of adaptive management is scarce and rather anecdotal and an overarching definition of adaptive management has not been established. In order to work towards an academic research agenda for adaptive management, the article systematically reviews twenty-one case studies to generate insights into what donors and implementers consider as adaptive practices, their perceived effects, obstacles and derived recommendations. The article thus contributes to identifying which actors are driving the adaptive agenda, which practices are considered as adaptive, what we can learn from first pilot interventions and which research gaps can be derived from this analysis.


Author(s):  
Richard Garling

Open source software (OSS) is very well known for allowing free access to the source code of the application. The idea is to allow for the creation of a better product. The more people working to make each aspect of an application better, more minds create more ideas, create a better project. OSS runs the internet since all of the protocols—network time protocol (NTP), HTTP, amongst many others—are OSS projects with many years of use. These projects are run by volunteers worldwide. But, none of these projects are run using the traditional methodologies of project management: Waterfall and Agile. This chapter asks: How does an open source development environment facilitate conventional Waterfall project management approaches? and How does an open source development environment facilitate Agile project collaborative work? The method used to determine the answers used surveys and questionnaires involving actual participants in a variety of OSS projects from across the United States (US). The questions asked concerned the organization OSS projects, did they use a particular traditional methodology or some other non-defined method of organization? The answers received by this study centered on non-defined methods of organization; traditional methodologies were considered too restrictive and not agile enough to allow for the freedom cherished by their volunteers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Adinyira ◽  
Kofi Agyekum ◽  
Bernard Kofi Baiden ◽  
Obas John Ebohon ◽  
Godslove Ampratwum

Sub-Saharan Africa’s urban culture makes open marketplaces an essential part of life in their cities. What goes on in these markets undoubtedly opens them up to threats of adversity, tragedy, and other significant sources of stress. How can these open marketplaces be regenerated into resiliently sustainable places? From a case study of the regeneration redevelopment of the largest open-air market in West Africa i.e. Kumasi Central Market, the need for stakeholder participation in the entire regeneration process is emphasised. The determination of the most important stakeholders during the regeneration of the market is followed by a comparison of the regeneration process regeneration with the literature on urban regeneration, sustainable development, participation, and project management. Lessons learned, and the concerns raised by major stakeholders in the process creates certain project management approaches essential for achieving resilient urban regeneration. Identification of all important stakeholders by the consideration of their attributes of power, legitimacy and urgency and distrustfully engaging all stakeholders is vital to the success of any urban regeneration project.


Author(s):  
Zane L. Berge ◽  
Donna L. Smith

As businesses expand to become more globally competitive, their needs grow to train geographically dispersed employees in a cost- effective manner. What must businesses do to implement distance education? An important role of the training and performance specialists in business is to help management solve complex problems within an organization. Still, distance education is usually not accomplished by a single group within an organization, nor through a single process. To change the way training is done, performance managers must use what is known about change management, strategic planning and project management in order to successfully implement technology-enhanced learning globally. One of the methods being used increasingly in the workplace is distance training.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E Papke-Shields ◽  
Kathleen M. Boyer-Wright

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