To gain an understanding of these problems, we investigated how two experimental development projects, in very different environments and organizations within the same company, dramatically improved time to market, and slightly improved cost and quality. Our analysis leads us to conclude that these experimental projects were succsessful because they recognized that organizational structure, pro...

Software project management has always faced challenges that have often had a great impact on the outcome of projects in future. For this, Managers of software projects always seek solutions against challenges. The implementation of unguaranteed approaches or mere personal experiences by managers does not necessarily suffice for solving the problems. Therefore, the management area of software p...

The aim of this discussion paper is to examine the extent to which communication technology has contributed towards India’s rural development. The other aim is to pause and reflect over the achievements and the failures of information and communication technology (ICT) in the development march where millions are struggling to improve the rural quality of life. The analysis of selected communica...

Universities teach project management to information technology (IT) students. The project management principles that students previously have learned often are put into practice in a project course that is intended to give final-year students the experience of applying their knowledge to real or simulated projects. This article reports on research that investigated the use and usefulness of pr...

Based on an exploratory, on-going field study we suggest in this paper a conceptual, two dimensional framework for the classification of projects and systems, and show how this framework can be used to distinguish among management styles and practices for various types of engineering projects. The paper provides empirical evidence of the differences found among various kinds of projects and sug...

Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) implementation requires a systemic operational approach from conceptual design to implementation. In doing so, ensuring the movement of knowledge amongst the team members for a timely and within the budget implementation is a major concern because it impacts the long-term sustainability of the completed project. This study attempts to relate recent internat...