Analysis of project management issues in information technology industry: an overview of literature

Oak, Vinayak; Laghate, Kavita

doi:10.1007/s13198-016-0469-4

“…Requiring a technical education as a prerequisite to becoming a project manager, as suggested by Pandya (2014), may not yield better project outcomes. Several studies in the literature emphasized the importance of technical skill for project management success (Brill et al, 2006;Dubois et al, 2015;Niederman et al, 2016;Oak & Laghate, 2016). IT PMs should pursue balanced education and training between hard technical skills and project management soft skills.…”

Section: Conclusion Based On the Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Agrawal and Thite (2006) cited the need to keep up with the latest technology and continuous learning about challenges experienced by software project leaders. Some project management literature emphasized the importance of technical skill for project management success (Brill et al, 2006;Dubois et al, 2015;Niederman et al, 2016;Oak & Laghate, 2016).…”

Section: Pm Education and Training Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engineering a Better IT Program Manager: A Comparative Study of IT PM Education and Training

Parker¹

2021

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This article examines the relationship between Department of Defense information technology (IT) program managers (PMs), their technical education, commercial project management certification, and project management success—also known as project efficiency—for IT PMs. The researcher asked, “To what extent does project management success in scope, schedule, and cost compare among PMs, specifically their technical education, commercial project management certification, and interaction effects between education type and commercial PM certification?” A gap in research exists on whether IT PMs with a technical education positively or negatively impact project outcomes. The IT PM community needs more studies on the extent to which commercial PM certifications affect project efficiency. The researcher used factorial multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) to compare education and PM certification to project efficiency. MANOVA provided for the examination of the interactive effects. A Mann-Whitney post hoc test confirmed the MANOVA results. Both tests concluded that no relationship exists between undergraduate technical degree, commercial PM certification, and project management success.

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“…Requiring a technical education as a prerequisite to becoming a project manager, as suggested by Pandya (2014), may not yield better project outcomes. Several studies in the literature emphasized the importance of technical skill for project management success (Brill et al, 2006;Dubois et al, 2015;Niederman et al, 2016;Oak & Laghate, 2016). IT PMs should pursue balanced education and training between hard technical skills and project management soft skills.…”

Section: Conclusion Based On the Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Agrawal and Thite (2006) cited the need to keep up with the latest technology and continuous learning about challenges experienced by software project leaders. Some project management literature emphasized the importance of technical skill for project management success (Brill et al, 2006;Dubois et al, 2015;Niederman et al, 2016;Oak & Laghate, 2016).…”

Section: Pm Education and Training Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engineering a Better IT Program Manager: A Comparative Study of IT PM Education and Training

Parker¹

2021

Defense ARJ

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This article examines the relationship between Department of Defense information technology (IT) program managers (PMs), their technical education, commercial project management certification, and project management success—also known as project efficiency—for IT PMs. The researcher asked, “To what extent does project management success in scope, schedule, and cost compare among PMs, specifically their technical education, commercial project management certification, and interaction effects between education type and commercial PM certification?” A gap in research exists on whether IT PMs with a technical education positively or negatively impact project outcomes. The IT PM community needs more studies on the extent to which commercial PM certifications affect project efficiency. The researcher used factorial multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) to compare education and PM certification to project efficiency. MANOVA provided for the examination of the interactive effects. A Mann-Whitney post hoc test confirmed the MANOVA results. Both tests concluded that no relationship exists between undergraduate technical degree, commercial PM certification, and project management success.

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“…Agrawal and Thite (2006) cited the need to keep up with the latest technology and continuous learning about challenges experienced by software project leaders. Some project management literature emphasized the importance of technical skill for project management success (Brill et al, 2006;Dubois et al, 2015;Niederman et al, 2016;Oak & Laghate, 2016).…”

Section: Pm Education and Training Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

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This quantitative, exploratory article examines the relationship between Department of Defense information technology (IT) program managers (PMs), their technical education, commercial project management certification, and project management success-also known as project efficiency-for IT PMs. It also examines to what extent project management success in scope, schedule, and cost compares with PMs' technical education, commercial project management certification, and the effects of interaction between education type and commercial PM certification.

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Analysis of project management issues in information technology industry: an overview of literature

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