Opportunities of the Impact of Project Management Practices on Implementing Management Systems

Qualitative Study of the Practices Used in the Implementation of the Quality Management System Within Moroccan Companies

“…A large majority of studies have shown that the implementation of a QMS is a project that uses standard PM tools, although each company applies them in its own way. We conclude from the deep analysis between the two disciplines QMS and PM that there is a strong link between them and the use of PM practices can present a real opportunity for the success of the QMS implementation project [2,3].…”

“…Theoretically, there are several concepts of project management in companies. in the literature, there are few studies that address and measure the impact of project management practices on management systems projects [6,7]. Indeed, the works dealing with effective management of the link between project management practices and the QMS are infrequent and empirical studies are still rare.…”

“…Therefore, qualitative research displays a comprehensive focus, it seeks to explain behaviour, motivations or to guide creative research [4]. The qualitative study takes into account the following points [5,6]: -Design and structure of the questionnaire; -Sample and target construction; -Conducting interviews with the selected Moroccan companies; -Consolidation of responses; -Analysis and interpretation of responses The objective of this work is first to highlight the project management practices used during the project of management systems in order to verify the relationship between these two concepts (PM and MS) following a qualitative study among Moroccan companies. The results obtained of this study will lead to the conclusion of the impact of PM practices on QMS.…”