Application of Business Rules in Design Processes to Tackle Uncertainty in Product Development

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Spieß ◽  
Reiner Anderl
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Business Rules ◽  
Project Plan

The development of innovative industrial products and systems, like e.g. aeronautical parts, is characterized by its complex processes under tight constraints. The involvement of multiple disciplines, departments and subcontractors to plan and create the optimal solution to fulfill given requirements under the constraints of time, money and quality leads to an urgent need in professional project management and monitoring. Although project management allows the comprehensive planning of the processes, detailed workflows and their implementation cannot directly be enforced, controlled and documented. Especially the lack in documentation and traceability leads to uncertainty in project execution and monitoring, as well as unconformity within the development of vital and safety critical products and systems. Best practices are substituted by ad hoc steps to meet deadlines like milestones and sync-points. Workflow management systems, which could offer some support to reduce addressed uncertainty, do not cover all involved parties and are not directly linked to the project management, leading to characteristic problems in such development projects. This paper presents a new approach to enforce the implementation of planned project plans in development projects with multiple development parties, based on business rules to increase traceability and documentation as well as to promote the adoption of best practices in project execution. The emphasis is placed on two aspects, namely a methodology of modularization of project plans and the formulation in business rules which are to be executed in business rules management systems as well as the implementation of a best practice repository based on the project plan modules. The modularization of project plans in combination with a linked business rules management system allows on the one hand promoting best practice application in project execution and on the other hand to save gathered project planning knowledge based on the actual implementation of the plan and to reuse it in forthcoming similar projects. A further important advantage is the ability to plan and enforce documentation of the actual execution of work packages and deviation from the plan, with a major impact on traceability. The work presented here has a valuable implication on the traceability in complex development processes and facilitate the application of best practices through project management by providing project plan modules with attached rules for their implementation in workflows.

A COOPERATIVE HYPERMEDIA APPROACH TO FLEXIBLE PROCESS SUPPORT FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED PROJECTS

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 481-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
WEIGANG WANG ◽  
KEVIN FINCH ◽  
JESSICA RUBART ◽  
JOERG M. HAAKE
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Workflow Management ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Workflow Management Systems ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Process Support

Due to the separation of project management systems and workflow management systems, there is a gap between project plans and process support used to implement them. Often, managers could not see what was going on in their businesses until it was too late to react. In this paper, a cooperative hypermedia approach and an integration framework are developed to provide an integrated support for project planning, workflow management, information management and teamwork. The cooperative hypermedia-based process model has many desirable computational properties. The cooperative hypermedia tools built on this model can support distributed project teams to create, analyze, execute, monitor and adapt a project plan cooperatively. Case studies and user experiences of the cooperative hypermedia system demonstrate that the cooperative hypermedia approach can facilitate team members to identify emerging problems, to discuss and adapt the plan cooperatively. It is a promising approach to bridge the gap between project management and workflow management systems so as to support flexible business processes of real-time project teams.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE TRANSITION TO A CIRCULAR ECONOMY

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Sergey Bushuyev ◽  
Denis Bushuiev ◽  
Victoria Bushuieva ◽  
Olena Verenych
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

The problem of creating effective models, methods and tools for strategic management of projects and programs for the development of organizations in the transition to a circular economy. Global trends in the development of organizations prove that the world is transforming with acceleration. The life cycle of knowledge and technologies for managing complex projects and programs is significantly reduced. The technical and technological complexity of organizational development projects increases due to innovations. These trends create significant challenges in the development of project management systems and programs for the formation of a circular economy in Ukraine. This is especially true of projects and programs in conditions of uncertainty about the impact of COVID 19 and anticipation of a global crisis after a pandemic. Today, the application of proven best practices (benchmarking) is no longer a way forward. Forming a vision, goals and strategy for the implementation of organizational development projects in advance makes our actions rigid, not flexible. When creating a project or program begins with focusing on what is valuable to our customers and the country, it is enough for us to use best practices. But the complexity and innovative orientation of development projects of organizations in the transition to a circular economy creates a number of challenges. One of the answers to these challenges is cost-effective work on project management and development programs, taking into account the trends of transition to a circular economy. Project management teams learn to distinguish between what is valuable and what doesn't matter, this is the path that management methodologies have taken for decades. A number of projects have taken the first steps in implementing the necessary cost-effective / flexible transition that supports sustainability and adaptability to turbulent environmental changes. In the conditions of modern destructive economic relations in the world community the problem of a choice of strategy of projects as drivers of development of the organizations is vital. One of the key approaches to the development of the EU is the transition to a circular economy with maximum utilization of both waste products and projects, and the disposal of project products after the end of product life cycles.

scholarly journals Visualising project management dimensions

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Luis Copertari
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Computer Interface ◽  
Average Error ◽  
Human Computer Interface ◽  
Optimisation Model ◽  
Mathematical Optimisation

It is easier to decide upon which projects to include in a portfolio if a comprehensive human–computer interface is provided. Two alternative displays were designed according to best practice from the literature and tested according to a simple mathematical optimisation model and the average error from testing subjects and the “optimal” solution to decide which one performs better.

Managing projects in war-torn societies

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-602
Author(s):  
James Earnest
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Sovereign State ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Actual Application ◽  
Post Conflict

PurposePlanning and implementing reconstruction projects in areas that are affected by conflict has proven to be far more challenging than expected and has often been considered to be inappropriate response from practitioners, aid agencies and government. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore reconstruction and development projects in Kosovo given its history of non-sovereign state under United Nations administration and analyse how they were planned and executed that would more likely yield progressive outcomes for the society.Design/methodology/approachThe study was designed to explore how projects are planned and implemented, as well as help in understanding the phenomena in the historical, social, cultural and governance context within the project implementation practices of multilateral agencies in Kosovo. Applying action research principles and using a detailed case study approach to the interviews, the study identified programme strengths, weaknesses and implications of project management practice and theory and differences of opinion within the project team in project planning and implementation in their wider sense.FindingsThere is evidence that both aid organisations’ constructed project management processes and international aid agencies practices do not work effectively in a community service delivery setting. The study showed that there continue to be challenges in project processes, implementation, stakeholder coordination, communication, cost, quality, procurement and risk management.Practical implicationsForward looking and grounded in traditions, the study indicated a need to promote a better understanding of how reconstruction and development projects are undertaken at all levels of the organisation and to describe processes, procedures and tools used for the actual application of projects in war-torn societies.Originality/valueThe study is among the first academic research worldwide to examine traditional practices of project management which are wildly applied and to explore if the same processes can be applied in post-conflict settings. This study is timely and beneficial in fulfilling its responsibility to post-conflict communities.

Managing an Engineering Project

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nayem Rahman ◽  
Alexis Wittman ◽  
Sallam Thabet
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Engineering Plant ◽  
Project Plan ◽  
Complex Engineering ◽  
Tools And Methods

This article provides an overview of the comprehensive process in creating a “Project Plan” for an engineering project. The authors discuss the challenges of project management tasks, tools, and methods used. They also discuss and compare other commonly used project planning practices and techniques. This article includes authors' experiences drawn from their careers and industries that are applicable to projects of this nature. They propose methodical approaches to handle a large, and complex engineering and construction project that takes several years to complete. The project selected is a hypothetical biomass engineering plant considered for this examination.

Enhancing DotProject to Support Risk Management Aligned with PMBOK in the Context of SMEs

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Queiroz Gonçalves ◽  
Elisa de Freitas Kühlkamp ◽  
Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Many problems in software development projects are due to risks and could be avoided or minimized if identified and treated pro-actively. In this context, software tools to support risk management could be very helpful. However, it is difficult to find a project management tool, accessible to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that provides adequate support to risk management in conformance with best practices such as the PMBOK. Therefore, this paper has the objective to review support provided by popular project management tools with respect to risk management and to present enhancements made to the open-source tool – dotProject – in order to systematically support risk management aligned with the PMBOK. An initial evaluation identified benefits in the implementation of risk management processes in software SMEs, and, thus, contributing to their projects' success.

Software Project Management Observes: Fiasco V/S Victory

2017 ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Late Time ◽  
Cost Estimating ◽  
The World ◽  
Mass Level

A study on successful and un-successful about 210 large software (development) projects from around the world between February 1995 and December 2017 has been presented in this review paper. All these projects involved on mass level that completed on time with their scheduled expense, and time frame estimates in development of those are getting late as defined, much expensive as decide, or were get delayed or close without its completion, major seven hurdles were noted: un sufficient project planning, un sufficient cost estimating, un sufficient measurements, un sufficient milestone tracking, un sufficient change control, and un sufficient -quality control, Poor Coronation and communication. After detail study on past reviews on these hurdles in project management, in this review paper we have presented a short overview of success and failure reasons/causes/possibilities of all those seven factor/ hurdles are noted. Maybe the clearest aspect of these major problems is linked with project management rather than technical resource. Two occupied ideas combine which are no proper excellence regulator are the huge funder for the rates, and late time and unfair plan organization have number of prospective reason of insufficient excellence actions.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR OTG DEVELOPMENT (BEST PRACTICES)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktoriya Tytok ◽  
◽  
Elina Moroz ◽  
Tetiana Artiukh ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Community Transformation

The article considers the best practices of project management for the development of UTC in Ukraine. Emphasis is placed on the successful experience of implementing infrastructure and social projects, energy saving projects, waste sorting and recycling, tourism, participatory budgeting and industrial development, and attracting investment from small integrated territorial communities. A number of shortcomings in the implementation of UTC development projects have been identified, which mainly relate to excessive budget expenditures on landscaping projects without creating appropriate conditions for business development, industrial production and expansion of local budget sources. It is noted that the information campaign on the implementation of UTC development projects should be continuous and reach a larger audience. Based on the analysis of best practices in the implementation of UTC development projects, it is argued that the main driving force of sustainable development of a united community is not staff skills or sufficient funding, but creativity, cohesion and strategic vision of community transformation. In particular, it has been proved that without great financial opportunities many successful UTC s managed to organize waste sorting and processing, economic cooperatives, factories, festivals, widely implement participatory budget and energy saving projects, construction of solar power plants, etc. An important element in building a prosperous community has been their participation in various grants, which have become one of the reliable sources of project funding. As recommendations, it is proposed to create a community development fund, improve strategic planning to create conditions for the development of value-added production in communities and the introduction of crowdfunding to accumulate funds for projects. The study of community development in Ukraine's neighboring countries for the implementation of best practices into domestic realities has been identified as promising areas for further research.

scholarly journals A Study on Project Management Based on PMBOK and PRINCE2

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gholamreza Jamali ◽  
Mina Oveisi
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
It Project Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Wide Range

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is a group of processes and knowledge fields which are generally accepted as greatest practice within the project management discipline. The PMBOK Guide is also an internationally recognized standard which provides the fundamentals of project management as they apply to a wide range of projects. PRINCE2 is a project management methodology standard in the United Kingdom and Europe. This standard is the required method for all UK government commissioned projects. PRINCE2 is in the public domain and offers best practice guidance on how to manage a project. The aim of this study is to compare PRINCE2 and PMBOK to recognize the characteristics of these best practices in order to provide decision criteria for governments with regard to selecting IT project management methodology.

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