PM Research News - December 2006
- International Research Workshop on IT Project Management set for Milwaukee on December 9
- PMI Announces 2007/2008 Schedule for PM Research Meetings
- Global Survey - The Reality of Project Management Practice
International Research Workshop on IT Project Management set for Milwaukee on December 9
The Special Interest Group for IT Project Management (SIGITProjMgmt) of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) will hold its Inaugural (First) International Research Workshop on IT Project Management (IRWITPM) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA on 9 December 2006. With participants from various universities and countries, the all-day conference will include presentations of 12 ITPM research papers and two tutorials.
The papers all look interesting, with the following titles:
- The Deaf Effect Response to Whistle-Blowing in Information Systems Projects. (Best Paper Award)
- Knowledge Sharing within IT Projects
- Using the Troubled Project Recovery Framework: Problem Recognition and Decision to Recovery
- Governance Theory Perspectives on IT – Consulting Projects – The Case of ERP Implementation
- Knowledge Integration in ERP Projects Success: A Hermeneutic Focus
- International Diversity and Software Product Quality: The Intermediary Role of Conflict and Learning Projects
- An Exploratory Investigation into the Antecedents of the IT PM Capability
- Estimating the Value of IT Project Governance
- The Public Hand and IT Mega Projects: Lessons from the German TollCollect Case. (Best Paper Award)
- IT Project Standards and Project Performance: An Integrated Research Framework
- The Outcome Based Method for Project Stakeholder Identification
- Connecting Project Management Research to Practice
The tutorials to be offered will include (1) Using Critical Thinking to Improve IT Project Management; and (2) Tutorial on SIMPROJECT.
The Founder at Chair of the SIGITProjMgmt is Depak Khazanchi from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). The Workshop Committee included a team from UNO, the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, and Georgia State University in the USA.
The Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group for IT Project Management (SIGITProjMgmt) was announced in a breaking news article on November 9 ( http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2006/11/ais-forms-new-sig-for-it-project.html). The stated mission of the new group is to globally promote and facilitate the creation, presentation and publication of research examining all facets of information technology project management, including pedagogical issues. The new SIGITProjMgmt will also strive to be the global leader in linking and integrating IT project management research and practice. Additional information can be found at http://www.sigitprojmgmt.org/
PMI Announces 2007/2008 Schedule for PM Research Meetings
The Project Management Institute (PMI) has announced the following dates for PMI Research Program Working Sessions and Conferences in 2007 and 2008:
PMI Research Program Working Sessions:
- 28 January 2007 – Hong Kong
- 13 May 2007 – Budapest, Hungary
- 7 October 2007 – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- 2 March 2008 – Marrakech, Morocco
- 17 October 2008 – Denver, Colorado
PMI Research Conferences:
- 13-16 July 2008 – Warsaw, Poland
Additional information abut PMI’s research program can be found at:
http://www.pmi.org/info/PP_ResearchOverview.asp?nav=0502.
With nearly 220,000 members in over 150 countries, the Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s largest and best known project management professional society. PMI is actively engaged in advocacy for the PM profession, setting standards, conducting research and providing access to a wide variety of information and resources. PMI also promotes career and professional development and offers certification, networking and community involvement opportunities. PMI was founded in the USA in 1969, but is now a global organization with members, chapters and offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.pmi.org.
Global Survey - The Reality of Project Management Practice
Project management practitioners and professionals worldwide are invited to "have an impact on the project management profession" by participating in an important research project being conducted by University of Quebec at Montreal researchers Claude Besner, PhD, PMP, and Brian Hobbs, PhD, PMP. Although the survey already has more than 1,000 participants to date, more are desired to increase the validity of results.
The Reality of Project Management Practice - phase two of an ongoing study
The goal of this inquiry is to derive a better understanding of project management as it is actually practiced. While A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Third Edition identifies a large number of tools and techniques, it does not identify the following:
- Which tools in the PMBOK® Guide are the most used?
- Which tools are the most valuable in the eyes of project management practitioners?
This study is the second phase of an ongoing research project supported by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) Research Department and the Business School of the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM).The first iteration of the study, conducted in 2004 by Drs. Besner and Hobbs, established a baseline from which future changes will be discerned. The survey has been revised and updated to investigate project management as it is practiced today. Periodic repetition of the survey will help determine which tools and techniques are gaining or losing favor, and what new tools and techniques are emerging.
Participants who complete the Web-based survey, which takes about 25 minutes, will receive immediate access to the survey results to date. You will also receive access to reports of overall results for both the 2006 survey and the 2004 survey.
Click here for a survey announcement in English and French (PDF).
According Mr. Hobbs, “participation from project management practitioners worldwide will ensure that the survey captures a true image of project management as it is actually practiced. Your participation is needed and greatly valued and will provide rich and accurate information on project management practice.”
The researchers can be contacted as follows:
Dr. Claude Besner PMP
besner.claude@uqam.ca;
Dr. Brian Hobbs PMP hobbs.brian@uqam.ca.
The survey can be found at:
http://www.practices-survey.esg.uqam.ca/