DIRECTIONS FOR BUILDING AN APPROACH TO INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Abstract : In recent decades, organizations have structured its activities around projects. We have become a driven-projects society. The research and practice in project management area have evolved as a response to this. Among other benefits, successful projects allow reducing costs and increasing profits as well as improving quality and customer satisfaction. Innovation is one of the keys to success in organization. However, due to the high level of uncertainty and complexity, the threats identified by innovation in a project day-to-day are real. A large number of project management approaches do not consider the impact that innovations have on projects, contributing to high rate of project failure. In a typical software development environment it is not different. Based on this, the objective of this research in progress is to contribute to project success by proposing an approach to guide project managers and team members about the management of innovative software projects, fostering innovation and avoiding it to be stifled. The research method used in this research is based on the principles of Evidence-Based Software Engineering. During the first research phase, exploratory literature research in the innovation management in software projects was carried out as well as a systematic review of the impact factors in innovative software project management. At this research stage, the necessary elements to construct the initial approach have been identified. The results of this research contribute to the project management field, defining an approach to the innovative software project management, and helping project managers to realize the opportunities to promote innovation and manage it.