Abstract
In project management, the challenge for software development is to achieve success for the proposed projects, using methods such as PMBOK and Scrum. Knowledge of the advantages of these methods are critical success factors for product development. Therefore, the proposal of this study was to verify the perception of specialists of the area of software development on practices of project management. The used methods in this study were the bibliographic, exploratory and qualitative research, with the construction of a questionnaire with 14 items on the advantages of project management practices of various natures, size and complexity, which were applied in 90 specialists. The results of the research demonstrated that all the experts agreed with the advantages of the project management practices, identified based on the literature review, for software development, thus validating the proposed items of the questionnaire. It is recommended for future researches the accomplishment of case studies that explore practical models of evaluation of the use of the practices studied in the scope of software development. It is important in these future studies that metrics and indicators are drawn for each of the advantages cited in the present study.
Highlights
The context in which organizations around the world operate is becoming increasingly complex and competitive
In spite of the existence of vast literature on the subject and intense work of international organizations such as the International Project Management Association (IPMA), the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Association for Project Management (APM), which bring together professionals of different backgrounds and performance in several countries of the world (BARRETTO et al, 2008), it is still possible to verify a large percentage of project failure, which according to Shenhar and Dvir (2007), in the field of organizational strategies, these initiatives have failed suggesting that Projects Management such as discipline and methodology has been largely neglected
This section deals with the analysis and results of this study and is organized in the following subsections: identification of respondents and analysis of the advantages of using project management practices using Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and Scrum methods in the area of software development
Summary
The context in which organizations around the world operate is becoming increasingly complex and competitive. Organizations often experience partial or total failure with regard to the scope, quality, timing, and cost planned in their projects and programs. In spite of the existence of vast literature on the subject and intense work of international organizations such as the International Project Management Association (IPMA), the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Association for Project Management (APM), which bring together professionals of different backgrounds and performance in several countries of the world (BARRETTO et al, 2008), it is still possible to verify a large percentage of project failure, which according to Shenhar and Dvir (2007), in the field of organizational strategies, these initiatives have failed suggesting that Projects Management such as discipline and methodology has been largely neglected. The managerial aspects are those dealing with aspects such as resource allocation, project priorities, risk analysis, return on investment and cost estimates, etc. In this way, the selected methodology must support the interests of both groups
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