The Influence of the Use of Project Management Tools and Techniques on the Achieved Success
The management of a project is considered successful provided that it has been finished within the agreed period of time, if it does not exist any budget overrun, as long as all client requests and expectations are fulfilled, and on condition that the pro
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The Influence of the Use of Project Management Tools and Techniques on the Achieved Success B. Llorens and R. Viñoles-Cebolla
Abstract The management of a project is considered successful provided that it has been finished within the agreed period of time, if it does not exist any budget overrun, as long as all client requests and expectations are fulfilled, and on condition that the project team management has been appropriate. For that, there are many tools and techniques which allow the task management to be effective and efficient. The purpose of this work consists of studying the amount of success of the projects performed by Project Managers and Chemical Engineers without training in Project Management, by using tools and techniques of this discipline. The study starts with a selection of the most widely used project management and agile methodologies tools and techniques, from research made by specialists. Afterwards, a survey, given to an expert panel for each field, has been made, in which they have been asked for the scale of use of the chosen tools and techniques, as well as the level of success achieved in the executed projects. Finally, a statistical study has been performed, in order to determine if the fact of knowing and utilizing those tools and techniques improves the level of success. Keywords Project management · Agile methodologies · Tools · Techniques · Project success · Chemical engineers
12.1 Introduction When considering the success of project management, one of the most traditional approaches is the iron triangle, which states that cost, time and results are the three variables that characterize any project, and must be jointly managed [10]. However, many authors have created alternative definitions for this term, such as Wit [20], B. Llorens · R. Viñoles-Cebolla (B) Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain e-mail: [email protected] B. Llorens e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 J. L. Ayuso Muñoz et al. (eds.), Project Management and Engineering Research, Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54410-2_12
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International Project Management Association [IPMA] [7], Ellatar [5], Kerzner [8], Carvalho and Rabechini [3], Project Management Institute [PMI] [15] or Morioka and Carvalho [11], so that this concept, with the passage of time, has become more complex. Successfully managing a project implies that project managers must be experts in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing projects. To achieve this, they often use tools and techniques as an aid in the management of activities throughout the life cycle of the project. The National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation [ANECA] [1] specifies that one of the competences that chemical engineers possess is leading, coordinating, and managing complex and interdisciplinary projects.
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