The project management (PM) has gained relevance in organizations for being considered a tool that increases the efficiency of the projects, allowing a better control of costs, schedule and quality of projects managed under the methodology. The traditional definition of success in PM is based on the triple constraint (cost/timeline/scope), for every type of project executed. In contrast to this approach arises the adaptive approach suggested by authors who advocate that each project must be measured and managed in a different way. Within this approach include the view that the project manager must assume the role of a team leader, and that human and relational issues are relevant to the performance of the project. This work consists of an explanatory and quantitative research that relates critical success of success with leadership skills. To define the capacities to be studied, four leadership theories served as the basis for the study. The results demonstrate that the leadership skills of the project manager impact significantly some critical factors of success, while others were not impacted. The comprehension about how the leadership skills of the project manager impact the critical factors of success of the project, can both bring greater effectiveness in the recruitment process, development and direction of project managers career, as well as assisting organizations and managers who use techniques and tools of project management to better assess and define critical factor of success of the projects. To the project managers, this work can assist in the understanding of how to mobilize their leadership skills in a more results and superior performance in their projects.
Labor cost takes a central place during the operation of a company's activities due to its high monetary value and importance on its production. This is one of the priority questions on how to minimize labor costs and improve efficiency of workers. Timeframe, quality and works delivery on time are the most significant factors for project development. It is highly dependable on the efficiency of resources, factors related to its performance. When it comes to actual work and execution on site, work which executed by less qualified technicians or managers with irrelevant or not sufficient enough knowledge and experience may result in a low quality of work, mistakes which may need to be recovered on a later stages creating delays in a project schedule, additional cost, resources, project failure. This research we will be emphasizing on optimization of activities related to a construction field and on how to measure, execute, allocate available or proposed resources to a specific task to achieve a required level of performance.
Since the 1960s, project success has been receiving much interest from both academics and practitioners. Despite these efforts, project failure is still a recurring and prevalent phenomenon. In both peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed project management literature, a great deal of studies generates lists of success factors and failure causes. Few studies, however, investigate concrete recovery strategies to bring failing projects back on track. The present article, therefore, draws upon the literature on critical success factors and project recovery frameworks to construct an eight-step action plan that helps in recovering from project failure. The recovery action plan was awarded the University Contest by PMI Belgium in 2019.
Fear of flying has no direct relationship with actual airline or aircraft safety. For those afraid of flying, the choice of an airline ticket and the related airplane is expected to be an important issue. This article uses a methodology to simulate the experience of purchasing unlabeled airline tickets to investigate whether individuals who are afraid of flying unconsciously change their choice depending on the ticket parameters. The Boeing 737 MAX, which became notorious for being grounded due to two recent accidents, was randomly assigned to airline tickets. This aircraft was compared with eight competing alternatives. The results demonstrate that in the event of a return to service, the passenger preference for this aircraft would be low comparable to that for competing modern airplanes that are less known to the North American public. Nonetheless, Boeing products continue to instill a sense of safety and trust in those afraid of flying.
This work presents and disseminates the services and infrastructure required to manage research projects quantity and quality in higher education institutions. To achieve this objective, smart management of research offices, their processes and collaborative projects are of paramount importance in order to understand the underlying activities for effective decision making. This approach has been developed in depth considering the lifecycle of grants in a research office. The processes of a research office, its automation, importance of collaborative projects with academia and industry around the globe and their impact on research output have been developed first and then applied on a public higher education institution. The developed framework with its implementation example can be adopted by various research based organizations to efficiently manage and strengthen their research outlook.
