The differential practices of project management offices for supporting new product development in high-tech companies

Q3 Business, Management and Accounting International Journal of Project Organisation and Management Pub Date : 2021-07-12 DOI:10.1504/ijpom.2021.10039515

S. Barbalho

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The article, through presenting a company's project management office (PMO), argues about practices a PMO must establish for supporting new product development (NPD) in high-technology companies. A holistic case-study was performed where data gathered comes from interviews, direct and participant observation, and document analysis. The practices identified differ from the current literature about the PMO functions. The whole set of functions performed by the described PMO responds to specific processes an NPD project asks for. It begins monitoring, analysing, and systematising product requirements to develop project schedules. During project execution, it supports configuration management through engineering change management. When prototyping, it carries on provisions of the necessary materials and subcontracted processes for assembling and testing. These PMO functions are compared to the current PMO literature. It is suggested that the functions undertaken by the PMO can enhance the theoretical options for structuring PMOs in NPD-based companies avoiding mimicry dysfunctions.

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高科技公司项目管理办公室支持新产品开发的不同做法

本文通过介绍一家公司的项目管理办公室(PMO)，讨论了PMO必须建立的实践，以支持高科技公司的新产品开发(NPD)。通过访谈、直接观察和参与观察以及文献分析收集数据，进行了全面的案例研究。所确定的实践不同于目前关于PMO功能的文献。所描述的项目管理办公室执行的整套功能响应新产品开发项目所要求的特定过程。它开始监控、分析和系统化产品需求，以制定项目时间表。在项目执行期间，它通过工程变更管理来支持配置管理。当原型制作时，它进行必要的材料和分包过程的装配和测试的规定。将这些PMO功能与当前的PMO文献进行比较。建议PMO承担的功能可以增强npd型公司构建PMO的理论选择，以避免模仿功能障碍。

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International Journal of Project Organisation and Management Business, Management and Accounting-Strategy and Management

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期刊介绍： The aim of IJPOM is to attract contributions, and especially case studies, from a wide spectrum of academics and practitioners. As managers and business schools are increasingly placing increasing emphasis on strategy implementation issues, a project management approach will undoubtedly become more compelling and thus more acceptable in a wide range of fields. Readership IJPOM''s readership will come from professionals and managers dealing with project management on a daily basis. It also includes academics and researchers from various fields (business administration, economics and social sciences) concerned with the topic as well as policy makers and project planners in the field of business, commerce and industry. Contents IJPOM publishes original, theoretical, conceptual and empirical papers on a wide range of issues about project management. It also includes best practice examples as well as technical reports on the latest project management tools. Topics covered include Pre-project activities Project proposals/initial analysis, conception/design, management models Post-deployment review/documentation Engineering, production, service, construction projects Public sector programmes/campaigns, public/private sector partnerships Consultancy projects, public relations campaigns Mergers/acquisitions, outsourcing, alliances Particular events, humanitarian aid programmes, disasters projects Virtual projects, web-based PM, open-ended projects Communication/collaboration, negotiation skills, risk assessment/management Current/emerging standards, facilities/equipment support, quality assurance/testing Goals/objectives setting, budgeting, time/cost estimating HRM challenges, staffing, organisation change projects Opportunity management, marketing/branding strategies, measurement/metrics Project coordination/scheduling/governance, knowledge management.