Introducing technological change into an organization is a difficult undertaking, so it is not unexpected that firms struggle in their pursuit to achieve the desired level of quality for IT project outcomes. The purpose of this research is to examine the Deming management method to determine if its theories about quality management can be applied to IT projects. Survey data was collected from 168 IT professionals and analyzed. The results provide strong empirical support for the application of the Deming management method to address this persistent problem. In particular, the results support all hypothesized relationships among the quality management concepts comprising the Deming model, while at the same time the Deming model provides strong predictive ability for both customer satisfaction with IT project deliverables and meeting project performance goals of budget, schedule, and system functionality.
在企业中引入技术变革是一项艰巨的任务，因此，企业在追求信息技术项目成果达到预期质量水平的过程中遇到困难也就不足为奇了。本研究的目的是考察戴明管理方法，以确定其质量管理理论能否应用于 IT 项目。研究人员收集了 168 名 IT 专业人员的调查数据，并进行了分析。研究结果为应用戴明管理方法解决这一老大难问题提供了强有力的经验支持。特别是，结果支持了戴明模型中质量管理概念之间的所有假设关系，同时，戴明模型对客户对 IT 项目交付成果的满意度，以及实现预算、进度和系统功能等项目绩效目标，都具有很强的预测能力。
{"title":"Improving IT Project Outcomes With the Deming Management Method","authors":"Andrew J. Setterstrom, Jack T. Marchewka","doi":"10.4018/ijitpm.335118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.335118","url":null,"abstract":"Introducing technological change into an organization is a difficult undertaking, so it is not unexpected that firms struggle in their pursuit to achieve the desired level of quality for IT project outcomes. The purpose of this research is to examine the Deming management method to determine if its theories about quality management can be applied to IT projects. Survey data was collected from 168 IT professionals and analyzed. The results provide strong empirical support for the application of the Deming management method to address this persistent problem. In particular, the results support all hypothesized relationships among the quality management concepts comprising the Deming model, while at the same time the Deming model provides strong predictive ability for both customer satisfaction with IT project deliverables and meeting project performance goals of budget, schedule, and system functionality.","PeriodicalId":43211,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","volume":"46 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138945812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ecosystems are our planet's life-support systems that facilitate sustainable development. Within the marine ecosystem, oysters serve as a keystone species. Numerous oyster restoration projects have been launched with a crucial element involving precise assessment of oyster population sizes within specific reef areas. However, the current methods of tracking oyster populations are approximate and lack precision. To address this research gap, the authors developed an AI-empowered project for oyster detection. Specifically, they created a dataset of wild oysters, utilized Roboflow for image annotation, and employed image augmentation techniques to augment the training data. Then, they fine-tuned a YOLOv8 computer vision object detection model using their dataset. The results demonstrated a mean average precision (mAP) of 85.2 percent and an accuracy of 87.7 percent for oyster detection. This approach improved upon previous attempts to detect wild oysters, offering a more effective solution for population assessment, which is a fundamental step toward sustainable oyster restoration project management.
{"title":"AI-Powered Tracking for Sustainable Marine Ecosystem Resource Management Projects","authors":"Toby Chau, Helen Lv Zhang, Yuyue Gui, Man Fai Lau","doi":"10.4018/ijitpm.334716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.334716","url":null,"abstract":"Ecosystems are our planet's life-support systems that facilitate sustainable development. Within the marine ecosystem, oysters serve as a keystone species. Numerous oyster restoration projects have been launched with a crucial element involving precise assessment of oyster population sizes within specific reef areas. However, the current methods of tracking oyster populations are approximate and lack precision. To address this research gap, the authors developed an AI-empowered project for oyster detection. Specifically, they created a dataset of wild oysters, utilized Roboflow for image annotation, and employed image augmentation techniques to augment the training data. Then, they fine-tuned a YOLOv8 computer vision object detection model using their dataset. The results demonstrated a mean average precision (mAP) of 85.2 percent and an accuracy of 87.7 percent for oyster detection. This approach improved upon previous attempts to detect wild oysters, offering a more effective solution for population assessment, which is a fundamental step toward sustainable oyster restoration project management.","PeriodicalId":43211,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","volume":"28 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138996019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abida Ellahi, Yasir Javed, Mohammad Farooq Jan, Zaid Sultan
This study investigates the factors influencing project managers' work performance, including decision-making, analytical, technical, interpersonal, and communication skills, with emotional intelligence as a potential moderator. Conducted within the Pakistani software industry, a comprehensive field survey using a well-designed questionnaire ensured reliable and valid data collection. The statistical findings confirm the positive impact of all five skill sets on project managers' work performance. Notably, emotional intelligence moderates the effects significantly for communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills. This research provides valuable insights into the critical attributes shaping project managers' effectiveness, offering a unique perspective by considering emotional intelligence as a potential enhancer or inhibitor of these skills' impact on work performance.
{"title":"Determining the Effect of Software Project Managers' Skills on Work Performance","authors":"Abida Ellahi, Yasir Javed, Mohammad Farooq Jan, Zaid Sultan","doi":"10.4018/ijitpm.333620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.333620","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the factors influencing project managers' work performance, including decision-making, analytical, technical, interpersonal, and communication skills, with emotional intelligence as a potential moderator. Conducted within the Pakistani software industry, a comprehensive field survey using a well-designed questionnaire ensured reliable and valid data collection. The statistical findings confirm the positive impact of all five skill sets on project managers' work performance. Notably, emotional intelligence moderates the effects significantly for communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills. This research provides valuable insights into the critical attributes shaping project managers' effectiveness, offering a unique perspective by considering emotional intelligence as a potential enhancer or inhibitor of these skills' impact on work performance.","PeriodicalId":43211,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","volume":"7 24","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135142124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The purpose of the work is to demonstrate the results of modeling the impact of innovation on the efficiency of operating costs for crop production by agricultural enterprises. Based on the dialectical method of cognition, abstract-logical, and graphic methods were used; nonlinear correlation-regression analysis and economic-mathematical modeling It is established that the innovations of technical and technological character contribute to the increase of the extremum of the yield function. At the same time, the impact of innovation on the profit function is twofold. In the case of free product innovation, an increase in output estimated at market prices generates an increase in the extremum of the profit function while increasing the profit optimum of costs. That is why the latter is approaching the technological optimum. In turn, the innovation payoff affects the profit curve, reducing the value of the cost optimum and the function extremum. However, a significant increase in the cost of an innovative product can lead to a decrease in profit below the achieved level.
{"title":"Modeling the Efficiency of Operating Costs in Introducting Innovations in the Agrarian Sphere","authors":"O. Oliinyk, T. Oliynik, Vitaly Makogon, S. Brik","doi":"10.4018/ijitpm.323208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.323208","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the work is to demonstrate the results of modeling the impact of innovation on the efficiency of operating costs for crop production by agricultural enterprises. Based on the dialectical method of cognition, abstract-logical, and graphic methods were used; nonlinear correlation-regression analysis and economic-mathematical modeling It is established that the innovations of technical and technological character contribute to the increase of the extremum of the yield function. At the same time, the impact of innovation on the profit function is twofold. In the case of free product innovation, an increase in output estimated at market prices generates an increase in the extremum of the profit function while increasing the profit optimum of costs. That is why the latter is approaching the technological optimum. In turn, the innovation payoff affects the profit curve, reducing the value of the cost optimum and the function extremum. However, a significant increase in the cost of an innovative product can lead to a decrease in profit below the achieved level.","PeriodicalId":43211,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81029542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Khalique Ahmad, Abu Bakar Abduhamid, S. A. Wahab, M. Nazir
Project-based organisations face the challenge of persistent project failures, leaving researchers and practitioners struggling to identify the best leadership style for project success. Data was collected from 289 project organisations and analysed to reveal that the project manager's transformational leadership behaviour and empowerment significantly improve project success. Additionally, empowerment mediates the impacts of transformational leadership and goal clarity on project success. Goal clarity was found to mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and empowerment, but not between transformational leadership and project success. Lastly, contingent reward leadership does not moderate the effect of empowerment on project success. The findings have theoretical and practical implications in the project management field.
{"title":"Can the Project Manager's Transformational Leadership Lead to Project Success?","authors":"Muhammad Khalique Ahmad, Abu Bakar Abduhamid, S. A. Wahab, M. Nazir","doi":"10.4018/ijitpm.323206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.323206","url":null,"abstract":"Project-based organisations face the challenge of persistent project failures, leaving researchers and practitioners struggling to identify the best leadership style for project success. Data was collected from 289 project organisations and analysed to reveal that the project manager's transformational leadership behaviour and empowerment significantly improve project success. Additionally, empowerment mediates the impacts of transformational leadership and goal clarity on project success. Goal clarity was found to mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and empowerment, but not between transformational leadership and project success. Lastly, contingent reward leadership does not moderate the effect of empowerment on project success. The findings have theoretical and practical implications in the project management field.","PeriodicalId":43211,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77023062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The current article puts forward the following hypothesis: leadership potential is the key to the effectiveness of changes taking place within business structures to ensure their functioning in the markets. In this context, the authors conducted research on leadership potential of the business structures operating in Ukraine. The following objectives have been specified: 1) to analyze and evaluate the development of leadership potential at Ukrainian enterprises and develop its regulation; 2) to provide tools for the enterprise change assessment in the dynamics by means of leadership potential. Fifteen enterprises of the textile industry of Ukraine have been involved in the research. Analysis is based on a random sample of 300 respondents. The analysis of the dominance of the activated change management system conducted on the basis of resultant leadership has revealed that leadership potential is the key factor for change.
{"title":"Influence of Leadership Potential on the Effectiveness of Managerial Change","authors":"I. Ignatieva, A. Serbenivska, Elena Babina","doi":"10.4018/ijitpm.323207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.323207","url":null,"abstract":"The current article puts forward the following hypothesis: leadership potential is the key to the effectiveness of changes taking place within business structures to ensure their functioning in the markets. In this context, the authors conducted research on leadership potential of the business structures operating in Ukraine. The following objectives have been specified: 1) to analyze and evaluate the development of leadership potential at Ukrainian enterprises and develop its regulation; 2) to provide tools for the enterprise change assessment in the dynamics by means of leadership potential. Fifteen enterprises of the textile industry of Ukraine have been involved in the research. Analysis is based on a random sample of 300 respondents. The analysis of the dominance of the activated change management system conducted on the basis of resultant leadership has revealed that leadership potential is the key factor for change.","PeriodicalId":43211,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90517530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yulia Bezdushna, M. Prodanchuk, V. Zhuk, Evheniya Popko
The motivation of the research is to find the answer to why the reform of decentralization of government in Ukraine does not contribute to the sustainable development of the countryside and the peasantry. The objective of the article is to substantiate the managerial principles used to ensure sustainable development of rural territories based on the establishment of a village preservation model of the agrarian system in Ukraine. The article identifies basic features of rural development policy and management using various agrarian system models, in particular, the agricultural holding model, which is currently being implemented in Ukraine, and the village preservation model, which is proposed for implementation in order to preserve and revive rural life in Ukraine. The main achieved results include managerial principles of sustainable rural development in the village preservation model of the agricultural system.
{"title":"Rationale of Management Principles of Providing Sustainable Development of Rural Territorial Communities","authors":"Yulia Bezdushna, M. Prodanchuk, V. Zhuk, Evheniya Popko","doi":"10.4018/ijitpm.323209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.323209","url":null,"abstract":"The motivation of the research is to find the answer to why the reform of decentralization of government in Ukraine does not contribute to the sustainable development of the countryside and the peasantry. The objective of the article is to substantiate the managerial principles used to ensure sustainable development of rural territories based on the establishment of a village preservation model of the agrarian system in Ukraine. The article identifies basic features of rural development policy and management using various agrarian system models, in particular, the agricultural holding model, which is currently being implemented in Ukraine, and the village preservation model, which is proposed for implementation in order to preserve and revive rural life in Ukraine. The main achieved results include managerial principles of sustainable rural development in the village preservation model of the agricultural system.","PeriodicalId":43211,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77049280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sulayman K. Sowe, Mirco Schoenfeld, C. Samimi, Petra Steiner, Anke Schürer-Ries
Researchers from the Global North and South have collaborated for decades to conduct cutting-edge interdisciplinary research. The tools they used to manage their research projects remained virtually unchanged until the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak early in 2020. Since then, a lot has changed, including the nature and dynamics of research collaboration. How are researchers and project managers adapting to this change? Survey data, semi-structured interviews, and personal accounts from 102 respondents from 33 countries are used in this empirical study to investigate the impact of the pandemic on research collaboration projects. An independent non-parametric t-test revealed a significant difference in the research collaboration infrastructure and home environment between Global North and global South collaborators. The findings have practical implications for people involved in collaborative research projects, funding agencies, project management professionals, and universities interested in pursuing or sustaining North-South research collaboration during the pandemic.
{"title":"Managing North-South Research Collaboration Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Sulayman K. Sowe, Mirco Schoenfeld, C. Samimi, Petra Steiner, Anke Schürer-Ries","doi":"10.4018/ijitpm.312255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.312255","url":null,"abstract":"Researchers from the Global North and South have collaborated for decades to conduct cutting-edge interdisciplinary research. The tools they used to manage their research projects remained virtually unchanged until the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak early in 2020. Since then, a lot has changed, including the nature and dynamics of research collaboration. How are researchers and project managers adapting to this change? Survey data, semi-structured interviews, and personal accounts from 102 respondents from 33 countries are used in this empirical study to investigate the impact of the pandemic on research collaboration projects. An independent non-parametric t-test revealed a significant difference in the research collaboration infrastructure and home environment between Global North and global South collaborators. The findings have practical implications for people involved in collaborative research projects, funding agencies, project management professionals, and universities interested in pursuing or sustaining North-South research collaboration during the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":43211,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87099504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article examines how the widespread adoption of IT service management best practices challenges traditional approaches to managing IT workers. Via a multiple case study of servitized IT functions, it was found that IT service workers might be usefully segmented into four groups: ‘Customer-focussed Technicians’, ‘Developing IT Talent’, ‘Skilled IT Artisans’, and ‘Skilled IT Locals’. It is proposed that this segmentation is useful for managers practicing in IT functions that combine compatible IT service management and IT project management ‘best practices’. Specifically, such employee segmentation may enable differentiated people management practices to improve worker performance within IT functions delivering IT service projects and ongoing service provision.
{"title":"Differentiated Management of IT Service Workers","authors":"Clive R. Trusson","doi":"10.4018/ijitpm.304058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.304058","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines how the widespread adoption of IT service management best practices challenges traditional approaches to managing IT workers. Via a multiple case study of servitized IT functions, it was found that IT service workers might be usefully segmented into four groups: ‘Customer-focussed Technicians’, ‘Developing IT Talent’, ‘Skilled IT Artisans’, and ‘Skilled IT Locals’. It is proposed that this segmentation is useful for managers practicing in IT functions that combine compatible IT service management and IT project management ‘best practices’. Specifically, such employee segmentation may enable differentiated people management practices to improve worker performance within IT functions delivering IT service projects and ongoing service provision.","PeriodicalId":43211,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87823358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Parthasarathy, Shanmugam Sivagurunathan, Girish H. Subramanian
Due to the expansion of new markets, accessible technologies, and venture funding, software startup growth is amazing. Moreover, startups are frequently required to adapt their software products prior to deployment at a customer's location. The authors collected a data set of 30 software projects retrieved from three software businesses using a case study research approach, with each software startup supplying a data set of 10 of its software projects tagged as failure projects in their project repository. The authors quantify and demonstrate the level of substantial software customization in startup software projects. The authors have also presented a simplified technique for quantifying customization requests for startups. Additionally, they offer tips and best practices to assist entrepreneurs in managing software customization.
{"title":"What Should a Startup Know About Software Customization?","authors":"S. Parthasarathy, Shanmugam Sivagurunathan, Girish H. Subramanian","doi":"10.4018/ijitpm.313945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.313945","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the expansion of new markets, accessible technologies, and venture funding, software startup growth is amazing. Moreover, startups are frequently required to adapt their software products prior to deployment at a customer's location. The authors collected a data set of 30 software projects retrieved from three software businesses using a case study research approach, with each software startup supplying a data set of 10 of its software projects tagged as failure projects in their project repository. The authors quantify and demonstrate the level of substantial software customization in startup software projects. The authors have also presented a simplified technique for quantifying customization requests for startups. Additionally, they offer tips and best practices to assist entrepreneurs in managing software customization.","PeriodicalId":43211,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","volume":"451 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76060040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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