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Chapter and Conference Paper
Application of the PM2 Programme Management Methodology to the Portuguese Project Management Observatory
The Portuguese Project Management Observatory (PPMO) is a non-profit organization and an initiative of the Portuguese Project Management Association (APOGEP). The PPMO was created in 2020 to serve the knowledg...
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Implementing an Agile Project Management Methodology on a Minimum Viable Product Development
In the past few years, the world has faced a rapid change in the digitalization of processes over several different economic sectors. But there are services where human contact is crucial, such as massage ther...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Improving Change Management in Large Engineering Projects: A Case Study
Engineering change management is an essential component in the development of products, requiring many resources and time. A usual problem is the lack of standardized activities and the inexistence of activity...
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Proposal to Improve Risk Management in New Product Development Projects in an Automotive Company
Risk Management is a crucial domain within Project Management for organizations, and it plays a fundamental role in the automotive sector, ensuring a competitive position in today’s dynamic and constantly evol...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Modelling and Analysing Product Development Processes in the Textile and Clothing Industry
The textile and clothing industry is one of the most important sectors in the Portuguese economy, operating in a market that is increasingly competitive, globalized and characterized by short lifecycles and co...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Benefits of University-Industry R&D Collaborations: A Systematic Literature Review
University-Industry R&D collaboration (UIC) project is a temporary organization with a collaborative work environment, with heterogeneous partners who have collective responsibilities, and seek to grant benefi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Application of Scheduling and Capacity Management Tools in a Multi-project Environment
This paper addresses the application of different tools, in a multi-project environment, with focus on schedule and capacity management. The action-research methodology was applied to a production machines man...
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Project Management in Service Sector SMEs: A Comparative Study Between Portugal and Denmark
Project management has been increasingly implemented in private and public organizations around the world and in different sectors of activity, producing improvements in companies’ effectiveness and efficiency...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Innovation and Sustainability Practices in Project Management Within SMEs Context – A Systematic Literature Review
This research aims to identify practices that might help to ensure innovation and sustainability throughout Project Management (PM) within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). Project-based economic acti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Stakeholder Management in University-Industry Collaboration Programs: A Case Study
Poor stakeholder management repeatedly comes up as one of the main reasons for unsuccessful projects. This issue takes a higher dimension when we look at the inter-organizational context, where traditional sta...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Project Management Hybrid Model of Software Development in an Academic Environment
The project management paradigm is changing. Agile methodologies are part of this change. They came in opposition to traditional standards and their dissemination and intertwining is resulting in the adaption ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Critical Management Risks in Collaborative University-Industry R&D Programs
In university-industry collaborative research and development (R&D) programs and projects, Risk Management (RM) has assumed a preponderant importance for the success of programs and projects due to their innov...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Improving Project Management Practices in a Software Development Team
Software development projects continue to deliver results that fall short on organization’s expectations. The present research was carried out at InfoPortugal, a technological company specialized in Geographi...
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A Capacity Management Tool for a Portfolio of Industrialization Projects
The management of a project portfolio is a complex decision process because it encompasses the achievement of multiple objectives. A critical point that increases the complexity in the decision-making process...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Communication in Project Management: An Action Research Approach in an Automotive Manufacturing Company
Over the years, countless companies have implemented project management to ensure the integration of people with processes and deliveries, with a direct impact on quality and cost. In the automotive industry,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Project Management Practices at Portuguese Startups
Nowadays, due to the continuous changes in technology and markets, companies need to use the best project management practices to effectively manage their projects. The use of these practices however will not ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Improvement of Industrialization Projects Management: An Automotive Industry Case Study
Nowadays, in response to the technological evolution of the markets, organizations need to effectively improve their product development process. The product development can be seen as a global project where t...
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The Importance of Project Management Competences: A Case Study in Public Administration
Public administration is increasingly implementing new management practices borrowed from the private sector with the aim of improving quality service. Public funded projects have specific characteristics, nam...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Knowledge Sharing in Industrialization Project Management Practices
Facing today’s complex and dynamic business environments,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Development of a Grooming Process for an Agile Software Team in the Automotive Domain
At the current unpredictable technical evolution, the market is demanding an increasingly flexibility from companies to adapt to the pace of change in what customers want. The present research was developed in...