HOW DOES PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY FIT IN WHEN WORKING WITH CROSS-CULTURAL AND CROSS-DISCIPLINARY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TEAMS?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56177/11icmie2023.52Keywords:
hybrid project management, cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary, project methodologyAbstract
When it comes to choosing the project management delivery approach and methodology, internationally acknowledged guides agree on one thing: it should be tailored to suit the project. Finding the right method and approach requires considering particularities related to the project type, geography, and culture. Also, the team and stakeholders’ characteristics play a crucial role in project tailoring and adaptation. On the other hand, the project team componence and management has been considerably influenced by some of the 2022 global megatrends: digital disruption, labour shortages and diversity and inclusion movement. One of the implications and impact is the increasing need of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary project teams that deliver IT projects. The aim of this article is to provide a reflection on how agile, traditional(waterfall) and hybrid blends in when managing IT projects with cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary teams. For this purpose, secondary research (literature survey) and primary research, some representative examples and observations based on the author's professional experience will be analyzed. What do we choose and equally important: how do we choose? What role does methodology play in this context when it comes to conflict resolution?
References
Project Management Institute, 2022. Global Megatrends 2022, s.l.: Project Management Institute.
Axelos, 2017. Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2. 6th ed. s.l.: TSO, The Stationery Office.
Project Management Institute, 2021. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management. 7 ed. s.l.: Project Management Institute.
Schwaber, K. & Sutherland, J., 2020. The Scrum Guide - The Definitive Guide to Scrum: The Rules of the Game. s.l.: s.n.
Aza, H. T., 2018. Challenges and skills: Managing multicultural software project teams: A Case Study: Cross-Cultural Complexities and Interpersonal Conflict Faced by Project Managers in Multicultural Teams. s.l.: Editorial Académica Española.
Mullaly, M., 2021. Project HEADWAY: Cross-Discipline Project Management, s.l.: PMI.
Kusters, Rob J. et al. When Agile Meets Waterfall - Investigating Risks and Problems on the Interface between Agile and Traditional Software Development in a Hybrid Development Organization. International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (2017).
Moniruzzaman, A B M & Hossain, Syed. (2013). Comparative Study on Agile software development methodologies.
Angée, S. et al., 2018. Towards an Improved ASUM-DM Process Methodology for Cross-Disciplinary Multi-organization Big Data & Analytics Projects. In: Knowledge Management in Organizations. s.l.: Springer International Publishing, pp. Pp.613-624.
Agrawal, Ashish & Atiq, Mohd & Maurya, Laxmi. (2016). A Current Study on the Limitations of Agile Methods in Industry Using Secure Google Forms. Procedia Computer Science. 78. 291-297. 10.1016/j.procs.2016.02.056.
Lazwanthi, M. & Alsadoon, Abeer & P.W.C, Prasad & Sager, S. & Elchouemi, Amr. (2016). Cultural impact on agile projects: Universal agile culture model (UACM). 292-297. 10.1109/IACS.2016.7476067.
Hofstede, G.J. Culture’s causes: the next challenge. Cross Cultural Management. An International Journal 2015, 22 (4), pp. 545–569.
Zinn, Moritz & Müller, Carolin & Herter, Christine. (2023). A Clash of Cultures: Wie beeinflussen kulturelle Unterschiede agile Transformationen? A clash of cultures: How do cultural differences impact agile transformations?. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO). 54. 10.1007/s11612-023-00687-4.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 International Conference of Management and Industrial Engineering
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
