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Annotated Bibliography: The Importance of Project Management
Plattfaut, R. (2022). On the importance of project management capabilities for sustainable business
process management. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 14(13),
7612. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137612
The author of this article is Ralf Plattfaut, a professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen
and has experience in information systems and is currently working as a management
consultant. Professor Plattfaut’s experience in management, management systems, and
processes make him a qualified resource in project management. Here Professor Plattfaut
discusses the importance of project management capabilities and how these capabilities can
improve business process management.
In this article Professor Plattfaut explores how project management capabilities are an
essential aspect to the success of business process management. In today’s world, project
management is necessary for organizations to meet goals for future sustainability. When
organizations start a large project of optimization and digitalization of their business processes,
organizations should bring in the right consultants that have project management knowledge, to
meet the targets set for their project. Project management knowledge assists with ensuring the
life cycle of a project is completed and that the new business processes are ones that will drive
sustainability and success for the future of the organization.
Flohr, T. M., & Curtis, C. R. (2021). The importance of integrating project management into hospitality
management curriculum. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research (Washington, D.C.), 45(5),
850-852. https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480211000830
The authors of this article are Timothy M. Flohr from The University of Memphis and
Catherine R. Curtis who at the time was associated Oklahoma State University and now
associated with Florida Gulf Coast University. Professor Flohr has 25 years leadership experience
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in the foodservice industry and project management. Associate Professor Curtis has experience
in hospitality management and her expertise is in organizational commitment, human resources,
organizational culture, and management. The authors here are trying to demonstrate the
importance of project management in the hospitality field.
Project management has been an integral piece of the hospitality field. Many projects in
hospitality require the project to be defined in time, scope of work, and what the project will
cost. These are all terms in the project management discipline that is used in the field of
hospitality. The authors are trying to convey that hospitality managers perform many projects
over the course of their year and are in many ways project managers themselves. Utilizing and
implementing project management strategies will be an effective way to complete projects and
optimize work.
Shepherd, M., Sankaran, S., Shi, Q., Piccard, L., & Toma, T. (2023). Principles-based project management:
Where to now? Project Management Journal, 54(6), 583-
587. https://doi.org/10.1177/87569728231211281
This article is compiled by several authors, the first being Miles Shepherd who is an
editorial advisor and international correspondent for PM World Journal in the United Kingdom
with over 30 years of experience in project management. The next author is Shankar Sankaran
who is a professor at the School of the Built Environment whose studies include organizational
project management. The third author is Qian Shi whose work includes authoring many books in
project management including The Human Side of Project Management: Leadership Skills. The
next author is LuAnn Piccard who is the Chair of the Project Management Department at the
University of Alaska Anchorage. Lastly, Tetsuya Toma, from Keio University who has authored
many project management publications.
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The authors in this publication explore the principles of project management and how
over time the principles of project management have adapted over time. They are looking to
address new methods of how project management approaches can help managers and deliver
better outcomes to organizations. The authors suggest a user-empowering approach which is a
method of the stakeholder’s engagement in the project directly and utilizing their involvement
for better outcomes of the project goals.
Toward effective project management: Development of leadership competences is critical.
(2024). Development and Learning in Organizations, 38(1), 43-45.
https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-12-2023-0277
This article is from the Development and Learning in Organizations Journal. This journal
explores how in the changing world organizations must adapt and become agile to adapt to the
changes, demands and challenges they will face. In order to remain competitive in the global
arena organizations must acquire new and innovative skills and capabilities and to acquire these
new skills organizations must seek to invest in training and education in project management to
help drive the competitive edge in completing projects for the future.
The article drives the fact that developing leadership competencies is the focus of
implementing training and education of project management. Having leadership invests in this
training and education will assist in the effectiveness of the management of projects and
increase efficiency and continuity within the organization. Increasing knowledge in project
management shows its importance to optimizing goals and targets for organizational
sustainability.
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M, M. (2023). Four risk mitigation strategies for effective project management. Informaa Quarterly
Official Bulletin of the Records Management Association of Australia, 39(2), 13-15.
Author Mith M is the founder of ContinuSys which is a company that utilizes an
Integrated Business Management System that assists organizations identify and mitigate risks
and become more resilient against those risks. Mitch M has contributed his skill set and
knowledge to the project management field with an expertise in risk mitigation in project
management. In this publication Mitch M identifies four methods or strategies to identify risks
and how project managers can mitigate those risks for organizational sustainability.
Mitch M identifies four strategies for risk mitigation which are: Identify and Analyse the
Risks, Prioritise and Assign the Risks, Empowers Persistent Communication, and Maintain
Complete Audit Trials. Effective project management goes into identifying risks, effectively
making decisions on the risks, always communicating with the team, and also ensuring that the
risk is identified so that it will not hinder the project moving forward. Having effective risk
management in project management will ensure that projects are on time, on budget and meet
the standards of the organization.
Vrečko, I., Tominc, P., & Širec, K. (2023). Enhancing the performance of high-growth small- and medium-
sized enterprises through effective project-management processes and stakeholder engagement:
A systems perspective. Systems (Basel), 11(10), 511. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems11100511
This article has three contributors, Igor Vrecko, Polona Tominc, and Karin Sirec, all of
which are professors at the University of Maribor. Their experience includes having studies in
general management and organization, quantitative economic analysis, entrepreneurship and
business economics respectfully. In this article the authors explore how the performance of
enterprises is based on the effectiveness of the project management processes.
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Organizations must remain agile and continue to develop and implement new strategies
into their processes to remain efficient. Greater performance and efficiency demonstrate the
importance of project management but also how critical the processes are to reaching goals and
targets. The authors use structural equation modeling to examine the impact of project-
management practices and high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises. The authors
examine and demonstrate how successful project management processes affect the
performance of organizations and create sustainability and growth. This article advanced further
the importance of project management.
Silva, C. S., Pereira, C., & Magano, J. (2023). The value of project management to competitiveness: Key
factors from a holistic and practical perspective. International Journal of Managing Projects in
Business, 16(1), 67-91. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-02-2020-0042
The contributos to this article are Claudia Sousa Silva, Claudia Pereira, and Jose Magano.
Silva and Pereira are associates at the University of Aveiro; Magano is a professor at the
University of Autonoma de Lisboa. The authors of this article are identifying the scarce literature
that surrounds the importance of project management to organizational success. Project
management contributes effectiveness and competitiveness to organizations for sustainability.
Effective project management is a critical component to the competitiveness of
organizations. As the global economy changes and technology changes new and innovative
projects must be implemented for organizations to take advantage of any new markets and
customers, as their demands change. The authors conduct research to demonstrate the value of
project management and some aspects to improve the value of project management include
stronger leadership, more communication, and open processes. The authors look to
demonstrate and highlight the primary role of project management and present to the reader
how valuable project management is to organizational success.
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Lima, O., Fernandes, G., & Tereso, A. (2023). Benefits of adopting innovation and sustainability practices
in project management within the SME context. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 15(18),
13411. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813411
At the time of this article Orlando Lima is a PhD student at the University of Minho,
Gabriela Fernandes is a professional in project management and a professor at the University of
Cimbra, and Anabela Tereso has contributed to many project management publications as well
as works in the systems engineering department at the University of Minho. The authors here
are highlighting how project management is a crucial part of encouraging and environment for
innovation and sustainability for organizations.
In this article the authors seek to provide a literature review and analysis to identify
specific project management practices that assist in increasing innovation and sustainability. The
goal of organizations should be looked to have impactful innovation, not only in products that
are created but also in processes, and influence in the external world. Projects practices that
help foster innovation leads to a competitive edge and create organizational sustainability which
is the goal for growing organizations.
Conedera, R., Zahid, A., Andersen, B., & Klungseth, N. J. (2023). Overcoming sustainability barriers in
facilities management by a project management framework for project governance. IOP
Conference Series. Earth and Environmental Science, 1176(1),
12045. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1176/1/012045
The three authors of this article have experience in project management and
management research and all being associates at the Norwegian University of Science and
Technology. There are a lot of modern factors that present obstacles for future sustainability of
organizations and one of the factors highlighted in this article is the environmental hazards and
concerns. The authors identify some of the environmental factors such as climate change,
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environmental hazards and the use of fossil fuels that pose a risk to organizations. To address
these challenges would be to look at a new project management framework to assist
organizations identify processes to handle these barriers.
One of the goals of this research is to identify the barriers that could stifle an
organization’s ability to continue sustainability. Some of the hurdles include lack of information
sharing, lack of leadership and support, lack of priorities and lack of professional capabilities.
These are areas where project managers implement the correct framework and practices so that
information can be shared, and support can be given to a project for its success.
Awuah, E. (2023). Enhanced key success indicators of a risk management framework for public-private
partnerships smart city projects. Journal of Contemporary Management, 20(2), 89-
122. https://doi.org/10.35683/jcman1068.216
Dr. Emmanuel Awuah has worked in executive leadership for more than 25 Years. He has
collaborated on many articles identifying project risks and contributing to literature in the
project management field. In this article the author identifies that troubled projects are due to a
lack of risk management practices. These risk factors can be identified in effective project
management practices. These practices will place persons responsible to identify risks and lay
out a process to communicate the risk and barriers that may hinder a project and be able to
address them to continue project success.
Dr. Awuah sets out to identify success indicators to prevent project stagnation and assist
in implementing successful practices to improve the project’s success. Implementing the correct
framework to complete projects will limit the lapse in identifying risks and other factors that will
hinder meeting project targets. Identifying and mitigating risks are critical to a successful project
management framework.
