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Podejście sytuacyjne w zarządzaniu projektami
Situational approach in project management

Author(s): Tomasz Kopczyński
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: situational approach; project management; agile project management; unpredictability; complexity

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research paper is to present situational approach as a current direction of development in the area of project management. The publication reference is made to a wide literature on project management and various trends in managing organizations, of both Polish and foreign authors. The article presents the changes that occur in project management forced by the phenomena occurring in such environment as dynamics, unpredictability and complexity. The rest of this article presents the essence and the key assumptions of situational approach and identifies the characteristics of a new trend in project management. A reference was made to the need for adaptability and flexibility in managing the project, based on highly competent project team and characteristic of agile project management. The last part of the article shows the need to consider the complexity of the projects and the ways of dealing in this environment in which the relationship between the elements of the project is taken into account in a special way.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 421
  • Page Range: 255-263
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish
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