Project Management Methodology Research of EBS University, Germany
17 June 2011
Prof. Dr. Frederik Ahlemann who runs the Competence Center for Strategic IT Management at the Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS) of the EBS Business School in Wiesbaden, Germany. The Institute is currently conducting a study on acceptance and use of project management methodologies (e.g PRINCE2, CCPM, PMBOK, Agile PM, O2PM, in-house developed etc.) by individuals involved in projects (e.g. project managers, project team members etc.). The study is also supported by the Project Management Institute (PMI), PMA-Canada, PMA-India, and PMforum.org.
In detail, the following questions are addressed:
i) What needs of users are crucial for PM methodology acceptance?
ii) Based on which cognitive considerations do users decide about using a PM methodology?
iii) Which characteristics of a PM methodology influence this decision?
iv) How can users be encouraged to use PM methods as intended by the organization?
The online questionnaire can be accessed by using the following link:
http://ww3.unipark.de/uc/MA_GEYC
This is the first large-scale international quantitative study via online-survey that addresses this issue. To understand the cultural differences project managers / staff from many countries are participating - e.g. U.S.A, Canada, India, China, EU-Nations, Australia, Kenya, Nigeria, and if possible further Asian and African countries.
Your participation would greatly help the Institute in collecting data from various nations and will lead to further insightful findings. The raw data collected and the final results report will be available when published.
