Can Agile Project Management be Adopted by Industries Other than Software Development?

Edivandro Carlos Conforto; Fabian Ariel Salum; Daniel Capaldo Amaral; Sérgio Luis da Silva; Luís Fernando Magnanini de Almeida

doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/pmj.21410

doi.org/10.1002/pmj.21410

Can Agile Project Management be Adopted by Industries Other than Software Development?

Edivandro Carlos Conforto

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Fabian Ariel Salum

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..., Luís Fernando Magnanini de Almeida

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Project Management Journal5.00

Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 21 - 34

Published: Jun 1, 2014

Abstract

This research paper presents evidence from an exploratory survey on the use of agile project management (APM) practices and the presence of APM enablers in 19 medium-and large-sized companies from different industry sectors considering innovative projects. The results show that these companies are possibly struggling to use their current management practices in the face of different project challenges. Additionally, the presence of some APM...