Adopting agile project management practices in non-software SMEs : a case study of a Slovenian medium-sized manufacturing company

Žužek, Tena (avtor), Gosar, Žiga (avtor), Kušar, Janez (avtor), Berlec, Tomaž (avtor)

In today's highly dynamic and unpredictable project environment, companies need to be able to manage changes quickly and effectively, otherwise, the final product will not be current and will only go to waste. Traditional project management approaches that focus on planning are no longer efficient and companies are forced to adopt new ways of working. As a result, more flexible agile project management (APM) approaches have emerged over the last decades. Originally developed for the software industry, APM is now increasingly recognized and adopted also by other industry sectors. However, due to some discipline-specific differences, the adoption of APM by non-software companies is challenging and requires many adjustments and high financial input. While the larger organizations have sufficient resources to make such a transition, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) generally cannot afford to do so, and therefore need alternative strategies to increase their agility and stay competitive on the global market. In this paper, we present a case study of a Slovenian medium-sized manufacturing company that implemented only certain APM practices separately and not as part of a structured APM methodology, and still managed to achieve significant benefits: improved communication, faster detection of discrepancies, more effective problem-solving and greater flexibility. The results also suggest that APM practices, even when implemented separately, positively impact project success in terms of both efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction, and can thus help in establishing an economically, socially, and environmentally more sustainable workplace.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: project management, agility, manufacturing, SMEs, project success
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FS - Fakulteta za strojništvo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2020
• Št. strani: 17 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 12, iss. 21, art. 9245
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134675
• UDK: 658.5
• ISSN pri članku: 2071-1050
• DOI: 10.3390/su12219245
• COBISS.SI-ID: 36195331
• Datum objave v RUL: 25.01.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Sustainability
• Skrajšan naslov: Sustainability
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2071-1050
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5324897

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 06.11.2020

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: projektno vodenje, agilnost, proizvodnja, MSP, uspeh projekta

Projekti

• Financer: Drugi - Drug financer ali več financerjev
• Program financ.: Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
• Številka projekta: 1000-15-0510

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P2-0270
• Naslov: Proizvodni sistemi, laserske tehnologije in spajanje materialov