 Comparing project management practices in new product development: a study in the automotive, aerospace and rail transport industryAna K. Müller, Andreas Wald and Arnd Görner International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2012, vol. 4, issue 3, 203-217 Abstract: Project management standards and tools are prevalent measures for supporting project execution. As these standards are often industry specific, they do not facilitate cross-industry and cross-organisational collaboration. We pursue an action research approach to compare project management practices and standards in new product development and to identify potential synergies in process and project management. We choose the automotive, aerospace and rail transport industry as they have a high project orientation and their success is strongly dependent on innovation. Our findings reveal differences between the industries in terms of project management standards and methods, the maturity of project management, and the general orientation towards projects. On this basis, we identify best practices and areas for improvement in project management on inter-industry and intra-industry level. Keywords: management practices; management standards; new production development; NPD; project management; process management; aerospace industry; automobile industry; rail transport industry; railways; automotive industry; collaboration. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:4:y:2012:i:3:p:203-217 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Project Organisation and Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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