CONSEQUENCES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE APPLICATION OF AGILE METHODOLOGY IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN IT ENTERPRISES IN SERBIA

Dragan Lončar, Filip Stojanović and Marta Knežević

Chapter 13 in Shaping Post-COVID World – Challenges for Economic Theory and Policy, 2023, pp 287-304 from Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Belgrade

Abstract: It is estimated that 70% of all projects in modern market conditions require an agile approach to project management, and only 20% refer to traditional project management, while the remaining 10% demand extreme project management models. Agile project management focuses on human resources instead of processes, striving for greater stakeholders' involvement and giving freedom to project team members to solve problems independently and make flexible decisions. In the post-pandemic period, the priority role of the project manager becomes communication and project risk management, rather than cost and time management within the set plan. Following the previously explained phenomena, the objectives of the research are to present the importance of the agile approach in post-pandemic conditions, to define the desired set of characteristics of the project manager and project team members necessary for quality implementation of project tasks, to consider the intensity of agile approach and the level of project risks. The data for the realization of earlier mentioned goals will be collected through primary research via semi-structured questionnaires and interviews with project managers and members of project teams in the IT industry in Serbia. The principles of the semi-quantitative dynamic methodology of cognitive maps (Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping) are applied to define the initial parameters and variables that will be part of the questionnaire and interview. The results will be described through a unique cognitive map and the outcomes of simulations of the impact of changes in particular parameters on other model parameters.

Keywords: AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPPING; PROJECT PERFORMANCE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 M15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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