One of the points Dr. Nemani made in his presentation was the need for project managers to become better read in the scholarly journals. There is a lot of evidence of what works and what doesn't work in the project management field but the findings from these journals are just not making it to the practitioners. Project managers need to become more aware of the project management research.
In his presentation, Dr. Nemani consistently referenced scholarly works to support his assertions of techniques aimed at improving IT projects and addressing issues common to these projects. This presentation was a good example of how the academic world and the practitioner world can world well together to address the issues in the field.
Do you know of any good sources?
ReplyDeleteI found this
http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/oso/public/content/oho_business/9780199563142/toc.html
a lot of the textbooks seem to be based on anecdotal evidence and not research.
Geoffrey,
ReplyDeleteThe Project Management Institute has two publications that I follow: PM Network and the Project Management Journal. The PM Network focuses on the practice and has great articles but these are not research articles. The Project Management Journal is where you can find research articles.
However, keep in mind that the project management profession extends across industries. As a result you will find project management research in research journals from many industries. If you have access to online journal databases I suggest you look there first. If you don't have access to these databases you may want to start by searching in Google Scholar.
I hope this helps.