Evolution of project management methods and implementation of new technologies in companies and start-ups to disrupt markets
Scarpellini, Chloé (2012)
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013092115445
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013092115445
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The subject of this thesis propounds to identify, to define and to explain why companies and / or startups change their project management. Indeed customer’s
needs and companies’ call-offers are growing up sharply. This situation requires companies to react on their production management and services policies. As we will see recent transformations of the technologic and the web market conduct companies to redefine and improve their project management and technologies use.
Qualitative research methodology was used in this research project. It consisted on four in-depth interviews from several web-technologies companies and startups.
The results of the interviews revealed opposite point of views concerning different ways of using new technologies like cloud computing or open data. On the contrary, all respondents stated that they are currently using or implementing new projects management (lean and agile methodologies) in their processes. The results from these interviews show that this acceptance of new changes depends on both the company’s size and the projects that are being created.
The author recommends three main principles. The first one is to develop management projects around customer relationship like going through the agile methodologies. The second recommendation is to advise companies; despite the advent of new web revolutions, to invest later and meanwhile to take time to develop necessarily tools and frameworks in order to better perform when the market will be mature enough. On the other hand the last point would be to promote the creation of startups which will work on different projects linked to the
evolution of the web. By disrupting or creating a new market, those startups would then interest big companies whom will buy them.
Further researches could be led to put in form different types of relationships developed between companies and startups to create new markets.
needs and companies’ call-offers are growing up sharply. This situation requires companies to react on their production management and services policies. As we will see recent transformations of the technologic and the web market conduct companies to redefine and improve their project management and technologies use.
Qualitative research methodology was used in this research project. It consisted on four in-depth interviews from several web-technologies companies and startups.
The results of the interviews revealed opposite point of views concerning different ways of using new technologies like cloud computing or open data. On the contrary, all respondents stated that they are currently using or implementing new projects management (lean and agile methodologies) in their processes. The results from these interviews show that this acceptance of new changes depends on both the company’s size and the projects that are being created.
The author recommends three main principles. The first one is to develop management projects around customer relationship like going through the agile methodologies. The second recommendation is to advise companies; despite the advent of new web revolutions, to invest later and meanwhile to take time to develop necessarily tools and frameworks in order to better perform when the market will be mature enough. On the other hand the last point would be to promote the creation of startups which will work on different projects linked to the
evolution of the web. By disrupting or creating a new market, those startups would then interest big companies whom will buy them.
Further researches could be led to put in form different types of relationships developed between companies and startups to create new markets.