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Improving Project Management Practices in a Software Development Team

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Software development projects continue to deliver results that fall short on organization’s expectations. The present research was carried out at InfoPortugal, a technological company specialized in Geographic Information Systems and Tourism and Leisure Solutions, where project management practices were underuse. Therefore, the focus of this paper is to describe the proposals and their implementation to enable the improvement of project management practices in a software development team. Guidelines are provided by a matrix with key areas to be improved and related proposed improvement initiatives. The definition and application of a hybrid project management methodology was the most important improvement initiative to address some of the key problems identified in case under study. Traditional plan-oriented methodologies do not have the flexibility to dynamically adjust to the software development process. While, agile methodologies combine iterative and incremental approaches to adapt to high levels of change, with early and continuous delivery.

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  1. ALGORITMI, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4804-533, Guimarães, Portugal

    Sara Pires, Anabela Tereso & Gabriela Fernandes

  2. InfoPortugal S.A., Rua Conselheiro Costa Braga 502, 4450-102, Matosinhos, Portugal

    Sara Pires

  3. CEMMPRE, University of Coimbra, Rua Luis Reis Santos, 3030-788, Coimbra, Portugal

    Gabriela Fernandes

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  1. Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. FEUP, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

  4. DIMES, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

  5. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro

    Irena Orovic

  6. Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Moreira

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Pires, S., Tereso, A., Fernandes, G. (2020). Improving Project Management Practices in a Software Development Team. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S., Orovic, I., Moreira, F. (eds) Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1159. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45688-7_11

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