Is open-sourcing the future for project management?: critical thinking in social networking
by Emad Rahim, Amine Ayad, Robert W. Zapf
International Journal of Project Organisation and Management (IJPOM), Vol. 2, No. 2, 2010

Abstract: The purpose of this mixed, quantitative and qualitative study was to examine the future of project management (PM) in the light of the rapid expansion of online social networks. Qualitative data were extracted from numerous PM virtual platforms and analysed via the hermeneutics tradition in studying the text and its interpretation. Perspectives of 66 PM experts and PM students were gathered by a survey. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the survey. Findings indicate the practice of PM continues to evolve where PM concepts and solutions are being shared freely. Copyright regulations as well as the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct are being violated with little or no recourse. This represents opportunities and threats to the science and to the practice of PM.

Online publication date: Tue, 15-Jun-2010

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