Practitioners' preference: which project planning components offer the most promise?
by Todd Creasy; Yang Fan; Nathan Johnson
International Journal of Project Organisation and Management (IJPOM), Vol. 9, No. 2, 2017

Abstract: This research was designed to uncover top planning components as determined by current project management practitioners. A qualitative analysis was conducted involving 58 project managers representing diverse professional years of experience, project sizes, and industries. Various planning components were deemed to be value-adding including the top four which were (in descending order): WBS, scope planning, risk management and stakeholder management. Key findings from the content analysis produced 'themes' which seem to support this ranking. These planning components and associated themes were: a) WBS - 'structure' and 'accountability'; b) scope planning - 'clarity' and 'reflectiveness'; c) risk management - 'uncertainties' and 'insurance'; d) stakeholder management - 'identification' and 'influence'.

Online publication date: Fri, 21-Jul-2017

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