Title: Impact of project management to capability transformation

Authors: Vânia Patrício; Renato Lopes Da Costa; Nelson António; Leandro Pereira; Rui Gonçalves; Carlos Jerónimo

Addresses: ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, WINNING Lab, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal ' Business Research Unit – BRU-IUL, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal ' Business Research Unit – BRU-IUL, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal ' BRU-Business Research Unit, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, WINNING LAB 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal ' PIAGET Almada, 2805-059 Almada, Portugal ' WINNING LAB 1750-149 Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract: A central question for researchers and practitioners is whether and which project management (PM) practices foster capability transformation in order to develop dynamic capabilities (DCs). To explore this question, this study seeks to empirically examine whether PM practices promote capability transformation. To this end, 141 surveys of professionals with project experience were analysed. This research used partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) and empirically presents factors and practices that significantly facilitate the possibility of PM practices transforming capabilities in organisations, thereby leveraging DCs, through the accumulation, integration, utilisation, and reconfiguration of knowledge gained from projects. This quantitative study contributes to the literature by presenting scales for measuring PM practices and factors that contribute to capability transformation, and highlighting those, thereby providing an important contribution to organisations and academia in developing DCs through PM.

Keywords: dynamic capabilities; project management; PLS-SEM; partial least squares structural equation modelling; reconfiguration; capability transformation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2022.124917

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, 2022 Vol.15 No.2, pp.167 - 199

Received: 29 Jul 2021
Accepted: 20 Oct 2021
Published online: 16 Aug 2022 *

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