Title: Lean and agile project management knowledge areas: a systematic literature review

Authors: Fatima-Zahra Eddoug; Rajaa Benabbou; Jamal Benhra

Addresses: National School of Electricity and Mechanics, University Hassan II, Casablanca, 20100, Morocco ' National School of Electricity and Mechanics, University Hassan II, Casablanca, 20100, Morocco ' National School of Electricity and Mechanics, University Hassan II, Casablanca, 20100, Morocco

Abstract: Lean and agility are two approaches used for the improvement of many products and services. They could be integrated with project management in order to enhance the efficiency and the performance of any project. The aim of this study is to analyse research works on lean and agile project management knowledge areas (PMAKs), by identifying the lean and agile tools used for this purpose and also exploring the project theme status related to these approaches. In order to achieve these goals, we followed a standard method for SLRs and applied it to studies extracted from the academic database Scopus. In total, we selected 56 studies relevant to lean and agility approaches for PMAKs. The most treated PMAKs in the final sample are quality, cost and time management. In addition, the last planner system, just in time, 5S, and Scrum are the most used for this context.

Keywords: PMKAs; project management knowledge areas; lean thinking; agility; SLR; systematic literature review; lean and agile tools.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2024.142129

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, 2024 Vol.17 No.4, pp.502 - 534

Received: 21 Jul 2023
Accepted: 18 Jul 2024
Published online: 08 Oct 2024 *

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