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Impact of agile management on project performance: Evidence from I.T sector of Pakistan

Over the past several years, global project management teams have been facing dynamic challenges that continue to grow exponentially with the increasing number of complexities associated with the undertaken tasks. The ever-evolving organizational challenges demand project managers to adapt novel man...

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Autores principales: Muhammad, Umer, Nazir, Tahira, Muhammad, Najam, Maqsoom, Ahsen, Nawab, Samina, Fatima, Syeda Tamkeen, Shafi, Khuram, Butt, Faisal Shafique
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8021201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33819262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249311
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author Muhammad, Umer
Nazir, Tahira
Muhammad, Najam
Maqsoom, Ahsen
Nawab, Samina
Fatima, Syeda Tamkeen
Shafi, Khuram
Butt, Faisal Shafique
author_facet Muhammad, Umer
Nazir, Tahira
Muhammad, Najam
Maqsoom, Ahsen
Nawab, Samina
Fatima, Syeda Tamkeen
Shafi, Khuram
Butt, Faisal Shafique
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description Over the past several years, global project management teams have been facing dynamic challenges that continue to grow exponentially with the increasing number of complexities associated with the undertaken tasks. The ever-evolving organizational challenges demand project managers to adapt novel management practices to accomplish organizational goals rather than following traditional management practices. Considering which, the current study aims to explain the effect of agile management practices upon project performance directly as well as while being mediated through project complexity. Furthermore, the aforementioned mediatory relationship is evaluated in terms of the moderating effect of leadership competencies. The current study utilized the survey approach to collect the data from registered I.T firms deployed in the potential metropolitans of each province of Pakistan including, Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and Karachi. A total of 176 responses were utilized for statistical evaluations. As result, it was observed that the negative influence anticipated by project complexity on project performance was compensated by the agile management practices. Further, the leadership competencies played a pivotal role in managing project complexity while implementing agile management practices and therefore enhancing project performance. The current study abridges the potential knowledge gap conceptually by evaluating the direct impact of agile management upon project performance while considering all of its aspects, exploring the mediatory role of project performance and evaluating the moderating role of leadership competencies in attaining optimum project performance. In contextual terms, the current study fills the knowledge gap by gauging the implications of agile management practices within the I.T sector of Pakistan. The results of the current study can be a potential guide for both the academicians and the industry professionals.
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spelling pubmed-80212012021-04-14 Impact of agile management on project performance: Evidence from I.T sector of Pakistan Muhammad, Umer Nazir, Tahira Muhammad, Najam Maqsoom, Ahsen Nawab, Samina Fatima, Syeda Tamkeen Shafi, Khuram Butt, Faisal Shafique PLoS One Research Article Over the past several years, global project management teams have been facing dynamic challenges that continue to grow exponentially with the increasing number of complexities associated with the undertaken tasks. The ever-evolving organizational challenges demand project managers to adapt novel management practices to accomplish organizational goals rather than following traditional management practices. Considering which, the current study aims to explain the effect of agile management practices upon project performance directly as well as while being mediated through project complexity. Furthermore, the aforementioned mediatory relationship is evaluated in terms of the moderating effect of leadership competencies. The current study utilized the survey approach to collect the data from registered I.T firms deployed in the potential metropolitans of each province of Pakistan including, Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and Karachi. A total of 176 responses were utilized for statistical evaluations. As result, it was observed that the negative influence anticipated by project complexity on project performance was compensated by the agile management practices. Further, the leadership competencies played a pivotal role in managing project complexity while implementing agile management practices and therefore enhancing project performance. The current study abridges the potential knowledge gap conceptually by evaluating the direct impact of agile management upon project performance while considering all of its aspects, exploring the mediatory role of project performance and evaluating the moderating role of leadership competencies in attaining optimum project performance. In contextual terms, the current study fills the knowledge gap by gauging the implications of agile management practices within the I.T sector of Pakistan. The results of the current study can be a potential guide for both the academicians and the industry professionals. Public Library of Science 2021-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8021201/ /pubmed/33819262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249311 Text en © 2021 Muhammad et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Butt, Faisal Shafique
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