Factors that Influence Product Development and their Integration Level in Project Management Approaches

Abstract

Project management literature provides various approaches to organize project management. Simultaneously, several factors influence product development about its efficiency and effectiveness. This paper analyses the factors that affect product development and evaluates their integration level in project management concerning modern requirements imposed in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment. It concludes by identifying undervalued influencing factors worth investigating in future research.

Keywords

Communication / decision making / product development / project management / team organization / VUCA

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