Providing a Project Management Methodology for Research Projects<br/>

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Providing a Project Management Methodology for Research Projects

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 39053 (01)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Industrial Engineering
Advisor(s): Shadrokh, Shahram
Abstract:
In this thesis a project management methodology for research projects is presented. Generally, implementing research projects is so complicated because of uncertain attributes of this type of projects. So far, no project management methodology has been developed for research projects. In this thesis first, the main attributes of research projects are identified by considering research projects problems in some organizations. The consideration involves studying documents of research projects, interviewing with project managers, using questionnaires and applying statistical analyses. Then, stakeholders’ expectations of a research project methodology are recognized and characteristics of the methodology are completely indentified. After that, a methodology to execute a research project is developed by implementing on a governmental organization as a case study. This methodology is defined in a higher level in order to be applied in other research projects. At the end of each step, some objectives are determined to control correctness of each step and document of research projects in other organization and opinion of research projects manager are used to validate these controlling objectives
Keywords:
Project Management Methodology ; Research Projects ; Step to Step Methodology ; Controlling Goals