Traditional, Agile and Lean Project Management - A Systematic Literature Review

Authors

  • André Cruz University of Minho Portugal
  • Anabela Carvalho Alves University of Minho ALGORITMI Center School of Engineering Department of Production and System Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19255/JMPM02407

Keywords:

Project Management, Lean and Agile methodologies, systematic literature review

Abstract

This paper presents a systematic literature review about traditional, Agile and Lean Project Management methodologies. A general overview on the methodologies was also made, either on the perspective of the traditional based methodologies or the Lean and Agile methodologies. SLR results revealed more than 3500 papers. After filtering and applying exclusion criteria, just 80 were analysed. Main findings were that, in spite of some reserves, project management methodologies based on Lean are used. Nevertheless, Agile methodologies are the most used.

Author Biographies

  • André Cruz, University of Minho Portugal

    André Cruz is a project manager at an online luxury fashion retail platform company in the technology area. Since 2019, his main focus of work has been the management of software implementation projects. Previously he was a project manager at a German automotive multinational company, collaborating in innovative projects for internal logistics. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management (2017) and MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management (2019) all from University of Minho, Portugal.

  • Anabela Carvalho Alves, University of Minho ALGORITMI Center School of Engineering Department of Production and System Portugal

    Anabela C. Alves is Assistant Professor at the Department of Production and Systems Engineering of the University of Minho (UM) and affiliated on ALGORITMI Centre, Portugal. She holds a PhD in Production and Systems Engineering. Her main research interests are in the areas of Production Systems Design and Operation; Lean Production (Lean Healthcare, Lean Services, Lean Product Development, Lean Project Management, Lean & TRIZ, Lean-Green and Lean & Ergonomics); Production Planning and Control, and Engineering Education, with particular interest in active learning methodologies, Project-Led Education (PLE), Project/Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Lean Education. She is author/coauthor of more than 100 publications in conferences publications or communications, 2 books, 2 co-edited books, 4 editions of conference proceedings, 21 book chapters and 40 international journal articles. She supervised one post-doc and two PhD, more than 80 Master dissertations, besides having supervised 22 BSc. degree projects in the areas of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM). She is currently supervising 5 PhD and more than 15 Master dissertations. She is member of the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education (PAEE), (http://paee.dps.uminho.pt). She was involved in 3 and currently in 1 financed projects with industry. She was visiting scholar in Oakland University, US (7 of September to 7 of December 2014). She was a mobility teacher in University Polytechnique delle Marche (Ancona, Italy) and Bucarest university, Romenia, under Erasmus+ program. She is also member of the following societies and networks: SOCOLNET - Society of Collaborative Networks; Portuguese Society of Engineering Education (SPEE); Portuguese Institute of Industrial Engineering (IPEI); American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Lean Education Academic Network (LEAN).

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