Mission & Scope
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Recent decades have seen a major transformation in project management resulting from significant changes in technology, business models, and global value chains, as well as the very nature of products and services. New business processes, new information technology tools, and new business models require the formalization of “modern project management” to effectively respond to this new reality. New strategies, new approaches, new methods, and new tools of project management are necessary for effective, competitive, modern project management. The JMPM editorial team uses a multi-disciplinary peer review process to assure the timely publication of quality content and a top-tier reputation among the academic community. Published articles describe modern project management theories, research, techniques, and applications. Topics covered by the journal include (but are not strictly limited to) the following:
- project design; project innovation and digital projects
- project monitoring, updating, and control
- resource management
- cost and time allocation
- project contracts and contract law
- project performance modeling and simulation
- project quality and reliability
- risk modeling, analysis, and tracking
- lean and agile methods in projects
- project architecture and design structure matrix models
- negotiation and dispute resolution
- international projects
- virtual project teams
- project organizations
- team building and training
- project systems
- project management software
- project finance and investment appraisal
- project scheduling & planning
- project management tools and techniques
- project cost management
- governance, contracting and tendering
- procurement methods
- project evaluation and performance indicators
- risk management
- project portfolio and program management
- service project management
- multi-criteria decision models for project management
- decision making processes
- distributed projects
- innovation project management
- team motivation and incentives
- team communication
- product lifecycle management
- project management office
- projects in small and medium enterprises
JMPM aims to reach a broad range of interests in the project management profession. The audience for the journal includes academics, business executives, project management professionals as well as other individuals who seek development of their project management skills and techniques.