Solving a task of the project management methodology selection based on the project scope optimization

Abstract

The paper deals with the task of the project management methodology selection. Using a particular management methodology may influence the basic project characteristics, namely, implementation time and cost, quality of the project products or stages, risks associated with the project implementation, towards both decrease and increase of these characteristics. For the project management methodology selection, the method based on the project scope optimization was applied, for the management of which the considered methodologies are used. The problem of multi-criteria project scope optimization to create a computer program «ForPlan» using two alternative management methodologies is solved. The calculation is performed using «ScopePro» software, designed for solving the task. The optimization results, which allow to determine the way the application of the Scrum or SrystalSlear methodologies affects the above characteristics for the same project were given. Further, an analysis of the resistance of the results to changes in the original data based on the Monte Carlo method is carried out.