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Marcelo Marinho ¹, Suzana Sampaio ², Telma Lima ³, Hermano de Moura ⁴

Affiliations
1 Informatics Center (CIn), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, BR
2 Statistics and Informatics Department (DEINFO), Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, PE, BR
3 Administration Department (DADM), Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, PE, BR
4 Informatics Center (CIn), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE,, BR

Abstract

Various project management approaches do not consider the impact that uncertainties have on the project. The identified threats by uncertainty in a projec day-to-day are real and immediate and the expectations in a project are often high. The project manager faces a dilemma: decisions must be made in the present about future situations which are inherently uncertain. The use of uncertainty management in project can be a determining factor for the project success. This paper presents a systematic review about uncertainties management in software projects and a guide is proposed based on the review. It aims to present the best practices to manage uncertainties in software projects in a structured way including techniques and strategies to uncertainties containment.

Keywords

Software Project Management, Systematic Literature Review, Uncertainties in Projects Management, Uncertainty in Software Projects.

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Suzana Candido de Barros Sampaio ¹, Marcelo Marinho ¹, Hermano Moura ¹

Affiliations
1 Informatics Center (CIn), Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, BR

Abstract

Nowadays much is written about how to manage projects, but too little on what really happens in project actuality. Project Actuality came out in the Rethinking Project Management (RPM) agenda in 2006 and it aims at understanding what really happens at project context. To be able to understand project actuality phenomenon, we first need to get a better comprehension on its definition and discover how to observe it and analyse it. This paper presents the results of the systematic review conducted to collect evidence on Project Actuality. The research focused on four search engines, in publications from 1994 to 2013. Among others, the study concludes that project actuality has been analysed by several methods and techniques, mostly on large organization and public sectors, in Northern Europe. The most common definitions, techniques, and tips were identified as well as the intent of transforming the results in knowledge.

Keywords

Project Actuality, Actuality of projects, Project Management, Systematic Review.

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