Department of Management Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Cantt, Pakistan.
Department of Management Science, Riphah International University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
PLoS One. 2021 Apr 5;16(4):e0249311. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249311. eCollection 2021.
Over the past several years, global project management teams have been facing dynamic challenges that continue to grow exponentially with the increasing number of complexities associated with the undertaken tasks. The ever-evolving organizational challenges demand project managers to adapt novel management practices to accomplish organizational goals rather than following traditional management practices. Considering which, the current study aims to explain the effect of agile management practices upon project performance directly as well as while being mediated through project complexity. Furthermore, the aforementioned mediatory relationship is evaluated in terms of the moderating effect of leadership competencies. The current study utilized the survey approach to collect the data from registered I.T firms deployed in the potential metropolitans of each province of Pakistan including, Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and Karachi. A total of 176 responses were utilized for statistical evaluations. As result, it was observed that the negative influence anticipated by project complexity on project performance was compensated by the agile management practices. Further, the leadership competencies played a pivotal role in managing project complexity while implementing agile management practices and therefore enhancing project performance. The current study abridges the potential knowledge gap conceptually by evaluating the direct impact of agile management upon project performance while considering all of its aspects, exploring the mediatory role of project performance and evaluating the moderating role of leadership competencies in attaining optimum project performance. In contextual terms, the current study fills the knowledge gap by gauging the implications of agile management practices within the I.T sector of Pakistan. The results of the current study can be a potential guide for both the academicians and the industry professionals.
在过去的几年中，全球项目管理团队一直面临着动态挑战，这些挑战随着所承担任务的复杂性不断增加而呈指数级增长。不断变化的组织挑战要求项目经理采用新的管理实践来实现组织目标，而不是遵循传统的管理实践。有鉴于此，本研究旨在直接解释敏捷管理实践对项目绩效的影响，以及通过项目复杂性进行调解的影响。此外，还根据领导能力的调节作用评估了上述中介关系。本研究采用调查方法从巴基斯坦每个省的潜在大都市中部署的注册 IT 公司收集数据，包括白沙瓦、伊斯兰堡、拉合尔、锡亚尔科特、费萨拉巴德、海得拉巴、苏库尔和卡拉奇。共使用了 176 份回复进行统计评估。结果表明，项目复杂性对项目绩效的预期负面影响被敏捷管理实践所弥补。此外，领导能力在管理项目复杂性和实施敏捷管理实践方面发挥了关键作用，从而提高了项目绩效。本研究通过评估敏捷管理对项目绩效的直接影响，同时考虑其所有方面，探索项目绩效的中介作用，并评估领导能力的调节作用，在概念上缩小了潜在的知识差距，从而实现了最佳项目绩效。就上下文而言，本研究通过衡量敏捷管理实践在巴基斯坦 IT 部门的影响来填补知识差距。本研究的结果可以为学术界和行业专业人士提供潜在的指导。
