The use of mobile and wireless Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools in geographically distributed project organizations appears to be an appropriate application of new technical capabilities in an existing business environment. But to successfully introduce and adopt a suitable mobile ICT-based project communication platform in an existing operational setting involves a complex framework of socio-technical issues that have to be considered. This Licentiate thesis presents the results of an ongoing doctoral research project. The study explores the implementation process of mobile computing tools at Sweden’s largest construction company, with the aim of improving information management and project communication of production site operations in construction projects. The research project highlights the interdependencies between the creation of usefulness and its resulting benefits. It emphasizes user-oriented implementation as the enabling process for realizing technology fit and user acceptance of the mobile computing tools, as well as achieving long-term benefit and business value of the ICT investment. The studied case specifically addresses the neglected mobile and flexible information needs and communication demands of management staff at construction sites. The fundamental issue is to identify what the usefulness perspective of mobile computing for construction operations consists of relating to both technology and the different groups of people who are supposed to use it. Generic access, mobility of project data and individual adaptation of information and communication resources are technological aspects that are emphasized and discussed in the context of creating usefulness and benefit of mobile computing in construction projects. The often present political dimension of ICT implementation within an organization is also highlighted. The socio-technical introduction and adoption process of mobile computing involves balancing various perspectives and agendas inherent on different organizational levels in order to achieve an acceptable outcome for all the actors involved. Topics for further research are discussed and refined relating to the ongoing case study and the conceptual framework presented. / QC 20101119

Objective of this thesis is to propose optimization and expansion of the tools used for customer care from the perspective of communication with customers in a specific environment, commencing, thus start-up, project. The theoretical part explains the basic concepts that relate to the work environment, customer care, communication and technology, which are further used in the practical part. The practical part includes a closer acquaintance with the specific start-up project, including a list of used communication channels and tools that are further investigated to determine their effectiveness and use. Another part of this chapter is an analysis of available communication channels and tools of customer careincluding modern ,but also classical and their comaprison For objective and successful optimization is part of the practical part a sociological research, which examines the preferences of potential customers and their subjective evaluation of the specific variants of communication from the perspective of boosting confidence, or on the contrary loss of their confidence in the selection of the company. In the end of the chapter there is designed such optimization, which uses all the available tools modern and classical at minimal financial cost and also reflects the results of sociological research and analysis of originally used communication methods of start-up project.

The construction sector has been struggling with low productivity issues during the last decades, mainly due to relatively low Research & Development investments compared to other industries, old-fashioned practices, and a fragmented market structure with Clients, Designers and Contractors.    The construction sector urges a digitalization revolution in order to overcome the aforementioned old-fashioned practices, but this digital revolution should go along with adequate methodologies that allow the digitalization to achieve its full potential. The work presented in this thesis aims to improve the efficiency of the construction sector by having a look on more collaborative approaches between Clients, Designers and Contractors in Construction Projects. The collaborative approach researched in this thesis is the Integrated Concurrent Engineering methodology, which covers aspects of Project Management, Organization, Communication and Leadership, exploiting the digitalization capabilities that nowadays’ Technology offers. This thesis develops a theoretical framework for Integrated Concurrent Engineering in Construction Projects, with the aim to enhance their efficiency. The theoretical framework is based in literature research as well as experiences from project managers in the construction sector. The result of this study includes guidelines and recommendations on how to effectively implement the principles of Integrated Concurrent Engineering. The guidelines are applicable for Clients, Designers and Contractors, and can be seen as a tool for the Project Management Team to improve construction project’s efficiency, especially in the design phase.

Detta examensarbete syftar till att undersöka hur aktörerna kommunicerar effektivt med verksamheten i projektering med hjälp av en 3D-visualisering. Rapporten är resultatet av en fallstudie utförd på skol- och sjukhusprojekt. I fallstudien har kvalitativa intervjuer genomförts på respondenter som innehar olika roller inom de studerande projekten. Intervjuerna har syftat till att ta reda på om 3D-visualisering har används inom projektet och om det har påverkat kommunikationen mellan aktörerna och verksamheten. Intervjuerna har även syftat till att ta reda på om en 3D-visualisering bidrar till en större förståelse hos verksamheten för projektet. Resultatet redovisar att 3D-visualisering används mot verksmaheten i skolprojketet men inte i sjukhusprojektet. Resultatet visar även på att en 3D-visualisering kan bidra till en större förståelse för projektet hos verksamheten samt aktörernas intsällning till verksamhetens delaktighet i projektet och om/hur aktörerna nyttjar 3D-visualisering vid kommunikationen mot verksamheten. / The purpose of this thesis is to investigate if 3D-visualization can affect of effectiveness of communication. The report is the result of a case study performed on one school- and two hospital project. In the case study qualitative interviews with respondents who have different roles in the studied project were conducted. The interviews aim to investigate if 3D-visualization affect the commutation between the organizations and the other stakeholders in the project. The interviews also aim to investigate if the use of a 3D-visualization affects the organizations understanding of the project. The thesis results shows that a 3D-visualization was used in the school project but not in the hospital projects. The results also shows that a 3D-visualization can affect the understandning of the project for the organization and the stakeholder’s attitude for the participation of the organizations in the project and how/if the stakeholder´s use of 3D-visualization to communicate with the organizations.

High project failure rates result in billions of wasted dollars each year. Project failure does not discriminate by type of project or the industry from which they originate. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies that leaders at a health care organization located in Pennsylvania use to manage projects successfully. This population was selected due to the health care organization's reputation for successful project completion. The conceptual framework for this study was Fiedler's contingency theory. Data were collected by conducting semistructured interviews with 9 project leaders and reviewing project documents provided by study participants. Interviews were transcribed, thick descriptions were obtained, and participants were engaged in member checking. The thematic data analysis process consisted of compiling and coding data, identifying patterns, and organizing themes into relevant categories, iteratively. Findings were organized into 4 thematic categories, which were, essential strategies, relationship management, best practices, and self-attunement. Findings from this study may contribute to positive social change if health care leaders can use the information to enhance their project leadership capabilities. When project managers are successful, the benefits cascade to health care organizations. Leaders of those health care organizations can ensure that important health and wellness services are provided and available to those who need them, fund performance improvement initiatives, resource quality programs, and offer innovative services to improve health outcomes for individuals and communities.

I varje projekt finns det brister i kommunikation som kan leda till att kostnad, tid och kvalitét påverkas. Varje projekt är en tillfällig organisation med olika företag och olika personer med varierande erfarenheter inom projektering. Detta medför att varje projekt är i sig unikt och hur alla ska kommunicera med varandra kan vara stora frågetecken under projekteringens förlopp. Denna rapport tittar närmare på vilka brister och svårigheter som kan uppkomma i projekteringskedet.

The objective of this research paper was to examine how effective communication can be perceived in construction projects by presenting an overview of the current proven methods and recorded experiences. The study was conducted by a combination of a literature review and qualitative data retrieval process that included questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. This examination process focused not only into the organizational structure but also into the project perspective. The findings present a general good performance in terms of organization and project communication as well as suggestions for communication improvement and can be used by researchers as future research in the area of successful construction project communication. / Syftet med rapporten är att undersöka synen på en effektiv komminikation på ett byggprojekt genom att presentera analys av befintliga metoder och dess utveckling med tiden. Studien har huvudsakligen utförts genom granskning av literaturstudier, kvalitativ enkätundersökning och intervjuer med berörda personer. Den utförda studien har inte enbart fokuserat på kommunikation inom organisation, utan har även studerat kommunikation inom projekt. Resultatet visar att det inte föreligger några större brister i kommunikation inom de studerade projekten. Den generella synen är att kommunikation fungerar bra. De synpunkter som har presenterats i rapporten ligger till grund för ett antal åtgärder som föreslås för att kunna uppnå ytterligare förbättrad kommunikation.

由於產業競爭加劇、工作變動速度提升，專案已經成為企業工作常態方式，我國電子電機產業自經營代工業務開始，將每一張代工訂單視為企業內部的一個生產製造專案，而轉型經營自有品牌OBM業務後，不同於過去專注生產製造階段的專案工作，品牌產品專案的執行必須包括整體產品生命週期，從產品定義、規格設計、生產製造、市場銷售到顧客回應，產品專案流程涵蓋各式獨立的專案工作，隨著高度互動的專案工作成為常態，管理多個專案工作之間的互動合作、溝通協調，以及累積各個專案執行的經驗，成為組織專案管理及知識管理領域中越來越重要的工作，本研究欲了解在企業專案工作環境下，各獨立專案工作為完成創造單一品牌產品目的，專案彼此之間的互動合作，從產品專案的開發流程、專案分工溝通互動、專案團隊組織三方面，深入瞭解自有品牌產品團隊的跨專案工作互動與產品知識管理。 跳脫過往專注單一專案關鍵成功因素討論的專案管理研究，本研究針對目前企業多專案互動的常態工作環境，以動態角度綜觀探討多個專案之間的互動溝通；同時將過往知識管理文獻多以組織整體為主的角度，進一步深入專案執行階段的角度；本研究也不同於過往宏觀角度討論代工業務及自有品牌企業經營策略之研究，以微觀角度詳細描述品牌產品專案之開發流程，挑選Acer、ASUS、MIO、HTC四家台灣經營自有品牌消費性電子產品績優企業，討論Acer液晶顯示器、ASUS主機板、ASUS筆記型電腦、ASUS智慧型手機、MIO導航產品及HTC智慧型手機六個自有品牌產品個案，以「產品開發專案流程」與「跨專案知識管理程序」兩個程序構面，訪談九位帶領產品專案團隊的產品專案經理，透過實際的第一手經驗資料 ，詳細撰寫產品專案開發流程，從產品定義、規格設計、生產製造、市場銷售到顧客回應各階段之整體開發，深入分析產品專案中涵蓋的各個獨立專案工作彼此之間的分工溝通互動、專案團隊組織、專案經理工作，並探討個案產品開發與市場的互動，以及跨專案的知識管理，從市場趨勢及顧客回饋兩方面檢視自有品牌產品在技術面及行銷面的知識吸收。 研究發現產品專案開發流程包括產品定義、生產協調、市場回饋三大階段，由不同專案團隊專職各個階段，其中產品開發團隊與研發生產團隊之間的專案分工溝通互動，具有一致性的緊密互動 ；專案團隊組織方面則發現，產品專案團隊日常主要以輕量型團隊執行衍生性產品專案，而進行新創產品時，則以重量型團隊搭配平台性產品專案執行。本研究以衍生性產品專案/平台性產品之專案分類方式，發現產品專案在執行上的不同特性，對專案管理體制有許多影響，如越常執行平台性產品專案的品牌產品，與市場團隊之間的合作連結越緊密，也越重視區域行銷單位的市場回應知識與內部研發團隊的市場技術知識。 研究發現自有品牌與OEM/ODM專案流程一樣相當注重產品生產、研發製造階段，而產品經理工作多在維護與商業夥伴供應商、經銷商的關係，很少接觸消費者及產品市場面，這對大部分執行衍生性專案產品的品牌產品而言，是相當有效率的工作方式，然而，對較常執行平台性專案的品牌產品專案，產品定義必須符合市場需求，產品經理鮮少接觸消費者及產品市場面，對產品的創造發展有極大的阻礙。因此本研究建議將產品的創新程度、銷售結果、市場顧客回應與產品經理的工作績效連結，提升開發創新產品的動機與勇氣，同時徹底發揮功能性組織的力量，強化產品開發專案各階段的專業性，使各階段獨立的專案工作更緊密地互動，整合創造新產品，把顧客當成參與產品創新的夥伴，加入市場聲音，把內部測試回饋當成市場反應的領先指標，建立創新意見回饋系統平台，儲存各式礙於組織架構、專案團隊等因素無法實現的新創想法，累積組織創新能量。 本研究提出以產品家族的角度經營品牌產品專案的結論，依據產品特性規劃產品系列，讓產品經理自產品開發階段就了解產品上下代的關係、清楚產品專案代表的企業市場意義、上一代產品在市場上最受喜愛及最被詬病的特點，以及認識執行上一代產品的PM，使產品經理之間的合作更有一致性與歸屬感，藉由自有品牌產品專案團隊跨專案的互動，更積極頻繁地針對產品經營討論溝通，以經營自有品牌產品、開創新產品、強化品牌印象、開創市場佔有率為主要工作目標。使產品經理充滿經營產品的熱誠、具有執行品牌產品開發的使命感；使大量多元的產品有系統的依據各不同規格、功能、設計，以產品家族方式統整呈現於企業品牌下，使各產品特色不受混淆地在同一品牌中發展茁壯，既突顯產品獨特性，也加強品牌印象，是創造領導品牌最重要的根基。 / As the business environment goes more challenging, all the organization functional projects in different stages need to start its work earlier than the product process. All the functional projects in different stages of the product process seem need to work almost at the same time to deal with the shorter product lifecycle. Managing through projects has become a standard way of doing business and now can be seen from an integral part of many organization’s business strategies. As Taiwanese electronic product companies transformed the critical RD and manufacturing knowledge which is from the project-based OEM/ODM business experience for decades to OBM business managing, the OBM Product Project covers all the product lifecycle and has wider working process than an OEM/ODM Project. The OBM Product Project creates product by several independent projects of different RD functional areas, which led by different team leaders, processing through all the stages of the product cycle. Without well interactions among the independent projects during an OBM Product Project’s lifecycle, once the knowledge assets lost between the projects working process connection, final product of the OBM Product Project can be fail or totally not match up the original product design. So how do the best Taiwanese electronic brand products make it? In this research you will find out what the real OBM Product Project working process is of the famous brand products as Acer, ASUS, MIO and HTC. How the independent projects communicate with upstream and downstream team to make the OBM Product Project successful. Also reveal the real working detail of all kinds of project leader in project team organization under different company organization. The structure of this research for cases writing and analyzing structure is following the New Product Project process and the Sequence of Knowledge Management process as the working process sequence to discuss the communication between project leaders and the interactions between the independent projects of the Product Project steps by Four Mode of Upstream-Downstream Interaction . The case materials is interviewed from 11 Product/Project Managers, also analyzed numerous second materials from magazines, reports, conferences and so on, working on revealing the real working process form all the independent projects of the OBM Product Project.

Diploma thesis focuses on the development of parking building with commercial premises Rychtářka in Plzeň, which is realized in the form of public and private sector partnership. The thesis deals with effective application of project management methods in light of the general contractor Hermosa Parking Plzeň a.s. Information and knowledge gained in the theoretical part of the thesis are then used in the practical part for the design of project management methodics on development project Rychtářka. The outcome of practical part of the thesis is project management methodic, which should help to secure the optimal solution for complex structured process that leads to the realization of parking building Rychtářka and the compliance with all the specific characteristics of development projects.