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Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2023, 13(2), 138-147

 

Implementation of Project Management Knowledge Areas by Project Managers

 

Pini Davidov1, Inessa Ainbinder2, Nadine Ayoubi3, Batel Avivi4, and Lital Eliyahu5

1Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Azrieli Academic College of Engineering, Jerusalem, Israel; UNEC Cognitive Economics Center, Azerbaijan State University of Economics, E-mail: pinida@jce.ac.il (corresponding author).
2Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Azrieli Academic College of Engineering, Jerusalem, Israel, Email: inessaai@jce.ac.il
3Product Cost Controller, U.P.PRO, Jerusalem, Israel, Email: nadine98ay@gmail.com
4Logistics Coordinator, Kramer Electronics, Lod, Israel, Email: avivibatel@gmail.com
5Data Analyst, Civil Service Commission, Jerusalem, Israel, Email: litaly818@gmail.com

 

Project Management

 

Received May 28, 2022; revised July 29, 2022; October 26, 2022; November 16, 2022; accepted January 25, 2023

 

Available online April 10, 2023

 

Abstract: Academic and professional literature records the primary areas of interest within a discipline and how they change across time. However, it does not always keep up to date with the practical needs of various industries. This article discusses the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) areas and their implementation among active project managers (PMs). The PMBOK guide defines terms, guidelines, and knowledge areas within project management. A survey was conducted among 117 active PMs who were asked to rate the degree to which they implement the PMBOK areas. PMs reported integration, cost, and procurement as being implemented by them to the greatest extent, while their implementation of quality, scope, and stakeholders was not reported. This points out the need for reinforcement among PMs. No correlation was found between the degree to which additional knowledge was implemented by PMs and the degree to which the knowledge areas were covered in the last generation of textbooks. Textbooks do not align with the PMs’ implementation in their working fields. The study identified gaps between the degree to which the knowledge areas of project management were implemented and the importance that the authors of the textbooks attach to the above areas of knowledge. The research findings may contribute greatly to reducing these gaps. They can also contribute to training programs targeted at project managers.

 

Keywords: PMBOK knowledge areas, textbooks, project management.

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Citation: Davidov, P., Ainbinder, I., Ayoubi, N., Avivi, B., and Eliyahu, L. (2023). Implementation of Project Management Knowledge Areas by Project Managers. Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 13(2), 138-147.

DOI: 10.32738/JEPPM-2023-0014

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