Project Management in the Biotech Context: Exploring the Interrelation between Maturity and Sustainable Project Management

Biotechnology is an emerging and increasingly important sector in the current context. As the number of biotech projects grows, so does the need to establish processes to improve project management effectiveness and project success, including assessing their impacts (positive and negative) on the Su...

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Autores principales:	José Magano, Cláudia Sousa Silva, Micaela Martins
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	project management biotechnology maturity sustainability Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:974d643d502140e9a89faf86085456bd2021-11-11T19:44:05ZProject Management in the Biotech Context: Exploring the Interrelation between Maturity and Sustainable Project Management10.3390/su1321120902071-1050https://doaj.org/article/974d643d502140e9a89faf86085456bd2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12090https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Biotechnology is an emerging and increasingly important sector in the current context. As the number of biotech projects grows, so does the need to establish processes to improve project management effectiveness and project success, including assessing their impacts (positive and negative) on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs). This broader approach opens the door to developing a new project management (PM) paradigm designated by sustainable project management (SPM). However, there is a need for more empirical studies to understand how sustainability can be integrated into project management. This research is based on the proposition that PM maturity could lead to incorporating sustainability in PM. No research studies are reported in the literature exploring this interrelationship between maturity and sustainable project management; such is this study’s purpose and originality. The study applies Kerzner’s Level 3 PM maturity model on a sample of 96 biotech companies in Portugal through a questionnaire that addressed project managers and team members. The findings suggest that the process of integrating sustainability into PM should follow these steps: (1) perform an early PM maturity diagnosis to identify the company’s most and least dominated areas; (2) identify the strengths and weaknesses that impact the integration of sustainability into project management practices; (3) develop a customized and adjusted action plan to integrate sustainability in PM. The study’s main contribution relies on understanding how sustainability can be integrated into project management, explaining the role of maturity assessment in this process. In addition, it characterizes the biotech industry projects concerning the linkage between PM maturity and sustainability and provides recommendations that may contribute to the companies’ development towards sustainable project management.José MaganoCláudia Sousa SilvaMicaela MartinsMDPI AGarticleproject managementbiotechnologymaturitysustainabilityEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12090, p 12090 (2021)
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spellingShingle	project management biotechnology maturity sustainability Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 José Magano Cláudia Sousa Silva Micaela Martins Project Management in the Biotech Context: Exploring the Interrelation between Maturity and Sustainable Project Management
description	Biotechnology is an emerging and increasingly important sector in the current context. As the number of biotech projects grows, so does the need to establish processes to improve project management effectiveness and project success, including assessing their impacts (positive and negative) on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs). This broader approach opens the door to developing a new project management (PM) paradigm designated by sustainable project management (SPM). However, there is a need for more empirical studies to understand how sustainability can be integrated into project management. This research is based on the proposition that PM maturity could lead to incorporating sustainability in PM. No research studies are reported in the literature exploring this interrelationship between maturity and sustainable project management; such is this study’s purpose and originality. The study applies Kerzner’s Level 3 PM maturity model on a sample of 96 biotech companies in Portugal through a questionnaire that addressed project managers and team members. The findings suggest that the process of integrating sustainability into PM should follow these steps: (1) perform an early PM maturity diagnosis to identify the company’s most and least dominated areas; (2) identify the strengths and weaknesses that impact the integration of sustainability into project management practices; (3) develop a customized and adjusted action plan to integrate sustainability in PM. The study’s main contribution relies on understanding how sustainability can be integrated into project management, explaining the role of maturity assessment in this process. In addition, it characterizes the biotech industry projects concerning the linkage between PM maturity and sustainability and provides recommendations that may contribute to the companies’ development towards sustainable project management.
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title	Project Management in the Biotech Context: Exploring the Interrelation between Maturity and Sustainable Project Management
title_short	Project Management in the Biotech Context: Exploring the Interrelation between Maturity and Sustainable Project Management
title_full	Project Management in the Biotech Context: Exploring the Interrelation between Maturity and Sustainable Project Management
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Project Management in the Biotech Context: Exploring the Interrelation between Maturity and Sustainable Project Management

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