TAILIEUCHUNG - The Adoption of Benchmarking Principles for Project Management Performance Improvement

Regardless of the particular methodology, the traditional project manager is often seen as a “taskmaster” who develops and controls the master plan that documents (often in excruciating detail) the tasks, dependencies, and resources required to deliver the end product. The project manager then monitors the status of tasks and adjusts the plan as necessary. Underpinning this mechanistic approach is the assumption that equates individuals to interchangeable, controllable commodities. So for many managers comfortable with traditional methodologies, the prospect of implementing agile methodologies on their development projects can be daunting. But it doesn’t need to be. In. | International Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies IJMPICT Vol. 1 No. 2 December 2010 The Adoption of Benchmarking Principles for Project Management Performance Improvement. Ifeoluwa Ajelabi and Yinshang Tang Informatics Research Centre Henley Business School University of Reading United Kingdom. ABSTRACT Effective management of projects is increasingly becoming important for organisations to remain competitive in today s dynamic business environment. The use of benchmarking is widening as a technique for supporting project management. Benchmarking is the search of best practices that will lead to superior performance in some business activity. Benchmarking has been recognised as one of the most responsive evaluation tool for performance improvement within organisations by creating a culture of continuous improvement from learning best management practices. This paper presents how benchmarking principles can be applied to improve project management process and performance. The benefits and challenges of benchmarking management of projects are also discussed. KEYWORDS Project management Benchmarking Evaluation 1. Introduction Project management over the years has been a successful tool for implementing change in organisations. Organisations have reported the benefits derived from using project management tools and methodologies to implement change. So much so opportunities are constantly being explored to make it a more effective tool 10 . One of such opportunities is the ability to transform or improve project s performance using the management lessons learnt from project to project. Benchmarking has been argued to be an efficient tool which makes significant improvement to performance. Past research has shown the difference in performance between leading organizations and average ones in performing particular activities 11 . Benchmarking against leading companies has .

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