Open AccessProject management education in Croatia
Author(s) -
Ivana Bestvina Bukvić,
Iva Buljubašić,
Marija Ivić
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1846-3363
pISSN - 1331-0194
DOI - 10.30924/mjcmi.25.1.14
Subject(s) - project management triangle , certification , project management , extreme project management , program management , business , project charter , opm3 , project sponsorship , competence (human resources) , project stakeholder , project manager , knowledge management , engineering management , project risk management , variety (cybernetics) , public relations , engineering , management , computer science , political science , economics , artificial intelligence
Since today's dynamic and competitivebusiness environment increasingly requires additional level of competence, theproject manager is, certainly, a profession whose value and demand is growing. Asto reach the project objective, the project manager should have an adequateeducation, which is the reason why the corporations, especially in the InformationTechnology (IT) industry, are among leaders in investment to projectmanagement education and certification. The aim of this paper is tocontribute to the identification and understanding of the project managementeducation model in Croatia and explore possibilities for its improvements,especially in the field of the project management in the IT industry. For that reason, through 2018 and 2019, authorsconducted the research on availability of project management education programsin Croatia, opportunities for international certification as well as attitudesof the project management professionals in IT sector on the existing educationmodel. The study suggests that there is a growing trend of project managers’certification, especially in the IT industry, as well as a variety of informal programsfor project management education. Simultaneously, there is a lack of projectmanagement university study programs. Empirical results show that projectmanagement study programs lack the practical segment and are, in most cases,offering only fundamental theoretical knowledge. Therefore, authors, on thebasis of the literature review and analysis of IT sector needs assessment, providerecommendations of the domains, to be included into future university studyprograms.