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On the Importance of Project Management Capabilities for Sustainable Business Process Management

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  • Ralf Plattfaut

    (Process Innovation & Automation Lab, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, 59494 Soest, Germany)

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In a recently published study on business process management (BPM) capabilities in the view of digitalization, project management was not named as a core capability by the corresponding Delphi panel. However, earlier (pre-digitalization) research suggests that project management is a key success factor for BPM. This contradiction could have severe impact with regard to the sustainability of process management. This article uses qualitative case study data to discuss potential reasons for this contradiction and to answer the question of how important project management is for contemporary BPM. As both traditional and agile project management knowledge was employed in the case study, results indicate that project management is indeed helpful for BPM, especially for discrete process change. Practitioners should consider project management knowledge when staffing business process optimization and digitalization initiatives. Research should develop a deeper understanding of agile and traditional project management as antecedents to sustainable BPM success and as BPM capabilities.

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  • Ralf Plattfaut, 2022. "On the Importance of Project Management Capabilities for Sustainable Business Process Management," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-12, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:13:p:7612-:d:845064
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