Barriers to maturity in project management in the public sector: a systematic literature review

• Published in: Research, Society and Development
• Main Authors: Bezerra, Edson Carlos da Silva, Amorim, Bartira Pereira, Melo, Fagner José Coutinho de
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Research, Society and Development 2021
• Subjects: Maturidade da gestão de projetos; Setor público; Barreiras; Revisão sistemática da literatura; Madurez de la gestión de proyectos; Sector público; Barreras; Revisión sistemática de la literatura; Project management maturity; Public sector; Barriers; Systematic literature review; Iceland; Islandia
• Online Access: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/19223; https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i10.19223

This paper aims to identify the barriers that are related to the maturity of project management in the public sector. Therefore, a systematic literature review was carried out based on works extracted from the CAPES Journal Portal and Google Scholar, using the protocol proposed by Felizardo et al. (2017) and from the keywords “project management maturity”, “public-sector”, “barriers” and their variations. The final review sample consisted of six studies, two of which were developed in the Brazilian context, one in the United Kingdom, one in Slovenia, one in Serbia, and one in Iceland. The barriers presented in the studies were summarized in seven dimensions: technical competence, management methodology, computerization, human relations, organizational structure, alignment with the organization's business, and transversal categories. The notes of the studies brought as main notes the needs that organizations work with the intensification of benchmarking practices in the context of project management and the integration of this area with its strategic management. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo identificar las barreras que están relacionadas con la madurez de la gestión de proyectos en el sector público. Para ello, se realizó una revisión sistemática de la literatura a partir de estudios extraídos del Portal de Revistas de la CAPES y Google Scholar utilizando el protocolo propuesto por Felizardo et al. (2017) y de las palabras clave "project management maturity", "public-sector", "barriers" y sus variaciones. La muestra final de la revisión consistió en seis estudios, dos de los cuales se desarrollaron en el contexto brasileño, uno en el Reino Unido, uno en Eslovenia, uno en Serbia y uno en Islandia. Las barreras presentadas en los estudios se resumieron en siete dimensiones: competencia técnica, metodología de gestión, informatización, relaciones humanas, estructura organizacional, alineamiento con el negocio de la organización y categorías transversales. En las notas de los estudios se señalaba como ...