Towards the development of a methodology for managing industrialization projects

Abstract

This paper proposes an approach for developing a project management methodology to be applied on the specific context of industrialization projects. This particular type of projects comprise the development of manufacturing lines for products, the quality of the product itself being assessed the whole way through using the well-known stage-gate system (quality gates). Project management should then support the technical activities, but its role is sometimes not so clear. In this sense, the proposed approach for developing the project management methodology is intended to solve this issue, comprising the required steps for performing a detailed characterization of the current scenario, allowing for inconsistences to be noticed and improvements to be identified.