@article{10902/13669,
year = {2017},
month = {4},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/13669},
abstract = {Numerous contemporary problems that project managers face can be considered as unstructured decision problems, characterized by multiple actors and perspectives, incommensurable and/or conflicting objectives, and important intangibles. This work environment demands that project managers to possess not only hard skills but also soft skills with the ability to take a management perspective and, above all, develop real leadership capabilities. In this paper, is presented a family of problem structured methods for decision support, aimed at assisting project managers in tackling complex problems. Problem structured methods are a family of soft operations research methods for decision support that assist groups of diverse composition to agree on a problem focus and make commitments to consequential action. Project management programs are challenged to implement these methodologies in such a way that it is organized around the key competences that a project manager needs in order to be more effective, work efficiently as members of interdisciplinary teams and successfully execute even a small project.},
publisher = {SciKA},
publisher = {International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management. 2017, 5(2), 43-56},
title = {Are project managers ready for the 21th challenges? A review of problem structuring methods for decision support},
author = {San Cristóbal Mateo, José Ramón and Díaz Ruiz de Navamuel, Emma and González Villa, María Antonia},
}