hamid zargarpour

Strategy implementation is one of the important issues in the strategic management process and in terms of strategy implementation through projects, which in a way expresses the strategic approach of projects, the alignment of projects with strategic goals should be considered. Due to the existence of issues such as non-compliance of projects with development strategies and increase in duration and cost and poor quality In this research, based on theoretical literature such as strategic implementation approaches, principles of strategic project management and measures related to project creation, alignment of business goals with projects in the stages of their development is examined and analyzed. The research method is Meta-Synthesis in which the concepts and results used in previous studies are examined and by analyzing and combining them, new findings were presented to implement the strategy in the projects. In the process of evaluating the findings, considering the pivotal importance of water sector development projects in achieving development goals and strategies, as well as its nature, which is mainly faced with nonlinear and variable conditions, the opinions of experts in this field were used. Accordingly, for the implementation of strategy in projects, alignment of projects and processes with vital activities, integration of project governance levels and providing valuable executive platforms, with the approach of adaptability and resiliency of actions to achieve goals and on values such as responsibility, respect, fairness and honesty is important.

One of the most common approaches in the field of project management is the competence -based approach. This approach, unlike process -based approaches, is particularly focused on the role of 'individual'. The difference in the prevailing conditions of the country, especially at the present level, is the main necessity of formulating competencies at the national level, compared to the sustainable conditions based on the formulation of international standards and models. In this study, it was attempted to explore the theoretical basis for the development of project managers' competencies in the Iranian manufacturing industry. By conducting 27 STAR interviews, we tried to identify effective competencies on the success of the project. 551 Identification and analysis in ATLAS TI software. With open, central and selective encoders, eventually the causal conditions, main agents, strategy and consequences were made.In terms of causal conditions, the great impact of environmental factors and specific conditions of the country on how to manage projects is clearly understandable. As a result, we observed the formal formation of the whole change, the definition of non -principled projects, the complexity and unpredictability of individual behaviors and laws. In such a context, the flexibility of behavioral competencies from the environment, the importance of behavioral and environmental competencies than technical, and of course the change in technical competencies paradigms are raised as strategies. The consequence of these strategies is the necessity of abandoning common structures and paying attention to competencies such as metropolitanism, the ability to persuade senior managers, continuous complications, moment management, creativity and high problem solving capability, as well as mental readiness, flexibility, seriousness and commitment, and of course the result.

A common approach followed in the field of project management is the so-called competence-oriented approach.In many of sophisticated industries, where a vast array of equipment have been developed, coping with the variable challenges of today and unique circumstances encountered in projects is a person-oriented task. Operating the most complicated megaprojects across the country, Iran’s hydropower industry has not been an exception to this rule, for which management the development of “individual’s competence” has long been seen as a necessity. In this respect, the very first step is to undertake a genealogical study to understand the concept thoroughly. Accordingly, the relevant literature was reviewed and analyzed to deeply investigate the definitions and then explain the concept of competence. Subsequently, the main components of competence were explored to study the link between the competence and the concept of “behavior” in an attempt to introduce a behavior modification cycle. Finally, different views to the codification of competence standards were revisited through deontologism/consequentialism followed by an analytical review of previous works on competence in the project management across Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company, to obtain the theoretical foundations for the development of project competence model based on all of the performed analyses.

Many small and medium-sized organizations show interest in establishing an enterprise-wide project management office for better project support and organizing project management practices. Implementing an enterprise project management office in project-based organizations affects aspects of organizational performance and provides the ability to achieve goals and objectives. Therefore evaluating the effectiveness of EPMO is undeniably necessary and it`s credibility within an organization is strongly related to its contribution to the overall organizational performance that can be measured by using organizational performance evaluation models. In this case study research an approach is offered to evaluate the balanced effectiveness of enterprise project management office. First، the study conducts an in-depth literature review on Project Management Office. Then the mission of EPMO in the case study company and its strategy map is determined by brain storming to experts. The strategy map provides an holistic view on the goals of EPMO and their relations in organizational context. Also، the assessment framework can be used to assess the level of EPMO effectiveness with 16 weighted indicators. The results of this research provide organizations with useful guidelines to identify its strengths and weaknesses of EPMO and improve its performance.