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  • Jakub Miler dr inż.

    Academic career: 2000: Master of Science - Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, thesis "Computer system for supporting risk management in a software engineering project", supervisor prof. Janusz Górski 2005: PhD - Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, thesis "A Method of Software Project Risk Identification and Analysis",...

  • Playing the Sprint Retrospective

    In agile software development, where great emphasis is put on effective informal communication, success depends heavily on human and social factors. However, Scrum does not specify any techniques that aid the human side of software development. In this paper we investigate the use of 6 collaborative games for the Sprint Retrospective. Each game was implemented twice in a Scrum team in Intel Technology Poland. The received feedback...

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  • Mariusz Kaczmarek dr hab. inż.

    Received M.Sc., Eng. in Electronics in 1995 from Gdansk University of Technology, Ph.D. in Medical Electronics in 2003 and habilitation in Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering in 2017. He was an investigator in about 13 projects receiving a number of awards, including four best papers, practical innovations (7 medals and awards) and also the Andronicos G. Kantsios Award and Siemens Award. Main research activities: the issues...

  • Współczesne metody zapewniania jakości oprogramowania. Od klasyki do zwinności

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    - Year 2020

    Książka opisuje problematykę jakości w kontekście metod wytwarzania oprogramowania. Składa się z 22 rozdziałów podzielonych na 6 części: Znaczenie jakości oprogramowania, Podstawowe pojęcia i problemy jakości, Jakość w ujęciu klasycznym, Pomiary jakości, Dokumentacja i normy jakości procesu, Jakość w podejściu zwinnym. Zebrany materiał pokazuje ewolucję podejścia do jakości w klasycznych metodykach wytwarzania (od modelu kaskadowego...

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  • Game-based Sprint retrospectives: multiple action research

    In today’s fast-paced world of rapid technological change, software development teams need to constantly revise their work practices. Not surprisingly, regular reflection on how to become more effective is perceived as one of the most important principles of Agile Software Development. Nevertheless, running an effective and enjoyable retrospective meeting is still a challenge in real environments. As reported by several studies,...

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  • Wojciech Wojnowski dr inż.

    Ukończył V Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Gdańsku w klasie o profilu matematyczno-fizycznym z wykładowym językiem angielskim. W 2009 roku rozpoczął studia na Wydziale Chemicznym PG na kierunku technologia chemiczna, uzyskując w 2012 roku tytuł inżyniera, a w 2013 tytuł magistra. W latach 2013–2015 studiował sinologię na Uniwersytecie w Nankinie dzięki uzyskaniu Stypendium Rządu ChRL. Po powrocie do Polski w 2015 roku rozpoczął studia...

  • Balancing agility and discipline in a research project

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    - Year 2007

    Successful software development requires both agility and discipline. Optimal selection of methods, however, is not an easy task. The problem becomes even more difficult for long lasting projects. Appropriate selection of methods involving skillful introduction and abandonment of certain practices in time makes the whole process dynamic. The paper presents in this context a research project which was realized in a few iterations....

  • Krzysztof Goczyła prof. dr hab. inż.

    Krzysztof Goczyła, full professor of Gdańsk University of Technology, computer scientist, a specialist in software engineering, knowledge engineering and databases. He graduated from the Faculty of Electronics Technical University of Gdansk in 1976 with a degree in electronic engineering, specializing in automation. Since then he has been working at Gdańsk University of Technology. In 1982 he obtained a doctorate in computer science...

  • Interaction Design in Agile IT Projects

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    - Year 2021

    In recent years, interactive systems, such as various types of software, online services or mobile applications, have become an integral part of everyday life. Interactive systems and digital services should be easy to use and provide a positive User Experience (UX). For this reason, interaction design has recently emerged as a distinct professional area of information technology (IT). Easy interaction and user experience (UX)...

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  • Building Dedicated Project Management Process Basing on Historical Experience

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    - Year 2017

    Project Management Process used to manage IT project could be a key aspect of project success. Existing knowledge does not provide a method, which enables IT Organizations to choose Project Management methodology and processes, which would be adjusted to their unique needs. As a result, IT Organization use processes which are not tailored to their specific and do not meet their basic needs. This paper is an attempt to fill this...

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  • Hybrid Approach in Project Management - Mixing Capability Maturity Model Integration with Agile Practices

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    This paper introduces an idea of hybrid approach in managing software development projects. The main goal of this research is to prove that it is possible to design consistent method for managing software development projects which is based on different corporate standards and methods. Authors also want to show that this new hybrid approach is beneficial for IT organization, triggers synergy effects and brings software development...

  • Adopting collaborative games into Open Kanban

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    - Year 2016

    The crucial element of any agile project is people. Not surprisingly, principles and values such as "Respect for people", "Communication and Collaboration", "Lead using a team approach", and "Learn and improve continuously" are an integral part of Open Kanban. However, Open Kanban has not provided any tools or techniques to aid the human side of software development. Moreover, as a Lean initiative, it is not as comprehensively...

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  • Jakość oprogramowania w zwinnym podejściu do zarządzania projektami informatycznymi

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    Cel: Celem artykułu jest ocena, czy wykorzystanie podejścia zwinnego Scrum w organizacji podnosi jakość wytwarzanego oprogramowania oraz próba uzyskania odpowiedzi na pytanie, jak nowelizacja Przewodnika po Scrumie (Scrum Guide) z listopada 2020 roku wpłynęła na proces wytwarzania oprogramowania. Projekt badania/metodyka badawcza/koncepcja: Przyjętą metodyką badawczą jest przegląd literatury przedmiotu oraz badania własne autora....

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  • What Is Troubling IT Analysts? A Survey Report from Poland on Requirements-Related Problems

    Requirements engineering and business analysis are activities considered to be important to software project success but also difficult and challenging. This paper reports on a survey conducted in Polish IT industry, aimed at identifying most widespread problems/challenges related to requirements. The survey was targeted at people performing role of analyst in commercial IT projects. The questionnaire included 64 pre-defined problems...

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  • Paweł Czarnul dr hab. inż.

    Paweł Czarnul obtained a D.Sc. degree in computer science in 2015, a Ph.D. in computer science granted by a council at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdansk University of Technology in 2003. His research interests include:parallel and distributed processing including clusters, accelerators, coprocessors; distributed information systems; architectures of distributed systems; programming mobile devices....

  • Jerzy Proficz dr hab. inż.

    Jerzy Proficz, Ph.D. is the director of the Centre of Informatics – Tricity Academic Supercomputer & networK (CI TASK) at Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. He earned his Ph.D. (2012) in HPC (High Performance Computing) in the subject of supercomputer resource provisioning and management for on-line data processing D.Sc. (2022) in the discipline: Information and Communication Technology. Author and co-author of over 50...

  • Critical systems software testing and QA - Spring'24

    e-Learning Courses
    • A. Kaczmarek
    • B. Wiszniewski

    Course objectives: Present software development standards in the European space industry and techniques of their implementation. Learn how to assess and manage critical system software quality in an IT project. Gain basic hands-on experience in bug tracking and reporting in a software project.

  • Agile Methods In Formation of Metropolis Neighbourhood

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    - Year 2017

    A study of the zone adjoining the metropolis area of Tricity (Poland) was conducted on the basis of analyses of changes in spatial development, outline planning decisions and local plans of spatial development. Localities placed at several dozen kilometres from strongly urbanized areas do not constitute metropolis outskirts. The vicinity of large urban centres is an obstacle to the development of localities as self-sufficient units...

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  • Trigger-based Model to Assess the Readiness of IT Organizations to Agile Transformation

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    • C. Orłowski
    • T. Deręgowski
    • M. Kurzawski
    • A. Ziółkowski
    • B. Chrabski

    - Year 2016

    The process of change the method of project management from waterfall to agile is called “agile transformation” (AT). The decision to agile transformation is undertaken based on many different factors. Many companies decide to abandon classic, waterfall methodology for agile without prior analysis. This approach makes the processes of agile transformation is hard to control and frequently the implementation of agile fails. The...

  • Agile Media Management Approach – an analysis

    This article studies media management and demonstrates a fresh perspective on the new approach based on agile methodologies of project management. The analysis sequentially presents a literature overview of media and its management, the characteristics of media projects, agile project management, an analysis of agile approaches and media management along with the proposal of a...

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  • On the Agile Mindset of an Effective Team – An Industrial Opinion Survey

    In this paper we present the results of an opinion survey among 52 agile practitioners who evaluated the importance of 26 selected elements of the agile mindset to the effectiveness of an agile team. In total, we have identified 70 unique agile mindset elements based on 11 literature sources and 5 interviews with industry experts. 7 elements belonged to the “support for business goals” category, 20 to the “relationships within...

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  • Agile Commerce in the light of Text Mining

    The survey conducted for this study reveals that more than 84% of respondents have never encountered the term “agile commerce” and do not understand its meaning. At the same time, they are active participants of this strategy. Using digital channels as customers more often than ever before, they have already been included in the agile philosophy. Based on the above, the purpose of the study is to analyse major text sets containing...

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  • Adapting Agile Practices to Security Context – Practitioners’ Perspective

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    In this paper we explore the problem of introducing agile practices to projects dealing with systems with high security requirements. We also propose an approach based on AgileSafe method and OWASP ASVS guidelines, that could support such introduction. What is more, we present the results of two surveys aimed at analyzing IT practitioners’ views on applying agile methods to security reliant systems as well as evaluating the set...

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  • The Reference Model of Tools Adaptation in the Perspective of Technological Agile Transformaton in IT Organizations

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    • C. Orłowski
    • B. Chrabski
    • A. Ziółkowski
    • T. Deręgowski
    • M. Kurzawski

    - Year 2016

    The scientific aim of the presented paper is the analysis of agile transformation processes in IT organizations in technological perspective of such transformation. The phenomenon of agile transformation becomes a complex challenge for an IT organization, since it has not been analysed in detail so far. There is not any research on the readiness of IT organizations for the realization of agile transformation processes, and such...

  • Understanding Sustainable Knowledge-Sharing in Agile Projects: Utilizing Follow-the-Sun Technique (FTS) in Virtual Teams

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    - Year 2023

    In Agile IT projects, promoting effective knowledge sharing is essential not only for achieving success but also for supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, Companies using virtual teams may face challenges in coordinating work, particularly when teams are distributed across different time zones, ultimately hindering their ability to consistently share knowledge. This can lead to delays and inefficiencies, ultimately...

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  • Sustainable Knowledge Sharing Model for IT Agile Projects

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    - Year 2022

    In order to overcome work environment challenges and remain competitive in the market, organisations must adapt. An organisation's competitiveness can be improved through knowledge sharing; however, improvement without responsibility can have a negative impact on the sociotechnical environment which people cannot fully comprehend. According to researchers, business involvement in sustainable development goals remains minimal [51]....

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  • Michał Wróbel dr inż.

    Michał Wróbel, Assistant Professor of Gdańsk University of Technology, computer scientist, a specialist in software engineering. I graduated from the Faculty of Electronics Technical University of Gdansk in 2002 with a degree in Computer Science, with specialization in Software Engineering and Databases. Until 2006 I worked as system administrator in several companies, including CI TASK. Since 2006 I have been working at the Faculty...

  • Evaluation of Readiness of IT Organizations to Agile Transformation Based on Case-Based Reasoning

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    - Year 2017

    Nowadays many of IT organization decides to change the way of delivering from classic, waterfall approach to agile. This transition is called “agile transformation” (AT). The problem of this process is that part of companies started AT without any analysis. This causes that many of transitions fails and organizations must return to old methods of delivering. Cost of return is significant and number of projects with violated project...

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  • Overview of new product development strategies and models

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    - Catallaxy - Year 2023

    Motivation: The motivation for the overview presented in this article is to provide a starting point for considering whether existing new product development methodology and its level of detail allows product teams to develop high-quality and business-effective product concepts. Aim: The aim of this article is recognise the current state of research into new product development methodology and to present the strategies and models...

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  • Overview of new product development strategies and models

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    - Catallaxy - Year 2023

    Motivation: The motivation for the overview presented in this article is to provide a starting point for considering whether existing new product development methodology and its level of detail allows product teams to develop high-quality and business-effective product concepts. Aim: The aim of this article is recognise the current state of research into new product development methodology and to present the strategies...

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  • Selecting Requirements Documentation Techniques for Software Projects: a Survey Study

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    A significant number of techniques dedicated to requirements specification and documentation is described in the available sources. As there is no purpose to use all of them, a selection has to be made, taking into consideration the context of a given software project, for example its size, usage of agile approach or stakeholders' technical competency. This paper is intended to provide guidelines for such selection. We reviewed...

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  • Completeness and Consistency of the System Requirement Specification

    Although the System Requirement Specification, as a first formal and detailed document, is the base for the software project in classic software methodologies, there is a noticeable problem of assuring the completeness of this document. The lack of its completeness causes uncertainty of the project foundations. This was one of motivations for agile methodologies – if the SRS cannot be easily validated, if it can change in late project...

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  • Grzegorz Zieliński dr inż.

    Author of over 100 scientific publications (both in Polish and English) in the field of service management, entity improvement, including medical entities. Scientific and research interests include areas related to the maturity and excellence of enterprises in various aspects of their activities. He participated in research projects of the National Science Center and projects implemented by international consortia under the European...

  • Creative sprints: an unplanned broad agile evaluation and redesign process.

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    - Year 2014

    We report how a request for routine usability work rapidly evolved into a novel agile process for evaluation and redesign. This process is described and then analysed to identify reasons for success. This analysis supports realistic knowledge transfer between User Experience professionals by outlining how similar future processes could succeed.

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  • Problemy jakości w metodach Agile

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    - Year 2021

    Zwinne metody wytwarzania osiągnęły w zawrotnym tempie niebywały sukces. Według różnych doniesień od 50 do 70% firm IT stosuje metody zwinne na stałe lub okazjonalnie . Jednak znaczna część firm stosuje wybiórczo praktyki zalecane przez Agile . Jakie to praktyki? Jakie problemy występują przy ich stosowaniu i jak firmy radzą sobie z tymi problemami? Jak wpływają na jakość wytwarzanego oprogramowania? Jakie są warunki krytyczne...

  • Optimization model of agile team’s cohesion

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    - Procedia Computer Science - Year 2014

    Team’s cohesion is one of the most important factors of IT project execution effectiveness. Optimization of team’s cohesion gives the possibility of reducing the risk of project failure. It also allows to increase the teamwork efficiency and thus optimize time of tasks execution, increase the guarantee of maintaining the scope of the project and the chance of achieving a given level of products quality. This article presents determination...

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  • Overcoming Challenges of Virtual Scrum Teams: Lessons Learned Through an Action Research Study

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    - Year 2023

    After the COVID-19 breakout, agile teams found themselves in situations that “pure agilists” and textbooks on agile methods had preferred to ignore. Whereas agile mindsets helped them to quickly shift to remote work, mere virtualization of agile practices often proved insufficient, and several challenges emerged. This paper reports on an Action Research project carried out in Lufthansa Systems Poland with the aim of (1) revisiting...

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  • Magdalena Szuflita-Żurawska

    Head of the Scientific and Technical Information Services at the Gdansk University of Technology Library and the Leader of the Open Science Competence Center. She is also a Plenipotentiary of the Rector of the Gdańsk University of Technology for open science.  She is a PhD Candidate. Her main areas of research and interests include research productivity, motivation, management of HEs, Open Access, Open Research Data, information...

  • Kamil Andrzej Rybacki mgr inż.

    Born on 23 October 1993 in Gdańsk. In 2017, I have received the M.Sc. Degree at the Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland. My main fields of interest include computer simulations of molecular systems, parallel computing in application to computational physics methods and development of various simulation software. Currently, my research is focused on the development of hybrid Molecular...

  • PROBLEMY Z WDRAŻANIEM AGILE SCRUM NA PRZYKŁADZIE WOLTERS KLUWER

    Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie i analiza głównych problemów z wdrażaniem Agile Scrum na przykładzie Wolters Kluwer oraz próba odpowiedzi na pytanie w jaki sposób skutecznie wdrożyć metodykę Scrum w dużej organizacji stosującej tradycyjne metodyki zarządzania. Przedstawiono kluczowe zalety praktyki Scrum, oraz zakres wdrożenia w opisywanym przedsiębiorstwie. W artykule na podstawie badania i doświadczeń autora opisano główne...

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  • Tomasz Janowski dr

    Tomasz Janowski is the Head of the Department of Informatics in Management, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland; Invited Professor at the Department for E-Governance and Administration, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria; and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Government Information Quarterly, Elsevier.  Previously, he was the founder and head of the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance...

  • Jacek Stefański prof. dr hab. inż.

    JJacek Stefański received M.Sc., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees in telecommunications engineering from Gdansk University of Technology (GUT), Poland, in 1993, 2000 and 2012, respectively. Awarded title of Professor by the President of Poland in 2020. Currently, he works as a professor at the Department of Radio Communication Systems and Networks (DRCSN) in GUT. From 2005 to 2009, he worked as an assistant professor in the National Institute...

  • Opportunities and challenges for exploiting drones in agile manufacturing systems

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    - Procedia Manufacturing - Year 2020

    Drones have become an advanced supply chain implementation instrument, especially in connecting warehouses to outlet points or even individual customers. However, their potential application in an intra-logistics framework has not been studied, let alone explored so far. Modeling and simulations in virtual environments can help explore and evaluate the opportunities for practical and profitable applications of drones in manufacturing...

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  • Buliding organizational knowledge in software and systems R&D organization

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    - Year 2006

    Omówiono specyficzne dla firm software podejście do tworzenia wiedzy organizacyjnej. Zaproponowano narzędzia pomocne w tworzeniu takiej wiedzy.

  • Scaling scrum with a customized nexus framework: A report from a joint industry‐academia research project

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    espite a wide range of scaling frameworks available, large-scale agile transformations are not straightforward undertakings. Few organizations have structures in place that fit the predefined workflows – while once one applies an off-the-shelf framework outside of its prescribed process, guidance quickly runs out. In this paper, we demonstrate how to instantiate a method configuration process using a lightweight experimental approach...

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  • HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE OF DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM OF WHEELED TRACTORS = Hardwer i softwer systemu diagnostycznego ciągników kołowych

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    - Journal of KONBiN - Year 2013

    Podstawowym elementem systemu diagnostycznego jest komputer pokładowy Fujitsu FUTURO S100 z chłodzeniem pasywnym w wykonaniu odpornym na drgania i wstrząsy, z pamięcią Compact Flesh 16Gb. Do komputera dołączony jest monitor dotykowy NVOX LCD 10" VGA/FVAT. Oprogramowanie komputera obejmujesystem operacyjny Windows XP-2000, driver konwertera USB/DeviceNet oraz opracowany program diagnostyczny. Komputer połączony jest łączem USB z...

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  • Zwinne wytwarzanie oprogramowania - praktyki wspierane w środowisku IBM Jazz

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    • B. Chrabski

    - Year 2011

    W artykule zostało zaproponowane wykorzystanie technologii IBM Jazz w kontekście pracy grupowej proponowanej przez zwinne metodyki takie jak Scrum czy Disciplined Agile Delivery

  • Developing competences of IT project managers using simulation games

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    Project Management is a domain in which methodological approach is developing very rapidly. Project managers are required to present knowledge of the various methods of project management and apply them to the management of specific projects. It means that project managers must constantly develop their competence, mainly based on good practices from different formal methods of project management. The purpose of this article is...

  • Joanna Czerska dr inż.

    I am a woman whose mission and passion is the development of people and organizations. My motto is: "There is no such fantasy that human will and reason cannot transform into reality." William Shakespeare In my life I am guided by the values ​​of respect, teamwork and a positive attitude. They define me and decide what kind of person I am. My adventure with Lean began when I was writing my diploma thesis during my studies at WZiE...

  • Anna Zielińska dr

    In 2016, she started her work at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology. Since 2018, a member of the board of the International Project Management Association Young Crew Polska. Author of numerous scientific publications in the field of crisis management, project and health program management, and improvement of business entities. Scientific and research interests include program and project...