The importance of E-collaboration in SMEs by project management approach a review

Mohammadjafari, M. Ahmed, S. Dawal, S.Z.M. Zayandehroodi, H.
Dept. of Eng., Design & Manuf. Univ. of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This paper appears in: Engineering Education (ICEED), 2010 2nd International Congress on
Issue Date: 8-9 Dec. 2010
On page(s): 100 - 105
Location: Kuala Lumpur
Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-7308-3
INSPEC Accession Number: 12095337
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ICEED.2010.5940772
Date of Current Version: 05 July 2011

Abstract

Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are a part of the industrial economies and faster completion of projects continues to be an important problem in project management in SMEs. As global competitive pressure increases and product life cycles compress, companies are trying to shorten product development cycles by communication and coordination. On the other hand, E-collaboration and collaborative systems bring geographically dispersed teams together, supporting communication, coordination and cooperation. This paper presents a review of research in the area of new product development by E-collaboration through project management approach in SMEs. By investigation in previous literature, we reviewed and present an operational definition of the term project management, and a historical review of the development of E-collaboration. That is followed by an introductory SMEs and new product.

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