Pro-active Project Management

Project management methodologies aim at reaching effectiveness during a project by supporting managers in planning and controlling tasks. But inappropriate use of risk assessment and decision making processes can still affect task completion during a project. New management methodologies must therefore be developed that enhance knowledge sharing by considering the viewpoints of more experts, supporting ad-hoc communications between partners and improving secured integration of technologies. Not only could time management become more efficient because the managers would have a broader, deeper understanding of the decisional context, but it could also minimise investment risks by enabling fast reactivity to any unforeseen issues. Based on the above requirements, the pro-active project management is introduced here as a solution to current project management limitations. It makes full use of advanced technologies, such as virtual reality, to enable knowledge sharing at any time between any members of a project. After an analysis of current issues, this paper thus introduces the pro-active project management methodologies and the technologies that enable its implementation. It finally shows how such a methodology helps achieving efficiency in a project.