Decreasing the Distance Between International Standards from Different Domains: The Case of Project Management and Aviation Safety Investigations.

Plioutsias, Anastasios; Karanikas, Nektarios; Tselios, Dimitrios

dc.contributor.author	Plioutsias, Anastasios
dc.contributor.author	Karanikas, Nektarios
dc.contributor.author	Tselios, Dimitrios
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-13T13:29:13Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-13T13:29:13Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/53842
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.26240/heal.ntua.21540
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ελλάδα	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr/	*
dc.subject	Project Management, Safety Investigations	el
dc.title	Decreasing the Distance Between International Standards from Different Domains: The Case of Project Management and Aviation Safety Investigations.	el
heal.type	conferenceItem
heal.contributorName	Plioutsias, Karanikas, Tselios
heal.language	en
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heal.publicationDate	2018-05
heal.bibliographicCitation	Plioutsias, T., Karanikas, N., & Tselios, D. (2018). Decreasing the Distance Between International Standards from Different Domains: The Case of Project Management and Aviation Safety Investigations. In AUP Advances (1 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 7-39). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/ADV2018.1.PLIO	el
heal.abstract	Safety investigations fall under the typical definition of a project since they have definite start and end dates and offer a specific end-product, meaning the safety recommendations which must be considered by the respective stakeholders as a means to improve the safety of daily operations. The scope of this study was to investigate whether safety investigations could benefit from project management. The research consisted of the following steps: (1) a gap analysis between the PMBPOK standard of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the ICAO/USAF manuals regarding the main activity/knowledge areas and techniques/tools mentioned in these representative investigation standards, (2) based on the findings of the previous step, administration of a questionnaire to examine the degree to which project management areas and activities are present in regional safety investigation standards, and the perception of the participants about their usefulness. The findings suggested that the project management areas and activities are present in regional investigation standards at levels varying from 10% to 97%. Also, risk, quality, communication and stakeholder management are underrepresented in investigation standards. Most of the areas and activities of project management were perceived as very useful by the participants, who expressed some concerns about the danger to increase bureaucracy and complexity of safety investigations. Similar research can be conducted by other industry sectors and regions to detect whether project management principles can be introduced in safety investigations with the aim to increase their effectiveness and performance. Future research can focus on the project management tools and techniques that can be used in safety investigations as well as the examination of the latter through the lenses of agile project management.	en
heal.publisher	Amsterdam University Press	el
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heal.conferenceName	2nd International Cross-industry Conference 2017	en
heal.conferenceItemType	full paper
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.5117/ADV2018.1.002.PLIO	el