8:00-8:30
Breakfast & Peer Networking
Music City Continental Breakfast with Coffee and Tea Service
8:30-8:50
Welcome Keynote - Intelligent ITPM: A Research Roadmap for AI/ML and Fairness in Project Work - Deepak Khazanchi (University of Nebraska Omaha)
Introduction by Cristina Trocin
8:50-10:30
Completed Paper - Managing Organizational Complexity in Software
Development Projects: Identifying Productivity Configurations Through QCA -
Leonardo Staub (Netlight Consulting), Timo Phillip Böttcher (SAP SE), Philipp
Kernstock (Technical University of Munich), Helmut Krcmar (Technical
University of Munich)
Short Paper - From Potential to Practice: The Use of GenAI in Project
Management - Beatriz D. Barbosa (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), Cristina
Trocin (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), Biagio Palese (Northern Illinois
University)
Short Paper - Identifying and Balancing Competing Definitions of Risk on
Digital Game Development Projects - Marc Schmalz (Boise State University),
Daniel Rush (Boise State University), Amy Connolly (James Madison
University)
Short Paper - IS Project Risk: Managing AI Adoption - Terrence Sheppard
(University of South Carolina)
Short Paper - Project Manager Skills for Successful Projects Michael J. Cuellar
(Georgia Southern University), Jason A. Williams (Augusta University),
Manouchehr Tabatabaei (Georgia Southern University), Ron Martin (Augusta
University)
10:30-10:50
Snack Break & Peer Networking
Farmer's Market with Coffee and Tea Service
10:50-11:50
Keynote - Reverse Grounded Theory: A Practice Oriented Methodology - Fred
Niederman (Saint Lewis University)
Introduction by Elaine Mosconi
11:50-12:00
Break
12:00-12:30
Abstract - Hierarchical DRL Approach for Resource-Constrained Project
Scheduling Problem: A Critical Path Optimization Approach - Vatsal Maru
(The University of Texas at Dallas), Gaurav Shekhar (The University of Texas at
Dallas)
Short Paper - Pivoting Stakeholders: Redefining the Target Audience as a
Learning Mechanism in AI-Driven Project Management - Rosemary Francisco
(UNISINOS University)
12:30-13:00
Lunch Break & Table Discussions
Boxed Lunch with Sparkling or Still Water
13:00-14:30
Panel - Efficient IT Project Portfolio Management: A Gap Between Theory and
Practice - Michael H. Breitner (Leibniz Universität Hannover), Fenja Schulte
(Leibniz Universität Hannover), Claudia M. König (König Consulting &
Coaching, Leibniz Universität Hannover), Samantha Webster (Leibniz
Universität Hannover)
14:30-14:40
Break
14:40-15:25
Completed Paper - Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Project Management
Processes: A Systematic Review - Hajar Niroomand (Dakota State University,
Cherie Noteboom (Dakota State University)
Short Paper - Toward a Performance-Oriented Evaluation Matrix for Risk
Management in Information Systems Projects - Tony Deral Menezes
(Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), Maryati Mohd. Yusof (Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia), Dian Indrayani Jambari (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
15:25-15:35
Concluding Remarks - The Next 20 Years: Future Directions for ITPM -
Michael Erskine (Middle Tennessee State University)