EL PAPEL DEL PROJECT MANAGER EN EL DESARROLLO DE PROYECTOS UNIVERSITARIOS MULTIDISCIPLINARES: APLICACIÓN DE METRICA 3 AL PROYECTO SIVIT

Abstract

The SIVIT project is aimed to develop an information system addressed to guide its users in a territory by means of a virtual reality environment, and constitutes an innovation project with a wide extent within the scope of the ICTs. For its execution, a multidisciplinary team is set in an academic context, made up of research groups belonging to the three Engineering Colleges in the Campus Sur of the UPM, being the job divided up in knowledge areas. Due to the broad range of the project, and the fact of being constituted by several subprojects with specific features each of them, the role of the Project Manager is essential. These also demand the use of a flexible methodology, for its correct application to each of them by means of interdependent programs to be allowed. Therefore, METRICA 3 methodology, developed by the Public Administration Ministry, is adopted. The application of this methodology is complemented by the use of commercial software for information mapping (mind maps) and communication and collaboration (information servers). As well, the application of the Earned Value Method is integrated in the planning, for a higher efficiency in advance of further projects in the present investigation line. Keywords: project manager, earned value method, mind maps, virtual reality