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Class Notes: On the Role of Project Management Skills in Managing Innovation Processes

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Jan vom Brocke and Sonia Lippe focus on the importance of project management skills when managing innovation processes. Arguing that there is no “one size fits all approach,” they propose instead applying a management approach designed for specific projects. In their Article, they also present a taxonomy that enables managers to analyze the nature of different tasks to be conducted in a project.

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Jan vom Brocke, Sonia Lippe

Dr. Sonia Lippe holds a PhD in Business Economics from the University of Liechtenstein. She works as a senior project consultant for SAP SE in St. Gallen, Switzerland and as a post-doc at the University of Liechtenstein. At SAP SE she is responsible for the initiation and management of public-funded research projects. Her main research interests include the management of innovation processes and
project management in research projects. Sonia has previous experience with SAP SE in Germany and Australia, with the Queensland University of Technology, German Telekom, and with GAD AG in Münster, Germany.
Jan vom Brocke is head of the BPM group in Liechtenstein. He is Professor of Information Systems, the Hilti Chair of Business Process Management, and Director of the Institute of Information Systems. He is Founder and Co-Director of the award-winning Master Program in Information Systems with Majors in Business Process Management and Data Science and Director of the PhD Program in Information and Process Management at the University of Liechtenstein(see: www.uni.li/mis). Since 2012 he has been appointed Vice-President of the University of Liechtenstein responsible for research and innovation, re-elected in 2015. Jan has over 15 years of experience in IT and BPM projects and he has published more than 300 papers in reknowned outlets, including MIS Quarterly (MISQ), the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), and the Business Process Management Journal (BPMJ). He has authored and edited 29 books, including Business Process Management – Driving Innovation in a Digital World and Green BPM – Towards the Sustainable Enterprise, and the International Handbook on Business Process Management. Jan is an invited speaker and trusted advisor on BPM serving many organizations around the world. You can contact and follow Jan via his website: janvombrocke.com.

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