The Rise of Remote Project Management - A New Norm?: A Survey on IT Organizations in Bangladesh

Azaz Ahamed, Touseef Aziz Khan, Nafiz Sadman, Mahfuz Hannan, Nujhat Nahar, Mahady Hasan

2023

Abstract

The rise of remote work has brought about a significant shift in the way software development projects are managed. With teams spread out across different locations and time zones, project managers must adapt to new challenges to ensure the success of their projects. These challenges include difficulties in communication, coordination, and motivation. It is seen that project managers are using a range of tools and tactics, including agile methodologies, online communication tools, and best practices for remote work, to address these issues. Other strategies may be required to successfully handle remote software development projects as conventional ones are not always sufficient. In this paper, an in-depth and exploratory survey has been conducted on a sample size of 250 employees from various IT organizations in Bangladesh. The results are analyzed to understand the benefits and challenges that come with the Work from Anywhere (WFX) approach to software development projects. The survey data is compared and analyzed against an extensive list of research papers in a similar field and categorized in three dimensions: tools and productivity, work-life balance, and career growth. The results support a strong correlation between WFX with increased productivity and better health.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ahamed A., Aziz Khan T., Sadman N., Hannan M., Nahar N. and Hasan M. (2023). The Rise of Remote Project Management - A New Norm?: A Survey on IT Organizations in Bangladesh. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT; ISBN 978-989-758-665-1, SciTePress, pages 518-525. DOI: 10.5220/0012125300003538

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft23,
author={Azaz Ahamed and Touseef Aziz Khan and Nafiz Sadman and Mahfuz Hannan and Nujhat Nahar and Mahady Hasan},
title={The Rise of Remote Project Management - A New Norm?: A Survey on IT Organizations in Bangladesh},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT},
year={2023},
pages={518-525},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012125300003538},
isbn={978-989-758-665-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT
TI - The Rise of Remote Project Management - A New Norm?: A Survey on IT Organizations in Bangladesh
SN - 978-989-758-665-1
AU - Ahamed A.
AU - Aziz Khan T.
AU - Sadman N.
AU - Hannan M.
AU - Nahar N.
AU - Hasan M.
PY - 2023
SP - 518
EP - 525
DO - 10.5220/0012125300003538
PB - SciTePress