Důvody a způsoby používaní hybridních metodik ve velkých společnostech v IT sektoru

This Master’s thesis summarizes current findings in the field of hybrid project management. The goal of the thesis is to find out why companies use hybrid approach to project management and according to what criteria they choose a combination of elements from agile and predictive methodologies. The reason is the need to constantly update project management methodologies in order to maintain a competitive advantage. This goal is fulfilled by means of a search of available sources and qualitative research in the form of semi-structured interviews. The research set consists of 6 employees working in project teams managed by hybrid project management in various large IT companies. Based on the data analysis, two research questions were evaluated, which examined the performance of hybrid project management from the perspective of the Iron Triangle and the criteria for choosing a suitable combination of elements from agile and predictive approaches. The result of the first research question is that projects managed in a hybrid way may be delivered on time, according to the planned budget, according to the planned scope and in the required quality with little or no errors. The result of the second research question is that 5 criteria: planning detail, project scope, activity detail, planning horizon and habits of team members may influence the decision to choose an appropriate combination of agile and predictive elements.