Abirami Radhakrishna

Presentation: Impact of Project Team Characteristics and Client Collaboration on Project Agility: An Empirical Study

Abstract: We examine the impact of project team characteristics (project team autonomy, project team diversity, and adaptive performance of project team members) and client collaboration on Project Agility using empirical data collected from 190 project managers. Project agility is examined along three dimensions – project agility timeliness, project agility extensiveness, and project agility efficiency. The results of this study add valuable insights to the extant project management literature.

PMI Talent Triangle Skill: Strategic and Business Management

Biography: Dr. Abirami Radhakrishnan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science and Systems of Morgan State University. Prof. Radhakrishnan received a B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Madras University, India in 1994, an MBA from Madurai Kamaraj University, India in 1997, and a Ph.D. in Management with emphasis on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems in 2005 from Clemson University, South Carolina. She is also a certified cost accountant from India. She holds other professional certifications. She has received many honors including Innovision Technology award and Best Research Paper awards at academic conferences. She serves as a senior member in professional associations such as Alpha Iota Delta, Decision Sciences Institute, Institute of Supply Management, IEEE and Sigma Xi. She has extensively published in European Journal of Operations Research, European Management Journal, Omega – The International Journal of Management Science, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences and International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences and in other journals. Her research interests are in the areas of Project Management, Supply Chain Management and Information Systems.