Design and validation of a research instrument to propose project management methodology

Abstract

The methodologies for the design and management of projects are increasingly necessary and applied with greater frequency in the public sector in Latin America. There are continually updates and new approaches in the management of investment projects, so the study of methodologies is relevant at the investigative level. The design of reliable research instruments that serve to promote the use of these methodologies is important to ensure quality in the process. Therefore, the objective of this study is to design and validate an instrument that allows the systematic collection and management of project information to obtain the variables that allow defining the appropriate methodology for each organization. In this study, the public sector has taken as a reference the Undersecretary of Fisheries Resources (SRP) in Ecuador. The instrument takes as reference the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 10006 Standard, the Project Management Fundamentals Guide, by its name in English Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), the Project Design Methodologies of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (MDP-UPC) and the National Secretariat for Planning and Development (SENPLADES) of Ecuador. As a result, a survey was developed, whose instrument was internally and externally validated based on reliability, content, and construct parameters. Factorial analysis was performed to determine variables using the SPSS statistical system. Finally, the designed instrument has been validated, ensuring that it is reliable and meets the necessary parameters to obtain variables that define the methodology for project development in the public sector of Ecuador.