Study goals
The aim of the work is to analyze the relationship between industry 4.0 and project management by literature analysis, identifying the impacts of new technologies on current project management.
Relevance / originality
How international productions relate the project management to the use of technologies derived from the fourth industrial revolution.
Methodology / approach
For the methodology, a bibliometric study and a content analysis were used, using the Scopus database.
Main results
With the analyzes it was possible to classify the documents in six main pillars of Industry 4.0 in relation to project management: internet of things, cyber-physical systems, big data, automation, artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Germany represents the most advanced country in terms of the implementation of the 4.0 concept, while Bulgaria, for example, has a strong industrial base, but shows no interest in its application.
Theoretical / methodological contributions
In the lasters two years, there has been an increase in the number of publications on the subject, revealing opportunities for future research. In addition, it can be seen that the private sector promotes the development of other management research, as well as improving existing systems with the implementation of cloud computing and the internet of things.
Social / management contributions
It is noticed that the challenges for the implementation of Industry 4.0 vary according to each country, taking into account: the stage of development of the industrial bases, origin of the main investors of the country and the existence of public policies that encourage the development of research about the subject.