HYBRID OR NOT? SELECTING CRITERIA WHEN SOFTWARE PROJECTS ARE STARTING TO USE HYBRID PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH

This article assesses the understanding and state of hybrid project management. A research problem was formulated, asking how large organizations working on software projects can gain value from agile project management, focusing on the hybrid approach as the most fitting candidate. A systematic literature review was conducted (SCOPUS, Web of Science), and findings were presented, proving that the current understanding of hybrid is limited and mostly viewed as a combination of agile and waterfall. Also, it has been shown that the hybrid approach is quite beneficial, and large organizations most likely don't have any other choice than turning to hybrid if they want to stay competitive. The original value resides around challenging the current definition of hybrid and proposing a new framework that will establish boundaries of a hybrid approach, which goes beyond the literature reviews done so far. Research limitations are related to coverage or research articles analyzed.