Análise do grau de conhecimento dos arquitetos nas áreas de conhecimento de gerenciamento de projetos

Abstract

This paper contemplates that the architect's training curriculum does not satisfactorily address the issues of administration and management, whether it is for building projects or even an architectural firm. Hence, the objective of this research is to leverage and create awareness amongst architects regarding the matters of the different areas of project management and works. For the development of this research, two methods were adopted: the bibliographical research and questionnaire. The theoretical basis of this research presents subjects related to the management of architecture offices, project management and management tools, and enabled [us, the researches/the team] to gather information about the architect's professional performance, architectural office management issues, as well as management areas and topics of projects to be analyzed. Data collection was compiled, analyzed and reported individually and compared to each other. In this analysis, the architects' lack of knowledge about processes and tools regarding project management became evident. In addition, they have a low degree of knowledge in the processes that involve company start-up, business strategy and plan, and company administrative management related to office management. In PMBOK's knowledge areas, architects had a low level of knowledge in most areas, namely communications, risks, acquisitions, stakeholders and also portfolio management. Another important point in the processes is that 71% of architects have low knowledge in control tools. The main product of this work is to identify and list the subjects and areas of project management in which architects have limited knowledge of.