DYNA JOURNAL ENGINEERING

Key words:

PYME, proyectos, gestión del riesgo, SME, projects, risk management.

Article type:

ARTICULO DE INVESTIGACION / RESEARCH ARTICLE

Section:

VARIOUS

ABSTRACT
Many companies should periodically approach internal projects, as mean for changing and adapting to the market requirements. The failure of a project undertaken by a SME can have a very important impact on its results. Can the SMEs, whose daily management is not oriented to projects, manage reasonably well their projects? The answer could be “yes, it can” as long as they have suitable methodologies and tools.This paper presents an analysis of eight strategic projects carried out by SMEs through interviews with their directors. In this paper, we present a diagnosis of the challenges and the needs that these companies face, when tackle risks management in their projects. Furthermore, we propose a series of tools to be developed or adopted in order to implement a simpler and more effective risk management in projects boarded by SMEs.
KEY WORDS: SME, projects, risk management.