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Dr Masoud Aghajani

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2642
Email: m.aghajani@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.446  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0776-3145

Masoud has an extensive industrial background spanning over 14 years in the oil and gas industry. During this time, he successfully coordinated and managed several engineering, procurement, and construction projects in the Middle East.

After moving to Australia, Masoud pursued a career in academia by completing his PhD in business information systems at RMIT University. Throughout his academic career, he has collaborated with several Australian universities in various capacities, including teaching, curriculum design and research. Before joining ECU, Masoud was a lecturer at the school of engineering and technology, Central Queensland University, where he taught various project management units. Masoud is an internationally recognised project management professional (PMP).

Awards and Recognition
  • 2012-2016 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)

Professional Associations
  • Project Management Institute (PMI), member
  • WA Chapter, Project Management Institute PMI- WA Chapter), member

ECU Research Themes

Theme 2: Natural and Built Environments

Theme 4: Society and Culture

Research Areas and Interests
  • Sustainable project management
  • Project portfolio management
  • Large-scale agile frameworks
  • Organisational agility

Qualifications

  • Master of Chemical Engineering, Iran, 2022.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 2020.
  • Master of Business Administration, Deakin University, 2013.
  • Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Iran, 2000.

Research Outputs

2023

Journal Articles

  • Aghajani, M., Ahsan, K., Whiteside, N. (2023). When Agility Meets a Project Portfolio: A Study of Success Factors in Large Organisations. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 27(Article in press), 48 pages. https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v27i0.4113.
  • Aghajani, M., Ruge, G., Jugdev, K. (2023). An integrative review of project portfolio management literature : Thematic findings on sustainability mindset, assessment, and integration. Project Management Journal, 2023(Article in press), 22 pages. https://doi.org/10.1177/87569728231172668.

Conference Publications

  • Memari, A., Ogunmakinde, BO., Aghajani, M. (2023). Classification of Green Procurement Risks Across the Project Lifecycle in Australian Construction Projects. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM) (0230-0233). IEEM. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM58616.2023.10406770.

2018

Conference Publications

  • Aghajani, M., Ahsan, K., Whiteside, N. (2018). An empirical assessment of factors associated with agile project and portfolio success. Proceedings ProMAC2018: The 12th International Conference on Project Management (662-672). The Society of Project Management, IPMA Japan.

Research Projects

  • Improving Project Portfolio Management: A Study of Sustainability Integration Barriers and Drivers in Extractive Organizations, Project Management Institute, PMI Sponsored Research Program, 2023 ‑ 2024, $48,000.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Forecasting success of large-scale agile projects in IT companies using ANFIS

Completed Supervisions

No data available
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