About the person
About the person
I am an industrial engineer specializing in mechanical engineering and completed my doctorate at the University of Kassel between 2009 and 2015 on the topic of "Influence of project management maturity on project success". After working in industry, mainly as head of product development projects in the automotive/special vehicle construction context (including HELLA), I was appointed to Fachhochschule Dortmund in 2022.
The main focus of my teaching is on project management. Students and theses supervised by me have already been awarded prizes (Andreas Winkelbach, German Project Management Award of the GPM, 2011, category Master's thesis; Anna Lucia Romero Müller, Best Graduate of the Faculty of Business Studies, 2024) and resulted in publications (e.g. Aschoff et al., 2013, Tailoring internal project management standards for energy plant construction projects. Project management in the energy sector, Springer: Berlin, 125-145).
Together with my team, I am currently focusing on the following research areas in particular
- Project management of digital transformation projects
- Agile/hybrid project management
- Project management in product development
I have corresponding networks in industry/business (thyssenkrupp Digital Projects, Vorwerk, ...) and in academia.
If you are interested in working with me, please contact me!
Team
Anwesha Mukherjee, external doctoral student
Ms. Mukherjee is a business economist and has been researching the influence of soft factors, such as (servant) leadership, on the success of agile managed projects on a part-time basis since completing her Master's degree (European Master in Project Management, Fachhochschule Dortmund, 2022). Her doctorate is being carried out in cooperation with the University of Kassel, Institute of Ergonomics and Process Management / Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. In addition to her work in management consulting, she is very interested in generative AI and digital twin technology and has founded a start-up in this context that offers members of Generation Z guidance on career issues using AI. At the IEEE IDAACS Conference 2023 (Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems), her contribution was voted the best in the project management stream.
Florian Rüttger, PhD student and member of the DigiTransPro research project
Mr. Rüttger is an industrial engineer (specializing in electrical engineering), holds a master's degree in project management (European Master in Project Management, Fachhochschule Dortmund, 2019) and has been working on an industrial doctorate since the end of 2023. In this context, he is employed part-time in the above-mentioned research project and at Vorwerk Elektrowerke. His doctoral topic combines (agile) product development and digital transformation. The doctorate is being carried out in cooperation with the Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Bilbao, Spain.
Research
Research interests and expertise
My research interests and expertise include the following areas:
- Further development of organizational project management (PMO, maturity measurement, project portfolio management)
- Management of digital transformation projects
- Agile and hybrid project management
- Project management in product development
- (Introduction of) project management software
Research projects
I am currently working together with colleagues on the following research projects
- DigiTransPro - Digital Transformation Projects: Project Management for the Digital Transformation (Ministry of Culture and Science, NRW, funding code 005-2302-0019, since May 15, 2023)
- Sustainable Project Management for Development Projects (SusProLab) (DAAD, project number 57708165, since 1.1.2024)
Publications
Monograph
- Open publicationAlbrecht, J. C. (2015). Einfluss der Projektmanagementreife auf den Projekterfolg (1. Auflage). Kassel: Kassel University Press.
Anthology contribution
- Open publicationAschoff, T., Albrecht, J. C., & Spang, K. (2013). Tailoring unternehmensinterner Projektmanagementstandards für Energieanlagenbauprojekte. In C. Lau, A. Dechange, & T. Flegel, Projektmanagement im Energiebereich (pp. 125–145). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-00267-1_8
Conference paper
- Open publicationAlbrecht, J. C., Romero Müller, A. L., & Rüttger, F. (2025). Dealing with uncertainty regarding the initialization and budgeting of digital transformation projects. In R. Martinho, M. M. Cruz Cunha, & R. Rijo, Procedia Computer Science CENTERIS - International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems / ProjMAN - International Conference on Project MANagement / HCist - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies (pp. 1575–1582). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2025.02.293
- Open publicationMukherjee, A., & Albrecht, J. C. (2025). Exploring the Influence of Collective Conscience in Multi-Generational Agile Project Teams. In R. Martinho, M. M. Cruz Cunha, & R. Rijo, Procedia Computer Science CENTERIS - International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems / ProjMAN - International Conference on Project MANagement / HCist - International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies (pp. 1665–1672). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2025.02.304
- Open publicationMukherjee, A., & Albrecht, J. C. (2023). Implications of Agile Project Management on Performance Management. In A. Sachenko, C. Wolff, U. Großmann, & C. Röhrig, 2023 IEEE 12th International Conference on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (IDAACS) (pp. 373–379). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IDAACS58523.2023.10348804
Journal article
- Open publicationAlbrecht, J. C., & Spang, K. (2016). Disassembling and reassembling project management maturity. Project Management Journal, 47(5), 18–35. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1177/875697281604700503
- Open publicationAlbrecht, J. C., & Spang, K. (2014). Linking the benefits of project management maturity to project complexity. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 7(2), 285–301. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-08-2013-0040
Article in non-scientific media
- Open publicationAlbrecht, J. C., & Romero Müller, A. L. (2024). Eine Typologie für hybride Projektmanagement-Modelle. Projektmanagement aktuell, 35(5), 31–36.
Scientific lecture
- Open publicationAlbrecht, J. C. (2024). Dealing with uncertainty regarding the initialization and budgeting of digital transformation projects.
Teaching
Courses
I offer courses in the following subject areas in the study programs "European Master in Project Management (EuroMPM)" and "International Business Management" (Bachelor and Master):
- Project management (e.g. "Project planning & controlling", "Managing global business projects")
- Scientific work
- Practical projects
- Intercultural skills
Final theses
For your empirical or literature-based/conceptual thesis, please contact me by e-mail. You should contact me approximately three to six months before the desired registration date for your thesis. Due to the high volume of theses from the European Master in Project Management, I can only accept a limited number of theses from students of other study programs. There is no list of topics. You are welcome to use the topics listed on this page under "Research" as a guide. In principle, it is possible to work in cooperation with companies. I will be happy to discuss further conditions with you.