Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to propose a project management methodology for activating corporate culture for Japanese companies and to argue its validity through some practices. Although appropriate methodologies are absolutely necessary for management consulting projects under time constrains, almost no project management methodologies for consultation have been systematized as formal knowledge so far. The paper proposes a systematized methodology, called SSM-PM, for efficient consulting project management by activating the corporate culture. The methodology employs soft systems methodology (SSM) combined with the “issue maps” and “quantitative analysis frameworks” of corporate culture for integrating thoughts and languages of the participants, so that it can support efficient promotion of the project. We also apply it to a consultancy case of a Japanese manufacture company.
