The Management of Time, Quality and Stakeholders, as Main Variables Applied to Parklets in Rio de Janeiro City

Karina Martins de Souza1, José Luiz Fernandes2, and Eduardo Linhares Qualharini3

1. Graduate School of Project Management, Federal university of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2. Department of Production Engineering, Celso Suckow da Fonseca Federal Center for Technological Education, Maracanã Unity,

Brazil

3. Department of Civil Construction, Polytechnic School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract: This paper presents a study about the Project Management application in temporary interventions, such as the denominated Parklets, for urban spaces that are forgotten or underutilized by society: residual spaces. These spaces, which undergo transformations, can become safer, more leisurely and convivial spaces; leading to improvements in the users’ lives. This work considers, through the scenario analysis and the carioca legislation for Parklets (Paradas Cariocas: Rio Decree Nº39.983 of April 10, 2015), time, quality and stakeholders as the main variables belonging to this project. This paper presents a hypothetical case study of a Parklet, based on good practices according to the PMI (2013) and the Canvas method. This case study is located in Rio de Janeiro; a city that has undergone several modifications in its urban structure in recent years, due to the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games.

Key words: Parklets, Project management, urbanism