Success Factor Driven Adaptive Approach to Pro-ergonomic Project Management

In the era of striving for sustainable production and organization of human work, projects with ergonomic objectives are being implemented in order to provide employees with the safest and most comfortable working conditions. The question of how to achieve a positive result from such projects is therefore being addressed. The research carried out and presented in this article analyzed the factors that contribute to the successful implementation of pro-ergonomic project management. These factors were assessed by experts in such projects and the results of these assessments were then analyzed using descriptive statistics and the convergence of expert opinions was examined using cluster analysis. The most important factors assessed by the experts were: “Ensuring full support of top management in the activities of the ergonomics” and “Effective involvement of employees in the analyzed workplaces in the implementation of pro-ergonomic projects (e.g. through surveys, interviews regarding the workplace)”. The results were used to develop a method for implementing pro-ergonomic projects in manufacturing companies, the assumptions of which can be adapted depending on the project input data and company capabilities. The results of study can be used in manufacturing companies in different industries interested in pro-ergonomic project management.