Analýza potenciálu využití technologie Blockchain v projektovém řízení

The subject of this diploma thesis is Blockchain technology, its current possibilities and future potential. The main aim of this diploma thesis is to analyse the potential of using Blockchain technology in the project management domain. In order to achieve the primary thesis objective, the author of the thesis performed the comprehensive empirical work consisting of three stages. In the first stage the thesis author aimed to collect and analyse of existing blockchain-based services and actual problems arising during project management. In the second stage of the empirical research the author of the thesis focused on mapping based on the analogy between the defined blockchain-based services categories and identified project management problems in order to identify the potential of Blockchain use cases suitable for the project management area. The outcome of the second stage of the empirical work are 8 identified potential Blockchain use cases suggested for the project management area. In the third stage of the empirical work the author has carried out the evaluation procedure of the 8 identified use cases under a specified set of assessment criteria with the help of project management experts. Based on the collected set of expert assessment results the author acknowledged that the solution suggested for Project Cost Management is the most business viable and technically feasible Blockchain use case for the project management domain.The main thesis outcome of this diploma thesis is a conceptually designed solution for the Project Cost Management. The designed solution is presented with the aid of UML diagrams.