Rate My Professor Lulu Barry

Barry's research centers on project management, emotional intelligence as a key competence for project managers, critical success factors in capital projects across industries like petrochemicals, telecommunications, and construction, and frameworks for renewable energy technology selection in Africa. She has produced 31 publications, achieving 375 citations and 20,568 reads on ResearchGate. Notable works include "Emotional intelligence: a key human resource management competence for project managers in the 21st century" (2007), "Proposal of a Framework for the Selection of Renewable Energy Technology Systems in Africa" (2011), "Determining the most important factors for sustainable energy technology selection in Africa: application of the Delphi technique" (2016), "How can wages sustain a living? By getting ahead of the curve" (2018), and "Reflections on a Study Conducted in New Zealand and South Africa to Ascertain the Extent to Which Living Wages Are a Panacea for a Quality Life for Low-Income Workers" (2018). Employing methods like Delphi and focus group techniques, her studies address skills shortages, risk management in data warehouse projects, project maturity in developing economies, and human resource management in technical organizations. Barry contributes to engineering education through innovative teaching, including escape rooms for project management, and engages in public events on soft skills, industry connections, and online learning evolution.