28th International Congress on project Management "Project Management in the Digital Decade"

The advancement of IT and the growing digital economy are driving companies towards digital transformation (DT). DT is a complex phenomenon that affects all organizational areas. In the degree of technological preparation, it is not enough to only technologically prepare employees and management and provide access to advanced technological solutions, but also it is necessary to grant their empowerment, a strategy that cares about and attends to cognitive aspects of human capital, such as agility, competence, and self-efficacy. The purpose of this paper is investigating the readiness in project-based organisations (PBOs) for the DT. Each project was considered as a temporary piece of work with the purpose of achieving a specific business goal or objective. In total, 212 responses from project managers were collected regarding 212 different projects conducted in the last 5 years. The results of conducted analysis show the current level of DT readiness of Serbian PBOs, and propose the framework for the assessment.