shawn's publications

Belling, Shawn D. “Losing Your Religion” Published in the proceedings  of the PMI Asia-Pacific Global Congress held in Sydney, Australia, March  2008. Paper discussing aspects of the evolution and career change from  project manager to line of business or functional manager.

Belling, Shawn D. “Who are They? Employee Perceptions of  Organizational Decision-Making” Presentation and paper published in the  Proceedings of the PMI North America Global Congress held in Orlando,  FL, USA November 2009. Paper discussing employee perceptions of power  and decision-making within organizations and implications for project  and functional managers.

Belling, Shawn D. “When Agendas Override Objectives” Published in  the proceedings of the PMI Asia-Pacific Global Congress held in  Melbourne, Australia February 2010. Paper and case study describing a  project situation in which a sponsor’s hidden agendas interfered with  the project’s objectives.

Belling, Shawn D. Chapter 9, “Who are They? Employee Perceptions  of Organisational Decision-Making.” The Project as a Social System –  Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Project Management. Henry Linger and Jill  Owen (Editors). Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia. Monash University Publishing, 2012.

Belling, Shawn D. “Agile and SaaS – Lessons for Value  Realization.” Published in the proceedings of the PMI North America  Global Congress held in Phoenix, Arizona October 2014. Paper and case  studies describing approaches for maximizing the business value obtained  through use of Software as a Subscription and Agile project management  approaches.

Belling, Shawn D. “Ruthless Prioritization in Project  Environments – Four Traps to Avoid.” Published in the proceedings of the  PMI North America Global Conference held in Los Angeles, California,  October 2018. Case studies describing approaches for prioritizing  projects and examining four common scenarios and how to avoid them.

Belling, Shawn D. “Succeeding with Agile Hybrids – Project  Delivery Using Hybrid Methodologies.” Book published by Springer  Science, New York. November 2020. Focused on methods for combining agile  and traditional project management approaches.

Belling, Shawn D. “Remotely Possible – Strategic Lessons and  Tactical Best Practices for Remote Work.” Book published by Springer  Science, New York. July 2021. Focused on best practices for remote work,  hybrid work and distributed teams.

Belling, Shawn D. “The Effects of Providing Technology Assistance  to Low-income Student Populations at Community Colleges on Academic  Performance, Persistence, and Program Completion”. February 2022.  Dissertation for completion of doctoral program at the University of the  Cumberlands.

Belling, Shawn D. “Agility in New Product Development.” Research  paper published in the proceedings of the American Society of  Engineering Management 2024 global conference held in Virginia Beach,  VA. October 2024.

Belling, Shawn D. “Effects of Tuition Reimbursement on Employee  Retention.” Research paper published in the proceedings of the American  Society of Engineering Management 2024 global conference held in Boise,  ID. September 2025.

Belling, Shawn D. Chapter, “Evaluating Project Management  Approaches: A Case Study.” Case Studies on Project Management. Alejandro  Romero-Torres, Shankar Sankaran, Joseph Griffin (Editors). Edward Elgar  Publishing, 2025.

In Progress: Book on Scaled Hybrid Agile Practices for technical  project and program delivery to be published by Springer Science, New  York.