Risk Based Project Management in Carrier Certification for Emerging Mobile Technologies

The guidance of mobile technologies, largely the proliferation of 5G and progress to 6G, has tremendously added to the complexity of certification activities within the telecommunication ecosystems.Carrier certification is a very important stepping stone that could ensure that devices and network systems would have gone through technical, regulatory, and interoperability compliances.Nonetheless, the standard project management approaches tend to lack the ability to handle the volatile, high-risk project world of the new mobile technology certification.An alternative approach to Project Management is the adoption of Risk-Based Project Management (RBPM) which integrates risk intelligence and stakeholder mapping along with dynamic governance into the certification lifecycle.This review evaluates the theoretical backgrounds, practical applications, and performance results of RBPM in carrier certification environments.Based on the results of the comparative research and empirical data, it was found that RBPM has an envisaged profound impact on shortening timelines of certification, cost-effectiveness, and the rates of compliance.Review ends with the identification of remaining challenges and recommendations of a research agenda to work on in the future, enabling model refinements and enhancing predictive analytics regarding mobile deployment.