Influencing Factors on Project Overrun : Is it Intrapreneurship?

Project management has been studied extensively in many schools around the world. Any kinds of projects are often started by an individual, or group of individuals, who once have dreams to tackle on particular issues, in order to make it better, faster, and certainly more efficient. Of course, the world of project management is full with idea and lots of creative thinking, just like the world of entrepreneurship. Hence, though project management is regarded as an important field in management studies and management practices, with lots of available measuring tools, it is often wondered if, in fact, project management has anything to do with intrapreneurship of the project team members. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the factors that may lead to project overrun. Qualitative and quantitative methods are incorporated in this study to understand underlying causes of the project overrun. Primary and secondary data searches are included in this study, which cover interview sessions and data attainment from PT. XYZ, an automotive manufacturer in Indonesia. The analyses cover the overall planning and actual project. The research attempts to make comparison between the actual and the planning of the project. It is expected that the findings are able to support the notion on the role of intrapreneurs in proper handling on the project management