"BACKGROUND As detailed more thoroughly in Chapter 1, project health assessments are not a new concept. They have been conducted ever since project sponsors realized a project was "failing" and took action to prevent that failure. Even formal methodologies to evaluate project health are not new:...

Exploring the three levels of project management, this edited collection analyses the practice of problem structuring approaches (PSAs) with an aim to improve organisational adaptability and value creation. By studying these approaches, the authors present techniques for enhancing project...

This book blends academic rigor and real world experience on the agile and planning schools of project management and the process of becoming a project leader. To some, project management is all about logically and rationally planning out dependencies and mapping them out into a flawless plan; a...

The environmental footprint of the global construction industry has emerged as a major concern in an era of massive urbanization across the world. Drawing on the complex and under-explored role of project sustainability management (PSM) and high performance work systems (HPWS), this study...

A pragmatic approach to business innovation is to bridge transformational entrepreneurship with the management of innovation-based projects. However, scholars have given limited attention to the underlying factors that explain linkages between entrepreneurial orientation and project success....

Researchers and practitioners are trying hard to analyze the leadership into a widespread and general set of processes, methods, and measures. Attempts are being made by various researchers to discover the best leadership practices having larger success stories. The purpose of this inquiry is to...

Project success has remained the center of project management since long time. Continuous efforts are being indulged by various academicians and practitioners to find out the factors that contribute significantly toward project success. The authors edify the importance of project managers as...

Im Buch wird die These vertreten, dass der Versuch, eine rigide, alle Projekttypen erfassende Projektmanagement-Methodik zu entwickeln, nicht zielführend ist. Kleine oder mittelgroße Projekte mit einem überschaubaren Budget und wenigen involvierten Akteuren haben mit komplexen Vorhaben im...

Vorworte -- Einleitung -- I. Grundlagen -- II. Bau -- Kundenperspektive -- Methoden.-Werkzeuge -- Vertragsgestaltung -- Planungsphase -- Implementierung -- III. Lessons-Learned und Ausblick -- Nachwort.