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Evaluating the organizational impact of product development projects
Martinsuo, Miia; Suomala, Petri; Kanniainen, Juho - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 1, pp. 173-198
Purpose – Evaluation of product development projects is quite intuitive and subjective. The purpose of this paper is to … evaluation criteria. Originality/value – Many studies express the need to understand the organizational impacts of projects …
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Maturity assessment: towards continuous improvements for project-based organisations?
Backlund, Fredrik; Chronéer, Diana; Sundqvist, Erik - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 8 (2015) 2, pp. 256-278
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the empirical research on project management (PM) maturity assessments, specifically based on a maturity model. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical data are based on a case study including in-depth interviews with a...
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Use of big data in project evaluations
Olsson, Nils O.E.; Bull-Berg, Heidi - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 8 (2015) 3, pp. 491-512
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Big Data can be used in project evaluations. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on literature research and interviews with 15 professionals in IT, project and asset management and government agencies. The authors discuss...
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Capacity development through international projects: a complex adaptive systems perspective
McEvoy, Peter; Brady, Malcolm; Munck, Ronaldo - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 9 (2016) 3, pp. 528-545
planning, management and evaluation. This is reflected in the widespread adoption by donor agencies of results-based management … (RBM), side by side with conventionally used tools for monitoring and evaluation (including logical framework analysis …-span. Process-led capacity development projects and input-led infrastructural or straightforward service delivery projects require …
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Editorial
Walker, Derek H.T. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 5-16
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the philosophy of the journal and present a summary of its content and how the various papers link to the journal's philosophy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a limited literature review to establish the journal's philosophy and...
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Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management
Walker, Derek H.T.; Cicmil, Svetlana; Thomas, Janice; … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 17-32
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide of a review of the theory and models underlying project management (PM) research degrees that encourage reflective learning. Design/methodology/approach – Review of the literature and reflection on the practice of being actively involved in...
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Project strategy: strategy types and their contents in innovation projects
Artto, Karlos; Martinsuo, Miia; Dietrich, Perttu; … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 49-70
Purpose – Previous literature on project strategy has adopted the narrow view that a project is to be conducted under the governance of a single strong sponsor or parent organization. The purpose of this study is to provide a critical analysis on prior project management (PM) literature...
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Leading dynamically complex projects
Cavaleri, Steven; Reed, Fred - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 71-87
Purpose – The paper seeks to establish a critical role for leaders in guiding projects to higher levels of effectiveness. This role centers on using the thinking capacities associated with systems thinking, knowledge processing, action learning, and pragmatism. It is also to design systems to...
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Subcontractors' business relationships as risk sources in project networks
Artto, Karlos; Eloranta, Kirsi; Kujala, Jaakko - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 88-105
Purpose – This paper seeks to address the risks for a main contractor firm's project business that arise from subcontractors' inter‐organizational relationships in complex‐ and dynamic‐project networks. Design/methodology/approach – Existing project risk management research neglects...
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Project management: a case study of a successful ERP implementation
Carton, Fergal; Adam, Frederic; Sammon, David - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 106-124
Purpose – The success rate of enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations is not high in view of the sums invested by organisations in these applications. It has often been indicated that a combination of inadequate preparedness and inappropriate project management have been responsible...
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