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The informal liaison role of project controllers in new product development projects
Burström, Thommie; Jacobsson, Mattias - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 3, pp. 410-424
, this paper scrutinizes the roles of three specific individuals – their formal role as project controllers and their … their formal roles in which they extend their responsibilities to include informal activities such as peacekeeping, probing … paper provides important insights into informal aspects of project roles and the everyday work of project controllers.  …
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Robust project portfolio management: capability evolution and maturity
Killen, Catherine P.; Hunt, Robert A. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 1, pp. 131-151
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of project portfolio management (PPM) capability evolution, in order to guide the implementation and ongoing development of robust capabilities. Design/methodology/approach – This research adopts a dynamic capabilities...
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Managing project portfolios: balancing flexibility and structure by improvising
Jerbrant, Anna; Karrbom Gustavsson, Tina - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 1, pp. 152-172
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to situate project portfolio management practice and explore its improvisational nature. The overall aim is to deepen the knowledge of what project portfolio managers do when they manage portfolios based on an organizational theory perspective....
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Organising project‐based companies
Jerbrant, Anna - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 2, pp. 365-378
Purpose – With the purpose of enhancing the understanding of multi‐project management, this paper is based on the findings of a doctoral thesis that focuses on the management and organisation of project‐based companies. Design/methodology/approach – The research presented here is based...
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Managing portfolio interdependencies
Killen, Catherine P. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 10 (2017) 4, pp. 856-879
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve decision quality, and therefore project and portfolio success, by testing the influence of different visual representations of interdependency data in a simulated decision experiment. A network mapping approach to visualize project...
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Cultural differences in decision making in project teams
Müller, Ralf; Spang, Konrad; Ozcan, Sinan - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 2 (2009) 1, pp. 70-93
Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to report on research in cultural differences in decision‐making styles in project teams composed of team members from different nationalities. Differences in decision making in mainly German teams vs mainly Swedish teams was assessed....
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Projects are emotional
Clarke, Nicholas - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 3 (2010) 4, pp. 604-624
decisions specifically within the context of undertaking their roles in relationship management in projects. It shows that the …
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The Norwegian front‐end governance regime of major public projects
Christensen, Tom - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 4 (2011) 2, pp. 218-239
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretically based analysis and evaluation of the Norwegian quality assurance scheme (QA1 and QA2) for major public projects (MPPs), drawing on a number of different perspectives from organization theory and decision‐making theory, but...
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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 analyze decision makers' value perceptions of organizational impact before and after a project to explain how post‐project value perceptions are formed....
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A strategy-based method of assessing information technology investments
Analia Sánchez, Marisa; Carlos Gastaud Maçada, Antonio; … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 7 (2013) 1, pp. 43-60
Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to present a theoretical framework and the preliminary results of a research on how to assess information technology (IT) investments so as to deliver maximum business value. Design/methodology/approach – To see whether IT projects fit strategy, the...
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