Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the main findings of asuccessfully defended doctoral thesis that studied factors or interventionscausing the discrepancy between how adequate project risks should be managed andhow project risks are actually managed....

We develop a framework to analyze the multi-level knowledge requirements of complex, major projects in terms of ambidexterity—the ability to exploit (refine existing knowledge) and explore (develop new knowledge). This is an important theme within the wider literature, yet practical...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of qualitative project risk management processes as used in IS/IT projects. Risk management is widely identified as one of the key processes within project management, and previous empirical evidence, combined with high levels of project...