Evaluating a project management methodology to improve project performance

IF 2.3 4区管理学 Q3 BUSINESS

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business Pub Date : 2024-05-28 DOI:10.1108/ijmpb-08-2023-0182

Anna Le Gerstrøm Rode, Anne Jensby, Per Svejvig

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Abstract

Purpose

Project management as a field of practice and research is characterized by impressive amounts of normative literature and extensive collections of best practices promising to improve project performance. On the other hand, research proving the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed tools is limited. Project management methodology (PMM) evaluation is important but complicated and scarce. This paper evaluates a specific PMM designed to improve project performance.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on a multiple, embedded and comparative case study the paper evaluates 71 projects within and across 17 organizations.

Findings

The paper identifies conflicting indicators of PMM failure and success in terms of project speed and impact, and the results indicate the complexity, contextuality and challenge inherent in PMM evaluation.

Originality/value

Contributions include empirical evidence and contextual knowledge on the effectiveness and efficiency of a specific PMM, as well as a new conceptual model and a novel methodological design for PMM evaluation.

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评估项目管理方法以提高项目绩效

目的项目管理作为一个实践和研究领域，其特点是有大量规范性文献和广泛的最佳实践集，有望提高项目绩效。另一方面，证明所建议工具的有效性和效率的研究却很有限。项目管理方法（PMM）评估非常重要，但却复杂而缺乏。本文对旨在提高项目绩效的特定项目管理方法进行了评估。设计/方法/途径本文基于多重、嵌入式和比较性案例研究，对 17 家组织内部和跨组织的 71 个项目进行了评估。研究结果本文从项目速度和影响的角度，确定了项目管理失败和成功的相互矛盾的指标，结果表明了项目管理评估所固有的复杂性、背景性和挑战性。原创性/价值贡献包括有关特定项目管理的有效性和效率的经验证据和背景知识，以及一个新的概念模型和一个新颖的项目管理评估方法设计。

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International Journal of Managing Projects in Business Multiple-

CiteScore

7.00

自引率

14.80%

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Managing Projects in Business seeks to advance the theory, research and practice of all aspects of project management. IJMPB is looking for top quality theoretical and empirical research with the aims of: promoting the understanding of project management and; encouraging the publication of novel project management insights using multidisciplinary approaches rooted in social sciences. The journal provides a much-needed resource involved in project management by exploring new avenues not often addressed in the field of project management.