International Journal of Project Management最新文献

{"title":"Facilitating and improving learning in projects: Evidence from a lean approach","authors":"J Dowson ,&nbsp;C Unterhitzenberger ,&nbsp;D J Bryde","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2024.102559","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2024.102559","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A lean approach in projects offers the opportunity to better connect people, processes, workflows, and delivery within projects. This is particularly important in contemporary project environments which is characterized by high levels of uncertainty, complexity, and pace of change. While knowledge from previous learning may exist, though it is often inaccessible or untapped and different levels of understanding about delivery approaches can prevail. We investigate how a lean approach in projects facilitates and can improve learning in project environments. Through thematic analysis of 40 semi-structured interviews, we found that applying a lean approach considers individual, project and organisational levels of knowledge and understanding, and triggers action underpinned by improved socio-behavourial interactions, leadership, and support. A lean approach enhances the quality of learning, better integrating timely actions and reducing the likelihood of lessons lost, to achieve effective project management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"42 1","pages":"Article 102559"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786324000012/pdfft?md5=ce7692e2606d5cbafb0db26082ccc26d&pid=1-s2.0-S0263786324000012-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139414305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of Project Implementation Practices on Project Performance in Tanzania: The Case of Mnazi Bay Gas","authors":"Neema Hakim Salim Bitesigirwe, Dr. Fredrick W.S Ndede","doi":"10.47672/ijpm.1638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47672/ijpm.1638","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The successful achievement of any project means that several of its perceived factors were attained. The success of projects depends on how the risks are mitigated and the way it is managed and controlled. This study examined project implementation management practices and their effects on the Mnazi Bay Gas Project Performance. Towards analysing the data, the study used the Resource Based Theory, Theory of Constraints, Management Theory, and Stakeholder Theory.&#x0D; Methodology: The study employed a descriptive approach and utilized primary and secondary research methods. The sample size for the study was 100 respondents which included residents around the project, local government leaders, political leaders as well as managers and officials managing the project. Out of 100 only 84 respondents were reached. This study employed simple random sampling and purposive sampling to recruit study sample. The quantitative data were collected through questionnaires and the collected data were analysed using descriptive analysis and presented through descriptive statistics.&#x0D; Findings: The study reveals a positive relationship between the successful implementation of the Mnazi Bay Gas project and its overall performance, notwithstanding the challenges associated with community involvement. The research significantly advances our understanding of how project management methods influence the project's success. furthermore, the study highlights the project's strengths, including effective implementation, skilled personnel, and clear communication channels, but also identifies weaknesses, particularly in community engagement. Moreover, the study underscores the impact of various management and implementation challenges, such as difficulties in community involvement, regulatory compliance, and environmental assessments, on the project's performance and ultimate success.&#x0D; Conclusion: The study leverages Resource-Based Theory to underscore the efficient utilization of available resources, demonstrating its impact on Mnazi Bay Gas project performance. It utilizes the Theory of Constraints to pinpoint and tackle critical bottlenecks within this resource-intensive project. Management Theory offers a comprehensive view of project management practices and evaluates diverse managerial approaches. Lastly, Stakeholder Theory provides a thorough analysis of stakeholder interests and involvement, shedding light on the intricate dynamics within Mnazi Bay Gas involving local and international stakeholders. This integration of theories enhances the study's analytical framework, enabling a multifaceted evaluation of project implementation practices and their influence on project performance. This study concludes that there is positive relationship between project implementation and the performance of the Mnazi Bay Gas project. Apart from challenges that were identified with regard to community involvement, the Mnazi Bay Gas project was implemented well. Howev","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"28 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135773707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating among islands of certainty: Coordinating as communicative practices of temporary organizations experiencing crisis","authors":"Verena Stingl ,&nbsp;John G. McClellan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102540","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This research explores temporary organizing in crisis. Recognizing crises in temporary organizations as involving the existential loss of meaning for plans and prospects, we present a qualitative study of the complex negotiation between integration and fragmentation of a temporary organization experiencing crisis. Embracing communication as constitutive of organization (CCO) theorizing, we analyse the real-time, digital communication during the crisis as episodes of temporary organizing. Our analysis reveals three interdependent communicative practices for coordinating—framing, co-creating, and connecting—that constitute “islands of certainty” or ephemeral instances of integration providing orientation for otherwise fragmented coordinating. These findings contribute to understanding coordinating as a sophisticated communicative practice of meaning negotiation about the possible future of a temporary organization in crisis. Specifically, this study reveals increased integration communication when the integrity of a project's future is contested, yet high degrees of communicative fragmentation when there is a shared prospection of the project's future.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"41 8","pages":"Article 102540"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786323001059/pdfft?md5=38557129bc86bac5fe29bbc5d14fd120&pid=1-s2.0-S0263786323001059-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91993102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Announcement: 12th IPMA Research Conference","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0263-7863(23)00119-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0263-7863(23)00119-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"41 8","pages":"Article 102554"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786323001199/pdfft?md5=ae3c20b333d7b9d6e32cfe99b9920c78&pid=1-s2.0-S0263786323001199-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138548769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The co-creation of value by public and private actors in the front end of urban development projects","authors":"Sebastian Toukola ,&nbsp;Tuomas Ahola ,&nbsp;Matias Ståhle ,&nbsp;Anna af Hällström","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102542","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study focuses on the co-creation of value in the front end of urban development projects (UDPs) established by coalitions of public and private actors to develop specific urban premises or areas. Creating value in UDPs calls for collaboration between municipal actors and private companies, specifically in the front end phase, during which major design decisions are made. This qualitative case study builds on data collected through 27 semi-structured interviews in a middle-sized city in Finland. Our data analysis resulted in the categorisation of four value co-creation processes involving municipal actors and private companies, namely, zoning, exploring, procuring and negotiating. The study's results offer insights into how value co-creation can be facilitated in UDPs. This study contributes to recent value-creation literature by providing a novel understanding of each value co-creation process, its characteristics and its corresponding co-created values.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"41 8","pages":"Article 102542"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786323001072/pdfft?md5=e407ef074bed1134d7a8d42f2ac89abd&pid=1-s2.0-S0263786323001072-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92123604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Will the past guide us? Towards more reflective research on projects","authors":"Jonas Söderlund","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102546","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"41 8","pages":"Article 102546"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786323001114/pdfft?md5=6e17740890a4c6de6e1cd16baaf70ac7&pid=1-s2.0-S0263786323001114-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138472112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Project benefits management: Making an impact on organizations and society through projects and programs","authors":"Ofer Zwikael ,&nbsp;Martina Huemann","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102538","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"41 8","pages":"Article 102538"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786323001023/pdfft?md5=e888938c47162471cdd20cde3c325dd1&pid=1-s2.0-S0263786323001023-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91993103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Crossing digital frontiers with cultural intelligence - a new paradigm for project managers","authors":"Francesco Anglani ,&nbsp;Selene Pennetta ,&nbsp;Carmen Reaiche ,&nbsp;Stephen Boyle","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102543","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The evolution of the international business environment during the past twenty years due to globalization and the recent pandemic determined an increase in international projects requiring new organizational and individual capabilities to ensure project success. Cross-cultural competencies have been analyzed within the cross-cultural management field and organizational behavioral studies, with limited research available in the international project management field.</p><p>Through a comprehensive literature review, the current research outlines the gap within the project management domain concerning the need triggered by the pandemic to acquire cross-cultural and digital abilities among project professionals. We disclose how the existent globalized virtual environment differs from the new one triggered by the pandemic due to the forced shift to the digital setting with a strong impact on in-person interactions, verbal and non-verbal communication.</p><p>The originality of this work resides in the development of a novel project professional ability framework, including digital and cross-cultural components that emerged during the pandemic. Secondly, we propose the application of the identified cross-cultural and digital abilities within the project process group of the life cycle based on their scope and outputs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"41 8","pages":"Article 102543"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786323001084/pdfft?md5=81223bfff917ab5f775ec4414ead6193&pid=1-s2.0-S0263786323001084-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92026678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Announcement: Call for IPMA Research Awards","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0263-7863(23)00120-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0263-7863(23)00120-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"41 8","pages":"Article 102555"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786323001205/pdfft?md5=e5a49b82d3b7e9749b5a3178475ffbca&pid=1-s2.0-S0263786323001205-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138548770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Resilience science: Theoretical and methodological directions from the juncture of resilience and projects","authors":"Nader Naderpajouh ,&nbsp;Juri Matinheikki ,&nbsp;Lynn A. Keeys ,&nbsp;Daniel P. Aldrich ,&nbsp;Igor Linkov","doi":"10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102544","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Increasing concerns about disruptions and the need for adaptation to drastic changes in social and ecological systems is reflected in the growing interest in resilience science. At the same time, the surge in medium to large scale projects around the world, known as projectification of societies, has resulted in considerable interest in the discipline of project studies. The disciplinary idiosyncrasies of project studies motivate a reflection on theoretical and methodological considerations in resilience science. This reflection rests on the experience of instigating research at the juncture of resilience and projects in this special collection. Specifically, we framed these observations as a set of principles that can inform resilience science, including the need for theoretical parsimony, deliberate attention to system boundaries in conceptualization of resilience, as well as critical considerations in measuring resilience. We posit that in its essence, project studies has to navigate a paradox through: (i) investigating projects as efficient form of organizing for a resilient, sustainable and just future, while (ii) unpacking the governance and accountability limitations of temporary organizing within projects that aim to ensure these long-term goals. The proposed principles are core to the broader research stream that we call <em>“projects of future,”</em> a collective inquiry to unpack these paradoxes and a research stream to engage project scholarship with the contemporary phenomena in Anthropocene.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48429,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Project Management","volume":"41 8","pages":"Article 102544"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263786323001096/pdfft?md5=663bb1f91651ee81fcb005145775601a&pid=1-s2.0-S0263786323001096-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92123605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}