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Comprehensive framework for estimating the deployment cost of integrated business transformation projects

Hoon Kwak, Young; Watson, Rudy J.; Anbari, Frank T. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 131-139

Purpose – This paper is a summary of a successfully defended doctoral dissertation. The purpose of this paper is to place this research in context to emerging areas of project management and service science, management and engineering and to encourage others to embark on further research...

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Transition processes in an interorganizational platform project

Burström, Thommie; Jacobsson, Mattias - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 5 (2012) 3, pp. 400-419

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and understand challenges related to transition processes that occur between projects and the permanent organisation, as well as the outcome of such processes. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on an explorative, in‐depth...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014786423

Decoupling and standardization in the projectification of a company

Bergman, Inger; Gunnarson, Sven; Räisänen, Christine - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 1, pp. 106-128

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the change trajectory in a large, global, project‐oriented company, with focus on standardization of project work, and on how the company's structure, processes and employment‐base changed in line with the company's increasing...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014786451

Project managers’ and change managers’ contribution to success

Pollack, Julien; Algeo, Chivonne - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 9 (2016) 2, pp. 451-465

Purpose – Many projects involve an organisational change component. Project management (PM) and change management (CM) have the potential to jointly contribute to the delivery of organisational changes. However, there is a lack of clarity in the literature about the boundary and relationship...

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Coaching IT project teams: a design toolkit

Rezania, Davar; Lingham, Tony - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 2 (2009) 4, pp. 577-590

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed explanation of a design toolkit for coaching project teams …. Design/methodology/approach – It is first explained that approach to coaching teams using a measure that captures the real … analysis of data from the coaching sessions, characteristics of a design toolkit are proposed for coaching IT project teams …

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Learning the ropes: muddling through with Tim Wilson

Burström, Thommie - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 7 (2014) 4, pp. 726-733

provides the research community with a sensemaking example of coaching, inspiration and mentoring in the research collaboration …

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Editorial : About the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014786230

Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management : Theory and models

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014786234