The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has profound socio-economic consequences. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, so this paper focuses on radical changes to accepted practice in project organizing in response. In particular, we focus on schedule compression to deliver outputs to...

Political corruption is especially relevant for large-scale projects because of their popularity among politicians and citizens alike, as well as their inherent qualities. The goal of this study is to find out about the causes, methods, occurrences, and effects of political corruption in...

We present how rigor and relevance in project organizing research can be achieved by adopting the principles of engaged scholarship. We established a research collaboratory between scholars and practitioners to address a real-world practical problem in the UK infrastructure sector and supported...

Development of healthcare services is a societal responsibility often appearing as major public projects. These types of projects often have a long lifetime expectancy and represent large investments and changes to established welfare systems with a considerable societal impact. This makes...

In this article we present findings from an investigation into the influence of partnering success factors on multi-partner projects’ abilities to meet time schedule, budget, and technical specifications. Our findings are based on the analysis of nation-wide surveys within the engineering...

By analysing public infrastructure projects in Germany, especially those concerning stakeholder engagement, we observed ‘learning from external stakeholders’ took place. Projects and stakeholders appeared to benefit from this learning (e.g. by identifying project-relevant information,...

Organisations initiating a feasibility study for a novel, complex, or unfamiliar project commence with an inherently limited starting knowledge base, and often face an asymmetric information disadvantage to suppliers and competitors. While there is substantial technical literature for informing...

Infrastructure projects such as metro rails are being increasingly built in busy cities mainly to improve mobility and reduce congestion. However, assessment of benefits realized from these projects is complex. One reason for this is that promoters of these projects often misrepresent the...

This study aims to investigate the relationship between scope creep and the success of construction projects in the presence of project complexity. This study employed a positivism approach. Therefore, a survey method is used to collect data from 327 Pakistan's construction industry...

The implementation of collaborative project delivery models introduces new ways of working, changing processes and behaviours, and influencing network structures, especially in major inter-organisational projects. The ongoing standardisation thereof helps align the industry and change...