Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how individuals in projects learn from crises. Design/methodology/approach – The multiple‐case protocol described by Yin and his six sources of evidence were utilized. Observations were contemporaneous and somewhere between direct and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretically based analysis and evaluation of the Norwegian quality assurance scheme (QA1 and QA2) for major public projects (MPPs), drawing on a number of different perspectives from organization theory and decision‐making theory, but...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the effectiveness of current uncertainty management practice in projects with a special focus on the organization's cultural dimension. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical data were obtained using in‐depth interviews with project...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of formal training in project‐based companies. Design/methodology/approach – First the discussion deals with the concepts of learning, the learning environment, and the motivation to learn in a way in which special focus is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to question why current thinking towards project complexity ignores the role of objects in achieving social order and transformation. An alternative, but complementary, approach to address project complexities, drawing upon actor‐network theory (ANT),...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase our understanding of how stakeholder relationships develop and how projects can develop the knowledge, skills, and aptitudes required to handle a multitude of stakeholder relationships. The objective is to provide in‐depth descriptions of...

Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to investigate the volume and background of changes done shortly after project completion. Design/methodology/approach – To ensure a consistent set of projects, selection criteria were related to project budget, time of completion, and executing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the requirements for assuring the managerial capability of organisations implementing projects of public interest. It presents the case of Greece, and the family of newly developed set of standards concerning the managerial maturity of public...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe and summarise a PhD thesis that investigates the extent to which collaboration occurs through the use of online technologies in the project management environment (PME). Design/methodology/approach – Six PMEs and their use of online...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how a different and partly new strategy is needed in order to make research on projects relevant and interesting to a wider scientific community, including organisation and management theory. Design/methodology/approach – The aim is...