International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 10 Issue 1

Editorial

Nathalie Drouin

Managing integration in infrastructure alliance projects: Dynamics of integration mechanisms

Anna-Maija Hietajärvi, Kirsi Aaltonen, Harri Haapasalo

The effective management of inter-organizational integration is central to complex projects. Such projects pose significant challenges for integration, as organizations struggle…

Government project failure in Ghana: a multidimensional approach

Isaac Sakyi Damoah, Cynthia Akwei

The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent of failure within Ghanaian Government projects using multiple failure criteria.

Governing value creation in construction project: a new model

Hallgrim Hjelmbrekke, Ole Jonny Klakegg, Jardar Lohne

The purpose of this paper is to describe how the concepts of business models and project governance can enhance value creation in building projects.

Partnering in offshore drilling projects

Sjur Børve, Tuomas Ahola, Bjorn Andersen, Wenche Aarseth

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate to which extent partnering practices observed in earlier research focussing on the construction industry are applied in offshore…

Constraints related to developing small-scale PPPs and how to reduce them

Wouter Thierie, Lieven De Moor

The purpose of this paper is to better understand the constraints related to developing small-scale public-private partnerships (PPPs) and how to reduce them.

Agile project management with Scrum: A case study of a Brazilian pharmaceutical company IT project

Adrialdo Azanha, Ana Rita Tiradentes Terra Argoud, João Batista de Camargo Junior, Pedro Domingos Antoniolli

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the benefits of the agile project management (APM) framework compared to the traditional waterfall model, and understand how it can help…

Going back to the roots of W.A. Shewhart (and further) and introduction of a new CPD cycle

Martin Christopher Saier

Investigating the beginning of project management (app. 30 BC) with a focus on business models similar to the “PDCA” cycle, the purpose of this paper is to find an approach which…

The reality of adherence to best practices for information system initiatives

Carl Marnewick

Standards are written by practitioners for practitioners. It is therefore logical that project managers should comply with project management standards. Benefits management is a…

The project-space model: enhancing sensemaking

Bronte van der Hoorn, Stephen Jonathan Whitty

The purpose of this paper is to propose the project-space model as positively influencing sensemaking in the project context. There is currently minimal discussion of the tools…

Is there only one way of project management theorizing, or are there multiple sector-specific project management domains?

Karlos A. Artto, Hans Georg Gemünden, Derek Walker, Pirjo Peippo-Lavikka

Many literature reviews on project management (PM) research are limited to studies published only in PM journals but some reviews do expand their analysis on PM research published…