International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 13 Issue 6

A collaborative project delivery method for design of a high-performance building

Atle Engebø, Ole Jonny Klakegg, Jardar Lohne, Ola Lædre

To achieve the shift towards sustainable construction the industry must change the project delivery methods used. Therefore, this paper reports on a high-performance building…

What drives the failure of private participation in infrastructure projects?

Gonzalo Ruiz Díaz

The purpose of this paper is to assess the determinants of the early termination of infrastructure projects implemented under public–private partnerships (PPP), concessions or…

A new approach to determine the weights of project activities using data envelopment analysis: a case of Mobarakeh steel company

Negin Berjis, Hadi Shirouyehzad, Javid Jouzdani

The main purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach to determine the project activities weight factors using data envelopment analysis. Afterward, the model is applied in…

Share determination of stakeholder delays, based on targeted delay analysis of projects, with incursive and defensive (In-De) approach

Vahid Rooholelm, Abbas Sheikh Aboumasoudi

Almost all projects in the world are delayed, and sometimes even lead to the full bankruptcy of their beneficiaries. These delays can be calculated using techniques, but most…

Owner capabilities in social infrastructure projects: towards an expansion of the dynamic capabilities’ framework

Maria Luz Gulino, Natalya Sergeeva, Graham Winch

The project organising literature has increasingly paid attention to the dynamic capabilities required for the development of projects. The current research aims to expand the…

Achieving value for money in waste management projects: determining the effectiveness of public–private partnership in Ghana

Mumuni Ishawu, Chen Guangyu, Emelia Darko Adzimah, Aliu Mohammed Aminu

Governments all over the world are increasingly entering into partnership agreement with the private sector through public–private partnership (PPP) models for the development and…

Identification and prioritization of stage-level KPIs for BOT projects – evidence from Turkey

Cenk Budayan, Ozan Okudan, Irem Dikmen

The purpose of this paper is to identify and prioritize key performance indicators (KPIs) that can be used for stage-based performance assessment of build-operate-transfer (BOT…

Incorporating sustainability into software projects: a conceptual framework

Amin Khalifeh, Peter Farrell, Mohammad Alrousan, Shaima Alwardat, Masar Faisal

The paper aims to present a conceptual framework that helps in incorporating sustainability into software projects, highlights the importance of project sustainability and…

Employers' perspectives on work readiness in construction: are project management graduates hitting the ground running?

Jessica Borg, Christina M. Scott-Young

There is a need for graduates who can quickly adjust and thrive within the current increasingly dynamic project-based workplaces. The purpose of this paper is to present the…

Assignment of project team members to projects: Project managers’ influence strategies in practice

Shankar Sankaran, Anne Live Vaagaasar, Michiel Christian Bekker

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how project managers, influence the assignment of project team members by directly assigning or specifying who they want or by…