Showing papers in "International Journal of Project Management in 2013"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the extent to which the use of BIM has resulted in reported benefits on a cross-section of construction projects and find that the most frequently reported benefit related to the cost reduction and control through the project life cycle.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify challenges faced by project managers who execute green construction projects and determine the critical knowledge areas and skills that are necessary to respond to such challenges, which will help establish a knowledge base for project managers to be competitive and to effectively execute sustainable projects.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the critical success factors as well as the relative importance of positive and negative factors influencing the attractiveness of PPP projects in Singapore, and identify the critical risk factors and preferred risk allocations for PPP project in Singapore.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of contractors' attributes on project success from a post-construction evaluation perspective is studied. And the authors identify what critical success factors (CSFs) that greatly impact the success of project.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report a review on recent empirical research literature regarding project portfolio management, to draw attention to the limitations with viewing portfolio management as a rational decision process, and to develop new avenues for research regarding Project portfolio management in practice and in context.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined PMO's functions from a knowledge sharing perspective and explored whether or not these functions reflect the knowledge sharing needs of project managers (PMs) through a cross-case analysis of seven organizations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that project teams' social capital is conducive to overcoming barriers to learning in project-based organizations, i.e., the intra-organizational social ties of project teams with their colleagues outside the project, compensates for project teams lack of opportunity, motivation, and ability to make project-learnings available to the organization as a whole.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a double entry matrix as a new model for contract flexibility, based upon existing classifications, and a case study has been selected to assess and evaluate the benefits of developing a flexible contract, building a model based on the real options theory.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss how PBOs in the construction industry can manage the exploration/exploitation paradox at different organizational levels by using cooperative procurement procedures to facilitate both exploration and exploitation of knowledge and technologies in construction projects.

TL;DR: In this paper, an empirical study of 197 project portfolios investigates the effect of the intensity of engagement (IoE) of portfolio-internal stakeholders on project portfolio success, showing that the influence of stakeholders is phase-specific and role clarity as a measure of PPM maturity affects the nature of the relationship between the IoE of stakeholders and portfolio success.

TL;DR: In this paper, a fuzzy multiple attributes direct rating (FMADR) approach is employed to analyze the occurrence probability of multiple risk factors, and the level of risk for the overall project caused by individual risk factors is evaluated with the synthesized analysis of the relative impacts and probability of occurrence.

TL;DR: In this article, an empirical study of successful projects aims to answer the following question: what factors in the project and its environment are indicative of software development agility in successful projects? Members of the PRINCE2, PMI and agile communities of practice were engaged via local interviews and an international survey.

TL;DR: The main goal of as discussed by the authors is to identify and rank the causes of delay in these kinds of projects in Iran, and the result revealed that the 10 major delay factors are: "imported materials, unrealistic project duration, client-related materials, land expropriation, change orders, contractor selection methods, payment to contractor, obtaining permits, suppliers, and contractor's cash flow".

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the links between task accomplishment and relevant conditions that are attributes, benefits and values among a sample of experienced project managers (N = 30) and found that important conditions for successful project execution in a dispersed setting include rules of communication and its clarity; project management style and goal-setting; and managers' competences and trust in a team.

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of four large Australian-based project-based organizations was conducted to investigate the impact of cultures present within PBOs and their effect on knowledge sharing.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate whether linking stages by integrated contracts can lead to more sustainable road infrastructure development by assessing public and private experiences with inclusiveness of integrated Dutch Design-Build-Finance-Maintain (DBFM) projects throughout the procurement, design, construction and maintenance and operation stages.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how portfolio risk management influences project portfolio success and found that risk transparency and risk coping capacity have a complementary effect on success, whereas risk prevention, risk monitoring, and the integration of risk management into project portfolio management are directly connected to risk coping capacities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how theories of the planning fallacy and the outside view may be used to conduct quality control and due diligence in project management, and demonstrate the need, the theoretical basis, a practical methodology, and a real-life example for how to de-bias project management using quality control.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a system dynamics-based approach to model labor productivity, where the complex inter-related structure of different factors affecting labor productivity was modeled using system dynamics approach.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of transformational leadership behavior of portfolio managers on project performance directly and indirectly through other intervening variables such as climate for innovation and innovation championing.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a project learning model and a conceptual model from which a Project Learning Roadmap is derived to support business leaders to improve their project lessons learned processes, which will enable organisations to develop individual solutions tailored to stakeholders' needs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors define the object and scope of a history of project management and sketch the transition from pre-models of project to the standard North American model, and suggest a difference between managerial practices and management models.

TL;DR: In this article, a cross-industry sample of 174 German, Swiss, and Austrian medium-sized and large companies was used to investigate the relationship value and project portfolio success.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated relational competence in the network of a large construction project of a French hospital and found several actors whose network position and relational competence correspond to the formal organisation and several actors with a mismatch between the formal organization and the actual role and position.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors incorporated the systems theory into Heinrich's domino theory to explore the interrelationships of risks and break the chain of accident causation, and investigated relationships between accidents and injury elements (e.g., injury type, part of body, injury severity).

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive literature review was carried out and a questionnaire survey was conducted with 33 contractors to assess the risks associated with the underground rail ICJVs in Singapore, and the survey results reported disagreement on some conditions in contract as the most critical risk.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors build on the work of Young and Jordan (2008) to provide stronger empirical evidence of the importance of top management support for project success, using fuzzy set analysis of 15 cases.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify various support profiles and place them in a framework of behavioral types and aims of top management support, which can be used to plan, execute, and evaluate top-management support in strategic IS projects.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present interview data from three Australian defence mega projects to demonstrate that senior executives have a more complex understanding of project success than traditional iron triangle measures, and over time both content and process value are created to increase defence and national capability.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented an approach to overcome this limitation by applying statistical quality control charts to monitor earned value indices, which not only competed well against traditional approaches, but also enhanced team's knowledge of project performance.