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Reinventing project management : the diamond approach to successful growth & innovation
Aaron J. Shenhar,Dov Dvir +1 more
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In this article, an unprecedented study of more than 600 projects in a variety of businesses and organizations around the globe is presented, which provides a new and highly adaptive model for planning and managing projects to achieve superior business results.Abstract:
Projects are the engines that drive innovation from idea to commercialization. In fact, the number of projects in most organizations today is expanding while operations is shrinking. Yet, since many companies still focus on operational excellence and efficiency, most projects fail--largely because conventional project management concepts cannot adapt to a dynamic business environment. Moreover, top managers neglect their company's project activity, and line managers treat all their projects alike--as part of operations. Based on an unprecedented study of more than 600 projects in a variety of businesses and organizations around the globe, "Reinventing Project Management" provides a new and highly adaptive model for planning and managing projects to achieve superior business results.read more
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Now, let's make it really complex (complicated): A systematic review of the complexities of projects
TL;DR: A systematic review of relevant literature is presented and an integrated framework for assessing the complexities of managing projects is synthesised, which comprises five dimensions of complexity – structural, uncertainty, dynamics, pace and socio‐political complexity.
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Key factors of sustainability in project management context: A survey exploring the project managers' perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic literature review merging bibliometric and content analysis was applied toward an understanding of the key topics of project management and sustainability, and a survey of project managers was performed and analyzed through exploratory factor analysis.
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Rethinking project management: A structured literature review with a critical look at the brave new world
Per Svejvig,Peter Andersen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of a structured review of the rethinking project management (RPM) literature based on the classification and analysis of 74 contributions and in addition takes a critical look at this brave new world.
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Why projects fail? How contingency theory can provide new insights – A comparative analysis of NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter loss
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used three distinct frameworks for analyzing the Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) project and showed that the choices made by managers, or more accurately, the constraints imposed on them under the policy of 'better, faster, cheaper' led the program to its inevitable failure.
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System-of-Systems Engineering Management: A Review of Modern History and a Path Forward
TL;DR: This paper reviews the SoS literature to illustrate the need to create an SoSE management framework based on the demands of constant technological progress in a complex dynamic environment and utilizes modified fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security (FCAPS) network principles (SoSE management conceptual areas).