International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 10 Issue 4

Defining project partnering

Sjur Børve, Asbjørn Rolstadås, Bjorn Andersen, Wenche Aarseth

Due to observed problems in real-life projects stemming from the lack of a unified definition, the purpose of this paper is to formulate a new definition of project partnering…

Innovation in alliancing for improved delivery of road infrastructure projects

Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim, Seosamh B. Costello, Suzanne Wilkinson, Derek Walker

The purpose of this paper is to explore innovation in alliance contracting in the New Zealand construction industry in terms of features (i.e. development process, risk/reward…

Stakeholder defined

Stephen Keith McGrath, Stephen Jonathan Whitty

The purpose of this paper is to create a “refined” (with unnecessary elements removed) definition of the term stakeholder, thereby removing confusion surrounding the use of this…

Factor analyzing project management practices in the United Arab Emirates

Mian Ajmal, Mohsin Malik, Hussein Saber

The purpose of this paper is to examine the underlying dimensional structure of project management practices to identify key factors that underpin the successful completion of…

The final state convergence model

Gregory Usher, Stephen Jonathan Whitty

The purpose of this paper is to expand project management theory about practice and theory for practice through a new conceptual model developed from the transformational…

Evaluation of project success: a structured literature review

Matthias Albert, Patrick Balve, Konrad Spang

Barnes’ Iron Triangle was one of the first attempts to evaluate project success based on time, cost and performance, which were portrayed as interdependent dimensions. Over time…

The long way to professional recognition: project management in Italy

Luca Sabini, Daniel Muzio

The professionalization of project management (PM) profession has developed differently according to the different environments in which it has been introduced. The purpose of…

Marketing by, for and of the project: project marketing by three types of organizations

John Rodney Turner, Laurence Lecoeuvre

The purpose of this paper is to place project marketing within the framework of organizational project management. There has been an ongoing discussion in the project marketing…

Managing portfolio interdependencies: The effects of visual data representations on project portfolio decision making

Catherine P. Killen

The purpose of this paper is to improve decision quality, and therefore project and portfolio success, by testing the influence of different visual representations of…

Suppliers’ software development project start-up practices

Helena Merikoski, Paula Savolainen, Jarmo J. Ahonen

The purpose of this paper is to present a life cycle phase of a software development project which is substantial for the success of the project. This paper visualizes the project…

Viable system model structuring of success factors in software projects

Julio César Puche Regaliza, Alfredo Jiménez, Pablo Arranz Val

The purpose of this paper is to identify the principal success factors of a software project structured upon the basis of the viable system model (VSM).