International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 13 Issue 2

Interactions between building information modelling and off-site manufacturing for productivity improvement

Pejman Ghasemi Poor Sabet, Heap-Yih Chong

New methods have been introduced as revolutionary approaches in the construction industry, such as off-site manufacturing (OSM) and building information modelling (BIM). Although…

Project managers adjust their leadership: to workspace and project type

Anne Live Vaagaasar, Ralf Müller, Donatella De Paoli

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the triadic relationship between project workspace (i.e. spatial context), project type and project manager’s leadership style. It…

The project manager core competencies to project success

Jeferson Carvalho Alvarenga, Robson Rosa Branco, André Luis Azevedo Guedes, Carlos Alberto Pereira Soares, Wainer da Silveira e Silva

The past few decades have produced a number of investigations into the correlation between project managers’ competencies and project success. As a result, competencies lists have…

Entirely possible overruns: how people think and talk about probabilistic cost estimates

Karl Halvor Teigen, Bjørn Andersen, Sigurd Lerkerød Alnes, Jan-Ole Hesselberg

The purpose of this paper is to examine people’s understanding and evaluation of uncertainty intervals produced by experts as part of a quality assurance procedure of large public…

The role of the lead firm in exploratory projects: How capabilities enable exploratory innovation of project alliances

Fangwei Zhu, Mengtong Jiang, Miao Yu

The challenge of unforeseen uncertainties in exploratory projects requires the lead firm in a project alliance to effectively manage exploratory co-innovation. The purpose of this…

Exploring scenario development – a case study of two collaborative research projects

Knut R. Fossum, Wenche Aarseth, Bjorn Andersen

The purpose of this paper is to explore scenario development (SD) as a method for engaging known challenges in collaborative research projects, i.e. SD is the construct under…

The impact of project environmental practices on environmental and organizational performance in the construction industry

Ying Li, Lei Xu, Tao Sun, Ronggui Ding

Scholars and practitioners have recognized the significance of integrating environmental practices into project context. This paper focuses on project environmental practices…

Analyzing client-led innovation enablers in Australian construction projects

Sam Fernando, Kriengsak Panuwatwanich, David Thorpe

This research examined how Australian construction projects perform in the area of client-led innovation. The purpose of this paper is to test the influence of a set of enablers…

Implementing a new procurement strategy: the case of social housing associations

Simon van Zoest, Leentje Volker, Marleen Hermans

The purpose of this paper is to address the barriers that Dutch housing associations encounter in implementing new procurement strategies.

A model of projects as a source of stress at work: A case for scenario-based education and training

Eric John Darling, Stephen Jonathan Whitty

The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationship between project work and stress. It examines how the conditions of project work negatively impact on an individual’s…