International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 16 Issue 8

Integrating and transitioning the project front-end and project initiation phases in South African electrical engineering industrial projects

Rajenlall Siriram

The objective of this research is to explore integration and transition activities in large industrial projects. The purpose is to (a) obtain a better understanding of the…

Dealing with uncertainties in the design phase of road projects

Rouzbeh Shabani, Tobias Onshuus Malvik, Agnar Johansen, Olav Torp

Uncertainty management (UM) in projects has been a point of attention for researchers for many years. Research on UM has mainly been aimed at uncertainty analyses in the front-end…

Development levels of stakeholder relationships in collaborative projects: challenges and preconditions

Farooq Ali, Harri Haapasalo

This article aims to address the confusion related to the meanings of interorganisational cooperation, control, coordination and collaboration in collaborative projects by…

The role of governmental stakeholder engagement in the sustainability of industrial engineering projects

Tommi Pauna, Jere Lehtinen, Jaakko Kujala, Kirsi Aaltonen

The aim of this research was to understand how governmental stakeholder engagement facilitates the sustainability of industrial engineering (IE) projects. A model for governmental…

Crisis management process for project-based organizations

Rehab Iftikhar, Mehwish Majeed, Nathalie Drouin

The purpose of this paper is to study the crisis management process for project-based organizations (PBOs) by developing a comprehensive model and propositions.

Project managers' ability to explore and exploit predictive and iterative best practices

Carl Marnewick, Annlizé L. Marnewick

Project managers face decisions every day and those decisions result in an “either or” situation. This is also true when it comes to the choice of a project management approach…

Project stakeholder engagement through gamification: what do we know and where do we go from here?

Caroline Ingvarsson, Anette Hallin, Christof Kier

The purpose of this paper is to explore how gamification may be used for project stakeholder engagement.

The client's essential stakeholder collaboration activities at the front-end phase of a hospital construction project

Kari-Pekka Tampio, Harri Haapasalo, Jere Lehtinen

The research problem in this study is how a client (as a project owner) should organise early stakeholder involvement and integration in the front-end phase of a project. This…