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Advancing project and portfolio management research: Applying strategic management theories
(2012-04-28)
This paper focuses on the application of strategic management theories to Project Management and Project Portfolio Management research, specifically the Resource-Based View, Dynamic Capabilities, and Absorptive Capacity. ...
Critical success factors in projects: Pinto, Slevin, and Prescott - the elucidation of project success
(2012-09-06)
Purpose – Few scholars have been cited as frequently as Pinto, Slevin, and Prescott for their contributions to project success and related critical success factors (CSF) in the 1980s. Studies since then
built on their ...
Learning from lessons learned: Project management research program
(American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, 2012)
When we fail to learn from our own mistakes or those of others, we tend to repeat the mistakes. This study discusses lessons learned as important ways of gathering and sharing both formal and informal project knowledge. ...
Classifying project management resources by complexity and leverage
(International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 2012)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework to classify project management resources as sources of competitive advantage.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on the resource-based ...
Project management: A strategic asset?
(American Management Association, 2011)
Book Review: Project Management: The managerial process (5th ed.)
(McGraw-Hill, 2010)
From Burnout to Engagement in Project Managers.
(2014)
Workplaces are hypercompetitive and stressful environments. Stress and burnout affect bio-psycho-social-spiritual aspects of quality of life and the spillover effects disturb home and workplace dynamics. Project managers ...
Learning and sharing on projects through relational dynamics.
(2013-06-09)
In the traditional sense, project reviews and communities of practice were considered cornerstones for lessons learned. Although advantageous, both mechanisms have limitations. This study develops an understanding of how ...
Project management: The seesaw balance between control and cooperation.
(2012-10-17)
Increasingly, more companies are adopting project management practices to remain competitive. The predominant emphasis in the literature and the Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide has been on tools, techniques, and ...
Workplace learning theories and perspectives: Re-thinking project learning practices.
(2010-05-22)
This paper examines workplace learning perspectives and relates them to project management reviews and communities of practice, both of which are social and relational processes. Findings indicate that the boundaries between ...