Towards a ‘New Project Management’ movement? An international development perspective

Picciotto, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2019.08.002

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“…This creates connections with the project stakeholder theory [86]. However, the review of [78] was conducted through the lens of the rethinking project management school [94], which continually challenges the linear concept of project management processes in general use by many practitioners [95,96]. According to [97], some practitioners eschew such approaches and prefer to use more traditional processes and tools to deliver sustainable projects.…”

Section: Project Management For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability in Construction Projects: A Systematic Literature Review

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This paper aims to identify the major research concepts studied in the literature of sustainability in construction projects. Two bibliometric analysis tools—(a) BibExcel and (b) Gephi, were used to analyze the bibliometrics indices of papers and visualize their interrelations as a network, respectively. Therefore, a research focus parallelship network (RFPN) analysis and keyword co-occurrence network (KCON) analysis were performed to uncover the primary research themes. The RFPN analysis clustered the studies into three major categories of evaluating sustainability, project management for sustainability, and drivers of sustainable construction. The KCON analysis revealed that while each paper had a different focus, the underlying concept of all clusters was sustainability, construction, and project management. We found that while ‘sustainability’ was the leading keyword in the first cluster, i.e., evaluating sustainability, it was the second top keyword with the eigenvector centrality of over 0.94 in the other two clusters. We also found that the concept of sustainability should be included in construction projects from the early stages of design and feasibility studies and must be monitored throughout the project life. This review showed that previous researchers used a variety of statistical and mathematical techniques such as structural equation modelling and fuzzy decision-making methods to study sustainability in construction projects. Using an integrated approach to identifying the research gaps in this area, this paper provides researchers with insights on how to frame new research to study sustainability in construction projects.

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Section: Project Management For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability in Construction Projects: A Systematic Literature Review

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“…Organisational support and synchronised individual behaviours are required to achieve successful projects to receive optimised performance and investments (Eve, 2007), with the improved alignment of knowledge and requirements to better cope with the diversity and complexity associated with project management (Bresnen, 2016). Picciotto (2020) agrees and calls for a new project management approach with a more flexible assessment methodology covering complex agriculture projects and organisations undertaken by ACIs.…”

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Sustainable Agile Project Management in Complex Agriculture Projects: An Institutional Theory Perspective

Dong¹,

Dacre²,

Bailey³

2021

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Complex agriculture projects directly affect the welfare of over half the world’s population, are a key Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), and account for the single most extensive human activity across 40% of the world’s surface. Furthermore, they are highly susceptible to environmental, social, and economic pressures such as climate change, cyclical pandemics, market disruptions, and diminishing arable land. These issues are also becoming increasingly vital in dint of the fact that population growth is placing increasing pressure on sustainable priorities. However, a recent scientometric review indicates a significant paucity in the extant literature on agriculture projects, with a pressing need for further research to examine sustainable project management practices from an institutional perspective. This research, therefore, aims to respond to this gap in the literature by drawing on Institutional Theory through a multi-case study of Agriculture Co-operative Institutions (ACIs). These are often viewed as valuable vehicles to deliver agricultural projects which can benefit communities, especially in emerging markets. Initial findings from two rounds of fieldwork as well as an extensive literature review suggest that ACIs as value-based organisations embedded within institutional contexts help stimulate elements of agility in project management processes, to deliver sustainable outcomes for their members and external stakeholders. Agile ACI project managers can also stimulate innovative outcomes across broader sustainable agriculture projects. It is the aim of this research also to undertake a larger cross-country comparison with international research cases. Therefore, this study will aim to not only contribute to critical project management discourse and knowledge but also to uncover agile project management practices for future pressing policy development and implementation to help foster greater sustainable agriculture project processes.

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“…This change led to a modification in the results of the report, from a success rate of 27-31% to 36-41% [2]. "In any sector, a project ought not to be rated successful unless it achieves its relevant objectives efficiently, in a sustainable fashion and with positive impacts, including side effects" [3].…”

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Predictive Model for the Factors Influencing International Project Success: A Data Mining Approach

2021

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Considering that international projects with teams in the virtual environment (IPTVEs) contribute to the reduction in the carbon footprint and, at the same time, become life-saving solutions in extreme global situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations familiar with this type of project will have a substantial advantage in their ability to operate efficiently and to achieve their sustainable goals. An important aspect of project management is to identify the factors that influence the success of an international project, increasing its performance. Our first research hypothesis was that the decision to create a project team in the virtual environment is a factor with a major influence on international project success. Data collection was performed through an online survey conducted within international project team members and managers. The success factors were explained through factorial analysis which revealed two main factors and the neural network algorithm on a dataset through IBM SPSS Modeler software. The predictive model revealed that the most important field is setting up a virtual team, followed by organizational culture. These results support our hypothesis.

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Towards a ‘New Project Management’ movement? An international development perspective

Cited by 65 publications

References 25 publications

Sustainability in Construction Projects: A Systematic Literature Review

Sustainability in Construction Projects: A Systematic Literature Review

Sustainable Agile Project Management in Complex Agriculture Projects: An Institutional Theory Perspective

Predictive Model for the Factors Influencing International Project Success: A Data Mining Approach

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