...David J. Bryde; Azar Shahgholian; Roger Joby; Simon Taylor; Ruchi Singh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess how we implement new ways of managing relational risk at the operational level of outsourced projects and to provide guidance to project management (PM) policy makers...

...Henrik Franke; Finn Wynstra; Fabian Nullmeier; Chloe Nullmeier Purpose Managing projects is an important part of operations management, but many projects fail. This study focuses on attribution processes of such disruption from the underrepresented perspective of the project manager. The authors...

... setting, project success, and as a result, operations performance. Project management Behavioural operations Ofer Zwikael can be contacted at: ofer.zwikael@anu.edu.au 20 02 2019 24 08 2019 24 09 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited...

... practices in context of major project. To this effect the authors review the current state of both lean thinking and major project management, and use “Universal Credit” as an exploratory case study to illustrate and verify the arguments in practice. Two main findings are proposed: first, the authors...

... coordination strategies. Contingency theory Project management Temporary organizations Hybridity 2016 Olympic Games Operational coordination The primary concern of the operations management (OM) discipline is the design of operations and supply networks that enable organizations to deliver...

...-use rights only The purpose of this paper is to explore commonalities and differences between projects and processes, and between project management (PjM) and process management (PcM), with a view to challenge this dichotomic typology, clarify the gray areas in between and propose better ways...

...@swin.edu.au 21 12 2016 16 10 2017 29 11 2017 13 12 2017 29 01 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The purpose of this paper is to link crowdsourcing, operations management (OM) and project management (PM...

... initially BP was not able to conduct any work due to high operational risks (Broome, 2002). Revisiting the project led BP to conclude that the £450 million extraction costs were not feasible using its conventional project management practices. Instead, BP decided to form a strategic alliance with seven...

...Ofer Zwikael; Jack R. Meredith Purpose The purpose of this paper is to resolve a core issue in project management research and practice – inconsistent terminology of key project roles. This inconsistency has negative consequences on the quality and impact of research in this area. Design...

... vision employed in areas such as design management, project management, and product development by proposing an operational definition. This common and useful construct could support the communication and complementarity between these theories. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Project...

... of the moderating factors influencing coordination are less developed. Considering this gap, our main interest is to investigate these moderating factors as well as their influence on coordination. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Project management New product development Supply chain...

... on how specific cultural values may impact on the perception of the so-defined PSFFs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Project management Cultural values Hofstede dimensions Project failure Project success In a project, for a finite period of time, human and other resources...

... management office (PMO), project manager, IT and business personnel). Design/methodology/approach – A case-based research in a large IT service provider was conducted, mixing qualitative and quantitative data. A literature review shed light on different epistemological fields, and different aspects...

... J. Kornfeld can be contacted at: Bernard.kornfeld@student.unsw.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Lean Six Sigma Project management Decision processes Literature review Despite the broad popularity of improvement methodologies like Lean Production and Six Sigma...

.../value The contribution of this paper is to provide a clarification to the epistemology of complexity, to demonstrate complexity as a lived experience for project managers, and offer a common language for both practitioners and future empirical studies considering the individual or organisational...

... industry. Sihem Ben Mahmoud‐Jouini can be contacted at: jouini@hec.fr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Project management Product development Product design New products Automotive industry According to these authors, the partial renewal concerns one or more subsystems...

.... Findings Empirical analysis revealed that only some of the variables predicted from other literatures (project manager – PM continuity, cross‐functional team integration, and PM incentives) were significantly linked to fast schedule outcomes. Some key drivers differed according to temporal phase...

...Ayala Malach‐Pines; Dov Dvir; Arik Sadeh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of a fit between project managers' (PMs) personalities and the “personalities” of their projects, for project success; taking a psychological rather than a project management perspective...

... Managers Product specification Project management New products Automotive industry United States of America New product development (NPD) activities require concurrent involvement of cross‐functional teams in and across various stages of the project (Koufteros and Marcoulides, 2006 ; Clark...

... Project evaluation Project management Managers responsible for new product development (NPD) need to constantly improve their processes and strengthen core R&D capabilities (Wheelwright and Clark, 1992). A post‐project review (PPR) is, “a formal review of the project which examines...