... distance on project outcomes. Findings The PDM enables a valid and reliable assessment of the perceptual distance between client and contractor in projects. Moreover, the PDM shows that project outcomes suffer if parties have different perceptions of project objectives, project managers’ competences...

... This paper presents a structured and prioritized view on the supply chain risk portfolio in this sector: first, the authors identified and categorized the key supply chain risks in the recent literature. Next, the authors surveyed large-scale project managers across multiple industries, mainly coming from...

.../approach Using a single case study approach, semi‐structured interviews with contract and project managers identify behavioral patterns. An analysis of categorical experiments and Spearman's correlation tests on 118 surveys from Taiwanese project contracting corporations generalizes the case findings...

... is on the assumptions of project participants regarding the alignment between project management and supply chain management that proved to be unfounded and lead to the initial breakdown of performance. The focus of the second part of the study is to show how specific alignment mechanisms that were introduced addressed...

... to collect, store, process, and retrieve all of the available information that might be relevant to a particular decision. Joe Sanderson can be contacted at: j.r.sanderson@bham.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Supply Project management Corporate strategy United Kingdom...

... at: kevinbs.chae@samsung.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Six sigma Supply Chain management Project management In its early years, supply chain management (SCM) was narrowly conceived as a new approach to inventory management or operating cost reduction. In the 1990s organizations...

... managers involved in large cost reimbursable projects. Managers should manage more carefully the eight key areas of concerns identified. Recommended solutions targeting each area of concerns from the lessons learnt in the €6bn London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 construction project give a basis...

... outcomes which are all too frequently attributed to the complex nature of the project or the inflexibility of the software when in most cases the problems are internal to the businesses involved and the project management process. Originality/value This paper provides practical tips for improving...

... Construction industry Partnership Project management The general debate about supply chain management and best practice has also impacted on the academic and practitioner literature within the UK construction industry. In an attempt to solve the industry's recurrent problems of low profitability...