International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 3 Issue 2

Integrating the customer as part of systems integration

Johanna Liinamaa, Magnus Gustafsson

It has been argued that systems integration plays a central role when a company supplies complex technical and engineering intensive industrial projects. The purpose of this paper…

Community‐based protest against construction projects: The social determinants of protest movement continuity

M.M.M. Teo, M. Loosemore

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the social forces that shape perceptions of risk and sustain community‐based protest against controversial construction projects.

Exploring corruption practices in public procurement of infrastructural projects in Ghana

E. Osei‐Tutu, E. Badu, D. Owusu‐Manu

While corruption has long been recognized as a destructive social problem, the subject has not yet been given much attention in the literature of the management of procurement of…

In search of project substance: how do private investors evaluate projects?

Nils O.E. Olsson, Stein Frydenberg, Erik W. Jakobsen, Svein Arne Jessen

The paper reports on a study of private investors' assessment of projects. The study includes both financial and non‐financial analysis of projects, with an emphasis on…

Evaluating and prioritizing projects – setting targets: The business effect evaluation methodology (BEEM)

Bjørnar Henriksen, Carl Christian Røstad

The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology aiming to improve the process of prioritizing among projects, focusing on the strategic impacts. The methodology is expected…

Implementing inventory transparency to temporary storage locations: A solution design experiment in project business

Mikko Kärkkäinen, Timo Ala‐Risku, Kary Främling, Jari Collin, Jan Holmström

The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a tracking based inventory management system in temporary storage locations of a project delivery chain. To…

Using multimedia to effectively engage stakeholders in risk management

Martin Loosemore

The aim of this paper is to discuss how multimedia technology can be used to effectively engage stakeholders in the management of risk in projects and in business.

Collaborative and cross‐company project management within the automotive industry using the Balanced Scorecard

Klaus Niebecker, David Eager, Bruce Moulton

This paper aims to summarize the scope, methodology, and main findings of a doctoral thesis about cross‐company project management in the automotive industry. The concept of the…

The role of the Atlantic corridor project as a form of strategic community of practice in facilitating business transformations in Latin America

Alejandro C. Arroyo, Derek H.T. Walker

This paper aims to summarise the scope, methodology and main findings of a doctoral thesis about business transformation in Latin America taken from a project management (PM) and…

Strategic Project Risk Appraisal and Management

Peter J. Edwards

Images of Projects

Svetlana Cicmil

About this issue

Derek H.T. Walker

Forthcoming project management events and links