International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 5 Issue 3

How do you do? On situating old project sites through practice‐based studies

Markus Hällgren, Marcus Lindahl

The purpose of this editorial is to reflect on the growing interest of situated project research.

Bounded becoming: insights from understanding projects in situation

Viviane Sergi

The purpose of this paper is to suggest a situated conception of projects, in order develop finer understanding of how these endeavors emerge and unfold over time. The author…

Boundary action in construction projects: new collaborative project practices

Tina Karrbom Gustavsson, Hayar Gohary

Traditional construction project practice has been based on rigid and impermeable boundaries that have made communication, cooperation and integration a major challenge. However…

Re‐situating expert project managers' praxis within multiple logics of practice

Janice Thomas, Stella George, Pamela Buckle Henning

The purpose of this paper is to consider how multiple logic systems employed by project managers lead to manifold understandings of two foundational project management constructs…

Transition processes in an interorganizational platform project

Thommie Burström, Mattias Jacobsson

The purpose of this paper is to identify and understand challenges related to transition processes that occur between projects and the permanent organisation, as well as the…

The project planning myth in international development

Lavagnon A. Ika, Jan Saint‐Macary

The purpose of this paper is to improve understanding and practice of project management by assessing whether two of its core myths also prevail in international development (ID)…

Chaperoning: practices of collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program

Karen Smits, Alfons van Marrewijk

The purpose of this paper is to examine how project partners respond to contractually agreed collaboration in an infrastructural megaproject. Problematic performances of…

Relevance lost! A critical review of project management standardisation

Markus Hällgren, Andreas Nilsson, Tomas Blomquist, Anders Söderholm

The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the consequences of the diffusion of generic project management knowledge.

Exploration, project evaluation and design theory: a rereading of the Manhattan case

Sylvain Lenfle

There is a widespread agreement in the managerial literature that projects produce much more than what they deliver. However, most of the literature focuses on what project…

Realising the benefits of investment in project management training: Evidence supporting the need for a more strategic approach

Bill Egginton

The purpose of this paper is to identify the barriers experienced as “apprentice practitioners” transitioned from a course of project management (PM) education into a…

Towards a holding environment: building shared understanding and commitment in projects

Paul Culmsee, Kailash Awati

The early stages of projects are often characterised by ambiguity arising from differences in stakeholder views regarding project rationale and objectives. The purpose of this…

Editorial

Derek H.T. Walker

Forthcoming project management events and links