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Assessment of early warning signs in hospital projects’ front-end phase
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose The front-end phase plays an important role in achieving project success, and establishment of performance measurement systems considering project challenges or pitfalls is a way of keeping track of this phase. ... -
Defining Project Efficiency, Effectiveness and Efficacy
(Journal article, 2017)Purpose This paper studies how the concepts of efficiency, effectiveness and efficacy are used in project management literature. The concepts relate to the degree of success or failure of projects and the degree to which ... -
Defining project partnering
(Journal article, 2017)Purpose – Due to observed problems in real-life projects stemming from the lack of a unified definition, the purpose of this paper is to formulate a new definition of project partnering (PP) through documenting the specific ... -
Defining Project Partnering
(Journal article, 2017)Purpose Due to observed problems in real-life projects stemming from the lack of a unified definition, the purpose of this paper is to formulate a new definition of project partnering (PP) through documenting the specific ... -
Do nothing, do minimum or do something? Why public project appraisals “always” recommend large projects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Purpose: In the project initiation phase, an appraisal is needed to clarify the strategic problem and alternative solutions. Full-scale construction projects and simple solutions (do-minimum alternatives) should be assessed. ... -
Elaborations on the role of project owner: introducing project owners type 1 and 2
(Journal article, 2018)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study how the project owner role is described in the literature, and how the role is carried out in practice. In particular, the author studies the project owner role in relation ... -
Entirely possible overruns: How people think and talk about probabilistic cost estimates
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Exploring scenario development – a case study of two collaborative research projects
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore scenario development (SD) as a method for engaging known challenges in collaborative research projects, i.e. SD is the construct under investigation. Design/methodology/a ... -
Factors affecting transaction costs and collaboration in projects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose Transaction costs in projects can be reduced through improved collaboration between contractors and clients. The purpose of this paper is to respond to the call for further research on the framework suggested by ... -
Partnering in offshore drilling projects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate to which extent partnering practices observed in earlier research focussing on the construction industry are applied in offshore development drilling projects. ... -
Shortening lead-time from project initiation to delivery; a study of quick school and prison capacity provision
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose Standardizing the development, planning and construction of public building projects can contribute to timely and efficient project delivery. This is especially relevant when there are urgent needs for capacity. ... -
Stakeholder evolution: a study of stakeholder dynamics in 12 Norwegian projects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of stakeholder dynamics and to show how stakeholders demonstrate their dynamic nature in the power/interest matrix. This, in turn, should assist project management ... -
Success factors in global project management: A study of practices in organizational support and the effects on cost and schedule
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and complete the existing lack of quantitative data at the crossroads between organizational support (OS) practices and project management success in global projects (GPs) ... -
“Superfast!” managing the urgent: case study of telecommunications infrastructure project in Algeria
(Journal article, 2018)Purpose With the aim of furthering the understanding of project speed and how to manage the urgent project, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the management challenges involved in delivering a telecommunications ... -
The top 10 universal delay factors in construction projects
(Journal article, 2018)Purpose Projects often face delays and unnecessary use of time due to various factors and reasons, and hence suffer from unfavourable consequences. The purpose of this paper is to identify the universal delay factors from ... -
Understanding how to succeed with project partnering
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present new findings to organizations that acknowledge difficulties in implementing and succeeding with project partnering. Design/methodology/approach The investigation is based on ...