Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Shima Nikkhou Author-X-Name-First: Shima Author-X-Name-Last: Nikkhou Author-Name: Mahmood Golabchi Author-X-Name-First: Mahmood Author-X-Name-Last: Golabchi Title: Personality traits of the project strategist in different project types Abstract: Many strategic planning tools have been developed based on the experts' judgement, which illustrates the importance of the strategic planning team members' viewpoint and opinion about finalising a strategy. Thus, choosing the right people in the strategic development committee is a significant challenge in strategy formulation. Considering the impact of this choice on the quality of the strategy formulation process, this research provides a guidance to select the members of this team in the projects environment. The purpose of this paper is to identify and explain the behavioural characteristics of the proper project strategist for any type of projects. By developing a framework for categorising various types of projects and applying psychological theories about personality types and adapting them together, this paper introduces the personality traits of the project strategist in terms of the eight personality types including: 1) organisational mediator strategist; 2) mediator technologist strategist; 3) politician technologist strategist; 4) showman strategist; 5) quick decision-maker strategist; 6) opinionated technologist strategist; 7) inspiring genius strategist; 8) politician bureaucratic strategist. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 478-498 Issue: 4 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: project types; project management; project strategy; project strategist personality traits. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=127142 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:4:p:478-498 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Janusz Marek Lichtarski Author-X-Name-First: Janusz Marek Author-X-Name-Last: Lichtarski Title: Inter-firm relationship development in project-based companies: results of an empirical study Abstract: This paper aims to identify the specificity and developmental patterns of interfirm relationships between project-based companies. The study follows a case study research design preceded by a systematic literature review on inter-firm relationship development and life-cycle. The study demonstrates the uniqueness of inter-firm relationships among project-based companies, different patterns of relationship development, and characteristic processes and behaviour along the relationship life-cycle. Describing different behaviours and patterns of inter-firm relationship development, the study explains and outlines the basics for predicting the evolution of inter-firm cooperation between project-based organisations. The study contributes to the relationship development literature by reviewing existing relationship life-cycle models through the project lens, and provides a new research perspective focused on project-based companies. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 452-477 Issue: 4 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: relationship development; relationship life-cycle model; project-based companies; qualitative study. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=127144 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:4:p:452-477 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ali Raza Khoso Author-X-Name-First: Ali Raza Author-X-Name-Last: Khoso Author-Name: Aminah Md Yusof Author-X-Name-First: Aminah Md Author-X-Name-Last: Yusof Author-Name: Nur Izie Adiana Binti Abidin Author-X-Name-First: Nur Izie Adiana Binti Author-X-Name-Last: Abidin Author-Name: Nafees Ahmed Memon Author-X-Name-First: Nafees Ahmed Author-X-Name-Last: Memon Title: Technical evaluation of contractor in public tendering – a comparative view-point of stakeholders Abstract: This study aims to investigate the extensive evaluation criteria for technical evaluation of contractors in public tendering in Pakistan. The research aim is achieved by gathering an individual view-point of major stakeholders involved in a project, i.e., clients, consultants, and contractors (3C's). One-way ANOVA and Tukey's test is conducted to investigate the divergence of perception among stakeholders. The study investigated and identified 76 criteria that are prominent for evaluating contractors. The research concludes that extensive evaluation of contractors is immensely valuable for public sector projects. This study has multiple implications for public sector stakeholders. The clients and consultants could redesign their evaluation system based on extensive evaluation criteria, whereas the study offers to policymakers and government agencies to restructure the evaluation phase of public tendering. Identification of such extensive evaluation criteria can be a game-changer for the precise evaluation of contractors for medium-sized and mega projects. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 377-406 Issue: 4 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: contractor; evaluation criteria; stakeholders; construction; public tendering; performance. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=127145 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:4:p:377-406 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Abanoub Wasfy Author-X-Name-First: Abanoub Author-X-Name-Last: Wasfy Author-Name: Ayman H. Nassar Author-X-Name-First: Ayman H. Author-X-Name-Last: Nassar Title: Delay analysis methods and statements in construction projects Abstract: Construction projects are usually suffering from the risk of delayed completion. Delay analysis is utilised to evaluate and apportion delays and thus liabilities can be assigned. This research introduces the available delay analysis methods along with their capabilities and limitations. Also, the research provides a guide for selecting the appropriate delay analysis method. Still, some problematic issues may influence schedule delays' analysis, revealing that there exists a gap in handling such analysis. Hence, a questionnaire is designed which intends to propose the idea of standardising the project decisions when facing such issues. After collecting the 394 participants' responses, the contractor should reject to accelerate the work progress until gaining the compensation entitlement as a result of employer-caused delays. Also, the results illustrate the contractor's entitlements and project decisions when facing such problematic concerns. Different from previous papers, the findings of this paper propose a standard way of thinking towards these problematic issues. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 431-451 Issue: 4 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: forensic delay analysis; schedule delays; apportioning liabilities; entitlements; float ownership; decision-making. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=127147 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:4:p:431-451 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Farzaneh Yousefi Author-X-Name-First: Farzaneh Author-X-Name-Last: Yousefi Author-Name: Ehsan Momeni Author-X-Name-First: Ehsan Author-X-Name-Last: Momeni Author-Name: Elham Jahanian Author-X-Name-First: Elham Author-X-Name-Last: Jahanian Title: Knowledge creation cycle impact project success: work experience and position as moderator variables Abstract: One of the main problems of organisations has always been the lack of adequate consideration about employees' knowledge. In this regard, the importance of this factor in project-oriented firms can be a debatable subject. This article aimed to respond on how project success can be influenced by the knowledge creation process. This quantitative study was conducted based on the questionnaire, and confirmed through face validity and constructs validity. Two hundred thirty-four managers and employees from the National Iranian Copper Industries Company as a project-oriented organisation participated in this study. Analysing the data depicted that there was a positive relationship between the knowledge creation processes (0.697) and project success, and, work experience has a moderator effect on the hypothesis. By implementing the knowledge creation cycle, in the way of paying attention to the current knowledge and information, project-based organisations can enhance the success of projects. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 407-430 Issue: 4 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: project management; project success; knowledge management; Nonaka and Takeuchi's knowledge management model; Belout success factors. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=127148 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:4:p:407-430 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Pinyarat Sirisomboonsuk Author-X-Name-First: Pinyarat Author-X-Name-Last: Sirisomboonsuk Author-Name: James R. Burns Author-X-Name-First: James R. Author-X-Name-Last: Burns Author-Name: Ray Qing Cao Author-X-Name-First: Ray Qing Author-X-Name-Last: Cao Title: Combining the best concepts of agile methods with concepts from predictive ones: applications of simulations, scenarios, and logic Abstract: In this paper, we utilise deductive analytics based on a review of the literature as well as stochastic simulation, and scenarios to perform a comparison between predictive methods like waterfall and adaptive methods such as scrum. We compare these methods using several project management performance criteria such as cost, duration, value delivered, payback (breakeven) period, predictability, project size, criticality, complexity, challenges, etc. Based on these findings, we synthesise a new plan-driven, predictive procedure that will enable it to be competitive with the adaptive/agile methods in situations where it makes sense to use a predictive method. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 233-254 Issue: 3 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: agile method; agile project management; adaptive method; predictive procedure; waterfall method; scrum; breakeven point; traditional project management; hybrid methodology; plan-driven method; iterative development; continuous delivery; disciplined agile; payback period. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125877 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:233-254 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Claudia Inés Sepúlveda-Rivillas Author-X-Name-First: Claudia Inés Author-X-Name-Last: Sepúlveda-Rivillas Author-Name: Joaquin Alegre Author-X-Name-First: Joaquin Author-X-Name-Last: Alegre Author-Name: Victor Oltra Author-X-Name-First: Victor Author-X-Name-Last: Oltra Title: The core functions of project management in an emerging economy: a new measurement scale Abstract: The development of measurement scales in the field of project management is based mainly on evidence from developed countries using a function-specific approach. Project management in emerging countries is less understood. This paper presents an instrument of measurement for the core functions of project management using a function-general perspective in the context of an emerging economy (Colombia). It incorporates a cross-sectional study using a psychometric approach and confirmatory factor analysis. An online questionnaire is applied to 257 project managers/directors of organisations in Colombia (one per company). The core functions are identified as 'management of project stakeholders' (a second-order factor consisting of 'effective management of project team', and 'management of interaction with stakeholders'), and 'project risk management'. The scale (11 items) satisfies the criteria of goodness of fit, reliability, and validity, and it is useful for reducing the overall length of previous conceptual proposals. The proposed scale is parsimonious, plausible, reliable, and valid, and could be used for company diagnostics and future quantitative studies in the field of project management. The present study contributes to the literature by clarifying the dimensions, structure, items, and implications of the core functions of project management from a function-generic perspective in emerging economies. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 255-282 Issue: 3 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: project management; core functions; questionnaire; project management scale; psychometric analysis; confirmatory factor analysis; emerging countries. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125878 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:255-282 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mehrdad Sarhadi Author-X-Name-First: Mehrdad Author-X-Name-Last: Sarhadi Author-Name: Seyed Hosein Hoseini Author-X-Name-First: Seyed Hosein Author-X-Name-Last: Hoseini Title: Paradigmatic change of dissertation research pattern: a qualitative assessment of project management education Abstract: Reflecting the learners' experiences and expectations are not well-addressed in the current literature of project management (PM) education. The present study aims to clarify some new aspects of PM dissertation research from the perspective of PhD students. An abductive qualitative approach was adopted by applying the case study research method. Confronting theory with the empirical world through two concepts of 'research methodology' and 'research governance', led to the identification of four major research patterns, two of which arise from the theory including modern and participation (late modern) patterns, while the other two arise from the practice including two distinctive forms of the transitional pattern from modernism to participation, which are directed by drivers and inhibitors, under the two competing discourses. Research findings present new insights on paradigmatic changes of PM academic education in Iran, as well as a qualitative framework for the assessment of PM graduate programs. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 351-376 Issue: 3 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: paradigm change; discourse; research methodology; research governance; PhD dissertation; project management education. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125879 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:351-376 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Karollay Giuliani de Oliveira Valério Author-X-Name-First: Karollay Giuliani de Oliveira Author-X-Name-Last: Valério Author-Name: Carlos Eduardo Sanches da Silva Author-X-Name-First: Carlos Eduardo Sanches da Author-X-Name-Last: Silva Author-Name: Sandra Miranda Neves Author-X-Name-First: Sandra Miranda Author-X-Name-Last: Neves Title: Analysis of risk as opportunity in the management of software projects: a study of Brazilian companies Abstract: Risk management is linked to the continuity of the company's business. The purpose of this article is to identify how risk-as-opportunities are used in software development companies. Risk strategies were identified in the literature as opportunities that were summarised in a questionnaire and later submitted through a survey of exploratory characteristics. It was analysed how the 92 Brazilian software development companies certified by CMMI-SEI approach risk strategies as opportunities in their projects. The results show that risk-as-opportunities approaches have a strong correlation between the variables: increased project efficiency and proactive action throughout the chain, associated with the sale and after-sales of the product and product differentiation. Among the opportunities-seeking approaches, open innovation and the use of the internet and technologies were evidenced. Finally, the hypothesis was accepted that the managers of the evaluated software companies do not use risk as opportunity strategies in the management of their projects. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 328-350 Issue: 3 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: project management; risk management; risks as opportunity; CMMI certified companies; software projects. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125880 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:328-350 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nicolás Munizaga Author-X-Name-First: Nicolás Author-X-Name-Last: Munizaga Author-Name: Yakubu A. Olawale Author-X-Name-First: Yakubu A. Author-X-Name-Last: Olawale Title: Leading factors and root causes of delay and cost overrun of IT and construction projects in the retail industry in Chile Abstract: Despite project management practice and training gaining popularity in organisations, many projects continue to suffer delay and cost overrun. Literature has focused mainly on identifying factors causing delay and cost overrun with limited focus on the root cause of these factors. Additionally, the focus of many of these studies have been in relation to construction projects or information technology/systems (IT/IS) projects individually. This study aims to fill this gap by identifying the root causes of delay and cost overrun of construction and IT/IS projects in the retail industry of Chile. It was found that the root causes of delay and cost overrun were actually internal organisational factors and not internal project factors as it may initially appear. Therefore, this study recommends the correct application of the lessons learned approach to identify and establish countermeasures that reduce the impact of these factors in order to improve the performance of projects. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 283-327 Issue: 3 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: delay; cost overrun; retail project; IT projects; construction projects; Chile; five whys; root causes. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125881 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:283-327 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marina L. Viana Author-X-Name-First: Marina L. Author-X-Name-Last: Viana Author-Name: Bonaventura H.W. Hadikusumo Author-X-Name-First: Bonaventura H.W. Author-X-Name-Last: Hadikusumo Author-Name: Ehsan Saghatforoush Author-X-Name-First: Ehsan Author-X-Name-Last: Saghatforoush Author-Name: Thais Sartori Author-X-Name-First: Thais Author-X-Name-Last: Sartori Author-Name: Zahra Kahvandi Author-X-Name-First: Zahra Author-X-Name-Last: Kahvandi Title: Adopting an integrated project delivery collaboration framework: a case study of a wastewater treatment plant project in Vietnam Abstract: Integrated project delivery (IPD) is introduced as a new delivery system that aims to transform and enhance the current delivery systems. For such an accomplishment, the IPD integrates people, systems, and business into an integrated platform delivering accurate information and new technologies in a collaborative team environment. In this sense, the current research reviews the IPD principles, benefits, and challenges, and creates a proposed framework that applies a percentage ratio with mathematical weight calculation to classify and identify the IPD collaboration level present in a construction project. For the data validation, a case study is performed, where the information of the WWWTP project is inserted into the proposed framework. The results illustrate that the case study scores a total sum of 30% of IPD collaboration present in the project, where it is classified as having a low IPD collaboration level. The significance of this study is that it helps project stakeholders in the construction industry to understand the important factors that lead to IPD adoption and develop the principles of IPD. The current study creates an updated and simple approach framework aiming to support the professional area as well as allowing a solid basis for future research. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 89-103 Issue: 1 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: integrated project delivery; IPD; collaboration; framework; classification; Vietnam. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=121546 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:89-103 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Martin J. Butler Author-X-Name-First: Martin J. Author-X-Name-Last: Butler Title: Project portfolio management practices - a theoretical base and practitioner guidelines Abstract: The collective practices associated with project portfolio management (PPM) are described with different levels of detail in the academic literature. This study provided a consolidated set of PPM practices synthesised from existing PPM literature. A systematic review was followed by a thematic analysis to extract practice domains. The nine practice domains identified are presented together with the management roles associated with portfolio management that can be studied as antecedents of PPM effectiveness. The findings propose a comprehensive list of PPM practice domains, supported by tasks that define the domains as a guideline for practitioners and for future research. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 65-88 Issue: 1 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: project portfolio management; PPM; systematic literature review; strategic project alignment; project management practices. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=121548 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:65-88 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nadia Pedrosa Author-X-Name-First: Nadia Author-X-Name-Last: Pedrosa Author-Name: Luciana Montoni Author-X-Name-First: Luciana Author-X-Name-Last: Montoni Author-Name: Cristina Dai Prá Martens Author-X-Name-First: Cristina Dai Prá Author-X-Name-Last: Martens Author-Name: Luciano Ferreira Da Silva Author-X-Name-First: Luciano Ferreira Da Author-X-Name-Last: Silva Author-Name: Julio Carneiro Da Cunha Author-X-Name-First: Julio Carneiro Da Author-X-Name-Last: Cunha Title: Absorptive capacity in information technology projects: a multiple case study in the telecommunication industry Abstract: The aim of the present study is to introduce absorptive capacity (ACAP) use in projects developed by information technology (IT) departments in four telecommunication firms - hereinafter called telecom(s) - in Brazil. Data collection was based on interviews. Data analysis was performed in Atlas.ti software by following a three-level encoding stream, namely: open, axial and selective. According to the results, up-to-date telecoms that follow a more agile project-management methodology are often successful in using ACAP; consequently, they account for shorter time-to-market. The current empirical study on ACAP in project environments was a contribution to the literature, given the scarcity of studies in this field. It also provided a list with five propositions to encourage further research about this topic. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 36-64 Issue: 1 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: absorptive capacity; ACAP; project management; telecommunication companies; telecom; information technology; innovation; knowledge management. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=121549 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:36-64 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ewa Marchwicka Author-X-Name-First: Ewa Author-X-Name-Last: Marchwicka Author-Name: Paulina Tusz Author-X-Name-First: Paulina Author-X-Name-Last: Tusz Author-Name: Jan Betta Author-X-Name-First: Jan Author-X-Name-Last: Betta Title: Adopting scrum methodology in the project of organising a concert Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to analyse the possibilities of using the Scrum to manage the organisation of a concert. Firstly, the authors show the concert organisation process, which is currently used in the selected research object - The National Forum of Music in Poland. Then the research that was based on interviews is presented. The main result of the research is a proposal to manage the organisation of concerts using Scrum methodology. The authors state that the Scrum methodology may prove to be an effective tool in managing projects of music institutions. The presented proposal requires a deeper empirical verification, but it is undoubtedly an important step towards the application of Scrum in the music industry. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 1-19 Issue: 1 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: agile project management; scrum methodology; art project; sprint. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=121550 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:1-19 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Behnaz Keynezhad Author-X-Name-First: Behnaz Author-X-Name-Last: Keynezhad Author-Name: Ali Goharshenasan Author-X-Name-First: Ali Author-X-Name-Last: Goharshenasan Title: A multi-purpose model for optimising project selection and activities scheduling by balancing resource allocation Abstract: This research aims to analyse and solve the problems of project portfolio selection and project scheduling simultaneously based on the resource constraints and specific modelling parameters. The first objective function is to maximise the current value of a particular profit (income) and the second function is levelling the resources. Therefore, a model was presented based on linear programming that had the capacity of expressing different possible situations in this problem. Small problems were solved by the Epsilon constraint method in GAMS whose results are accurate in small scale, and then two platform-independent meta-algorithms were used to check the quality of the proposed answers. Of course, these results show that NSGA-II is more accurate than MOPSO. Big-scale problems were solved by using two platform-independent meta-algorithms in MATLAB software. By testing the results, the quality of the solutions in the two objective functions and the low-level solving time of NSGA-II algorithm were compared with the MOPSO algorithm which had better performance than NSGS-II algorithm. Regarding the C-index, the NSGA-II method provided better answers than the MOPSO method. Also, in the dispersion index, the uniform Pareto border was obtained based on the results of the MOPSO method. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 20-35 Issue: 1 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: project portfolio selection; scheduling project; net present value; MOPOS; NSGA-II. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=121556 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:20-35 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mohamed Ahmed Hamada Author-X-Name-First: Mohamed Ahmed Author-X-Name-Last: Hamada Author-Name: Akbota Akzambekkyzy Author-X-Name-First: Akbota Author-X-Name-Last: Akzambekkyzy Title: Innovative governance strategy to enhance the performance and the efficiency of IT project management activities Abstract: Information technology (IT) projects have many challenges, risks, and difficulties with a high probability of failure. IT projects failure rate appears to linger around 65% for significant projects. A large amount of research investigated IT project failures and listed an enormous number of project failure reasons, despite these IT projects still have considerably high failure cases. This research aims to develop a new framework based on governance strategy purposed to decrease the probability of IT projects' failures and achieve high performance in doing project management activities by tackling the deficiencies of traditional project management methods. This strategy is focusing on governance; the most critical activities in project management such as project scope, project plan, project cost estimation, project risk management, and project integration management. Also, this research provides the application methodology of the practical and technical aspects of governance supported by evaluating the framework's reliability and efficiency through conducting a practical questionnaire. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 144-175 Issue: 2 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: project governance; project activities management; requirement gathering; governance framework; project failure; quality function deployment; project success. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=124128 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:144-175 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mohammadreza Hajialikhani Author-X-Name-First: Mohammadreza Author-X-Name-Last: Hajialikhani Author-Name: Mojtaba Azizi Author-X-Name-First: Mojtaba Author-X-Name-Last: Azizi Author-Name: Mohammad Hossein Sobhiyah Author-X-Name-First: Mohammad Hossein Author-X-Name-Last: Sobhiyah Author-Name: Mahdi Mortazavi Author-X-Name-First: Mahdi Author-X-Name-Last: Mortazavi Title: A conceptual model for portraying the impact of institutional elements on performance of construction megaprojects Abstract: This study aimed to develop, and present a model to portray a mechanism on how institutional elements would impact on performance of construction megaprojects. To this end, 19 in-depth interviews were conducted with managers and senior engineers with more than 15 years of experience in megaprojects in the field of gas, oil, petrochemical plants, dams and urban tunnels. The data was analysed using the Glaserian approach of the grounded theory. The results showed how institutional elements created problems during the implementation of megaprojects, how megaproject actors reacted to these problems, and what the final impact of problems and reactions was on the performance of megaprojects. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 176-203 Issue: 2 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: megaprojects; construction; institution; institutional impacts; institutional elements; performance. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=124129 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:176-203 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Muriel Mignerat Author-X-Name-First: Muriel Author-X-Name-Last: Mignerat Author-Name: François Durand Author-X-Name-First: François Author-X-Name-Last: Durand Author-Name: Monika Jasinska Author-X-Name-First: Monika Author-X-Name-Last: Jasinska Title: Managing small projects in large healthcare organisations Abstract: Healthcare is continuously changing through the means of project work. To our knowledge, no specific project management guidelines exist for small projects in healthcare contexts, conducted by healthcare professionals, who typically lack appropriate project management knowledge and skills. This study examines successful project management practices in small projects in two Canadian hospital settings. A list of 43 project management practices deemed important by the majority of participants is proposed that could serve as basic guidelines for managing small projects in hospitals. Findings also shed light on the value of adapting principles of project management to these settings. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 105-125 Issue: 2 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: project management; healthcare management; practice; qualitative research; small projects; large healthcare organisations; healthcare projects. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=124130 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:105-125 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sunitha Kumaran Author-X-Name-First: Sunitha Author-X-Name-Last: Kumaran Title: Performance evaluation of team dynamics and team effectiveness in projects using CRITIC approach Abstract: The project teams embedded in the organisation system are the key driver of a project's success. The extent of the collaborative effort and efficiency of the team relates to the project's success or failure. As project teams face an increasingly complex set of challenges, attention has been paid to the influence of team dynamics and team effectiveness. In their quest to develop high-performance teams, project managers must focus on the team processes and their determinants in order to lay the foundation of a well-directed, collaborative, supportive and shared mindset among the people. This study examines the key domains of project team dynamics and team effectiveness, assigns domain weights and constructs an overall performance index of projects using the CRITIC method. The study has successfully identified the crucial team process factors that team leaders should focus on and has paved a way to construct multi-criterion weightage-based evaluation of project's performance. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 204-231 Issue: 2 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: project management; team dynamics; team effectiveness; project team performance evaluation; multi-criteria decision-making; MCDM; criteria importance through inter-criteria correlation; CRITIC. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=124131 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:204-231 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Maryam Ghasemifard Author-X-Name-First: Maryam Author-X-Name-Last: Ghasemifard Author-Name: Sayed Shahab Amelian Author-X-Name-First: Sayed Shahab Author-X-Name-Last: Amelian Title: Optimising resource-constrained project probabilistic scheduling problem through a combination of simulation and meta-heuristic algorithm (case study: Govah Sanat Company) Abstract: A project scheduling problem can be identified as scheduling a set of activities and allocating different resources to these activities in a way that optimises the problem criteria. The objective in resource-constrained project scheduling problem is the allocation of resources or a set of resources with limited capacity to project activities considering prerequisite relations in order to optimise predetermined goals. In this study, a resource-constrained project scheduling problem has been investigated in the case where times of the activities are probabilistic and a combination of Monte Carlo simulation method and meta-heuristic algorithms has been used to analyse this problem. Finally, an optimal scheduling has been presented to minimise project completion time. In this study, a real sample consisting of 17 activities has been used considering prerequisite relations, with manpower and machinery as its resources. This problem has been explored through Montecarlo-PSO and Montecarlo-SA methods, and the results have shown that the Montecarlo-PSO method converges faster to the optimal solution. Journal: Int. J. of Project Organisation and Management Pages: 126-143 Issue: 2 Volume: 14 Year: 2022 Keywords: project management; optimisation; meta-heuristic algorithms; probabilistic scheduling; Monte Carlo simulation. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=124132 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpoma:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:126-143