This paper contributes to Rodney Turner's initiative to develop a theory of project
management from practice. Organizational scholars studying strategy suggest that more …

This article presents a story and analysis of project management as a scientific field, its
theoretical foundations, and some avenues for the future. It is a story about fragmentation …

This article critically discusses different explanations for the performance problems exhibited
by many megaprojects, and examines the proposed governance solutions. It proposes a …

Project management is widely seen as delivering undertakings on time, on budget, and on
scope. This conceptualization fails, however, to address the front end and its management …

This paper draws on a qualitative study to increase understanding of what project managers
do, and how project managers understand and talk about what they do. It includes insights …

Abstract Inspired by Peter Morris's major contribution to the field of project management, this
paper takes up some of the challenges facing the development of the discipline of project …

In 2003 the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) agreed to
fund a research network–Rethinking Project Management–to define a research agenda …

This paper is a multi-case study exploratory investigation into the earliest stages of projects
and their management. We refer to this throughout the paper as the 'front-end'. We provide a …

This paper provides avenues for a broader engagement with the conceptual considerations
of projects and project management with the aim of creating new possibilities for thinking …

Numerous commentators have noted the contemporary explosion of interest in project
organising and project management outside of its traditional heartlands in construction and …