Project leadership increasingly occurs in the context of ecological risks, whether from a viral
pandemic or an anthropogenically changing climate. It requires adaptability to change …

Economics, demographics, technology, and other factors are changing the composition and
availability of jobs. Newer forms of freelance, contingent work, also known as gigs, are …

Project management research has evolved over the past five decades and is now a mature
disciplinary field investigating phenomena of interest to academics, practitioners and …

Projectification has become a buzzword. Although repeated claims of an increasing
projectification were often supported by illustrative, case-based evidence, a systematic and …

Project organising is a growing field of scholarly inquiry and management practice. In recent
years, two important developments have influenced this field:(1) the study and practice of …

Bureaucracies are often criticized for their inflexibility, budget-maximizing wastefulness, and
excessive rules and procedures. Rapid advances in technology, including the expansion of …

Project portfolio management (PPM) bridges strategy and project management. Traditional
research in PPM has primarily investigated the rational, top-down and structural aspects of …

Research communities across multiple disciplines have demonstrated an increasing
concern about variations in the performance of social-ecological systems. In response to this …

Merely a peripheral discussion in project management up until recent years, sustainability
has become a central issue in both academia and practice. Despite growing interest and …

Institutions are long-term and stabilizing mechanisms of social interaction that provide much
of the groundwork for projects as temporary systems. Due to amassed change ambitions in …