What are the causes and cures of poor megaproject performance? A systematic literature review and research agenda

J Denicol, A Davies, I Krystallis - Project management …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This systematic literature review explores the megaproject management literature and
contributes by improving our understanding of the causes and cures of poor megaproject …

Clarifying the project complexity construct: Past, present and future

J Bakhshi, V Ireland, A Gorod - International journal of project management, 2016 - Elsevier
The research explores the historical development of project complexity. Projects are
becoming more complex due to unexpected emergent behaviour and characteristics …

Projects as temporary organizations: An agenda for further theorizing the interorganizational dimension

J Sydow, T Braun - International journal of project management, 2018 - Elsevier
Existing conceptualizations of projects as temporary organizations capture their
interorganizational facets only implicitly. We present theoretical ideas on how to further …

[HTML][HTML] Collaboration and opportunism in megaproject alliance contracts: The interplay between governance, trust and culture

P Galvin, S Tywoniak, J Sutherland - International Journal of Project …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alliance contracts have been introduced in megaprojects to improve the alignment of
objectives, risk and reward between client and contractor. However, the relational norms of …

Six decades of project management research: Thematic trends and future opportunities

M Padalkar, S Gopinath - International journal of project management, 2016 - Elsevier
Project management as a discipline possesses a rich body of literature characterized by
early determinism and later expansion to broader contexts aided by paradigmatic, thematic …

Applying institutional theories to managing megaprojects

C Biesenthal, S Clegg, A Mahalingam… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper contributes to Rodney Turner's initiative to develop a theory of project
management from practice. Organizational scholars studying strategy suggest that more …

Explicating the dynamics of project capabilities

A Davies, T Brady - International journal of project management, 2016 - Elsevier
This article provides a foundation to guide future research on project capabilities based on
three main contributions. First, drawing upon research on dynamic capabilities and …

Complexity and project management: A general overview

JR San Cristóbal, L Carral, E Diaz, JA Fraguela… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As projects have become more and more complex, there has been an increasing concern
about the concept of project complexity. An understanding of project complexity and how it …

A scientometric analysis and systematic literature review for construction project complexity

H Ghaleb, HH Alhajlah, AA Bin Abdullah, MA Kassem… - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The construction industry has been experiencing a rapid increase in complex projects for the
last two decades. Simultaneously, project complexity has received more attention from …

Governance of institutional complexity in megaproject organizations

Y Qiu, H Chen, Z Sheng, S Cheng - International journal of project …, 2019 - Elsevier
A significant research gap exists in our understanding of how to govern institutional
complexity in megaproject organizations. In this paper, we conduct a case study of the Hong …