item: #1 of 21 id: pmrp-5040 author: Leybourne, Stephen title: Case Study - Alpha date: 2016-11-14 words: 3264 flesch: 45 summary: It also promised to double the number of Alpha stores in the north and contribute an extra US$2 billion to sales. There was a large headquarters of staff in the new custom-built Alpha House, located in the south, away from the areas where Alpha was investing. keywords: alpha; business; case; change; issues; management; project; research cache: pmrp-5040.pdf plain text: pmrp-5040.txt item: #2 of 21 id: pmrp-5043 author: Jalocha, Beata; Bogacz-Wojtanowska, Ewa title: The bright side of social economy sector’s projectification: a study of successful social enterprises date: 2016-11-14 words: 10747 flesch: 40 summary: Financing social projects in the EU EU funds are one of the main sources supporting non-governmental and social projects aimed at developing human resources and levelling civilization differences in EU states. Social projects are used only by social enterprises that are NGOs and, thus, they can use a series of projects aimed at the third sector. keywords: business; case; development; economy; enterprises; io n; management; management research; organizations; practice; project; project management; projectification; public; research; sector; social; vol cache: pmrp-5043.pdf plain text: pmrp-5043.txt item: #3 of 21 id: pmrp-5118 author: Sankaran, Shankar title: Industrial Megaprojects: Concepts, strategies and practices for success date: 2016-11-14 words: 1989 flesch: 50 summary: PRACTITIONERS Sound advice is provided for both project owners and project managers, including practical information on making the right decisions before and during a project, as well as setting up project teams, contracting, and risk management. A glance at the chapters reveals the importance Merrow places on data and the use of good data in decision-making, in carefully shaping the project at the front-end, and in managing people and project teams. keywords: book; management; megaprojects; merrow; project; research cache: pmrp-5118.pdf plain text: pmrp-5118.txt item: #4 of 21 id: pmrp-5119 author: Lannon, John; Walsh, John title: Guest Editorial: Reinvigorating Project Management Research and Practice: Perspectives from the Non-Profit Sector date: 2016-11-14 words: 7877 flesch: 35 summary: As such it provides a developmental trajectory for project management research that involves identifying which dimensions are universally applicable, and which concepts need to be modified and nuanced, in order to make project management more beneficial to a range of contexts and sectors. The practice of project management must also recognize the effect of the project on people, communities, organizations, the environment, power relations, and, in the case of projects that seek to bring about social change, on issues like equality, freedom, and prosperity (Helgadóttir 2008). keywords: 2014; development; information; management; management research; organizations; practice; project; project management; research; sector; technology; vol cache: pmrp-5119.pdf plain text: pmrp-5119.txt item: #5 of 21 id: pmrp-5120 author: Lacerda, Fabrício Martins; Martens, Cristina Dai Prá; de Freitas, Henrique M R title: A Project Portfolio Management model adapted to non-profit organizations date: 2016-11-14 words: 8705 flesch: 31 summary: Project and project portfolio management NPOs have become interested in project management, insofar as many of them act through projects. keywords: analysis; criteria; dimension; elements; management; model; organizations; portfolio; portfolio management; ppm; project; project management; project portfolio; research; resources; vol cache: pmrp-5120.pdf plain text: pmrp-5120.txt item: #6 of 21 id: pmrp-5121 author: Visser, Anna title: Complex non-profit collaboration: A Case Study of The Advocacy Initiative date: 2016-11-14 words: 5998 flesch: 32 summary: The Initiative’s three key goals were reformulated as: (1) to contribute to the knowledge and understanding of social justice advocacy; (2) to stimulate informed debate on social justice advocacy within the sector and with the state; and (3) to facilitate strengthened capacity of social justice advocates. 6. Facilitate an expert group of relevant stakeholders to promote deep reflection on social justice advocacy and the contribution of the Initiative. keywords: advocacy; advocacy initiative; community; initiative; ireland; justice; justice advocacy; management; project; sector; social cache: pmrp-5121.pdf plain text: pmrp-5121.txt item: #7 of 21 id: pmrp-5127 author: Bredillet, Christophe title: Idiosyncratic musings on studying cases date: 2016-11-14 words: 7233 flesch: 43 summary: Quantitativists sometimes challenge the value of case study research and more generally qualitative accounts (Patton & Appelbaum 2003). Simons, H. 2009, Case study research in practice, SAGE, London. Stacey, R.D. 2012, Tools and techniques of leadership and management: meeting the challenge of complexity, Routledge, Milton Park, UK. Stake, R.E. 2005, ‘Qualitative case studies’, in N.K. Denzin & Y.S. Lincoln (eds), The SAGE handbook of qualitative research, 3rd edn, SAGE, Thousand Oaks, Ca, pp. 443–66. Thomas, G. 2011, ‘A typology for the case study in social science following a review of definition, discourse and structure’, Qualitative Inquiry, vol. keywords: 2011; case; knowledge; management; management research; practice; project; project management; research; science; studies; study; theory; vol cache: pmrp-5127.pdf plain text: pmrp-5127.txt item: #8 of 21 id: pmrp-5198 author: Pasian, Beverly title: Editorial date: 2016-11-14 words: 2142 flesch: 36 summary: Editorial: Changing truths of project management, 3, 5198. edu.au 1 (page number not for citation purposes) EDITORIAL Changing truths of project management Beverly L. Pasian Associate Professor, Institute of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht. keywords: case; editorial; journal; management; project; research; vol cache: pmrp-5198.pdf plain text: pmrp-5198.txt item: #9 of 21 id: pmrp-5375 author: Ingason, Helgi Thor; Gudmundsson, Gisli Runar title: Is the Flipped Classroom Method Useful for Teaching Project Management? date: 2019-01-30 words: 7009 flesch: 50 summary: Cook and Olson (2006) investigated a group of project management students who were working on a collaborative project that revolved around building a tower using spaghetti and other similar rudimentary building material. Is the Flipped Classroom Method Usefulfor Teaching Project Management? Project Management Research and Practice, Vol. 5, 20187 PAGE NUMBER NOT FOR CITATION PURPOSES Table 1 The grade average for project management students on the Level D test, from 2009-2016. keywords: classroom; classroom method; education; learning; material; method; project management; research; students; teachers; teaching; work cache: pmrp-5375.pdf plain text: pmrp-5375.txt item: #10 of 21 id: pmrp-5405 author: Pasian, Beverly title: We need to use the words... date: 2017-03-29 words: 1881 flesch: 30 summary: When historians look at the world of project management, what will they say that we have said about climate change? Notably, Steinfort makes the point that there must first be the ‘realisation’ of climate change as a threat – something done by Klagegg & Haavaldsen (2011) when discussing the necessity for clarity in definitions and principles both in governance and project management. keywords: change; climate; international; journal; management; project; vol cache: pmrp-5405.pdf plain text: pmrp-5405.txt item: #11 of 21 id: pmrp-5435 author: Ingason, Helgi Thor title: Collaboration between IPMA and PMRP date: 2017-03-29 words: 722 flesch: 34 summary: The IPMA Research Award is given for cutting edge research project of a researcher or a team. We see it as our duty to share knowledge in project management, cooperate and facilitate cooperation between project management researchers and motivate project management researchers…and, by investigating specific areas, and thereby influencing the discipline. keywords: management; project; research cache: pmrp-5435.pdf plain text: pmrp-5435.txt item: #12 of 21 id: pmrp-5459 author: Aitken, Alicia title: Driving Project Delivery from the Top Down: Engaging Executive Leaders as Project Sponsors date: 2017-03-29 words: 1297 flesch: 59 summary: Project sponsors are leaving the sessions appreciating how real and important the work of project sponsorship is. Alicia holds a PhD in project management and psychology with a particular focus on how project managers cope with stress. keywords: australia; management; project; sponsors cache: pmrp-5459.pdf plain text: pmrp-5459.txt item: #13 of 21 id: pmrp-5462 author: Carboni, Joel title: Thoughts on project management and climate change date: 2017-03-29 words: 1317 flesch: 45 summary: Dr. Joel Carboni is a leading figure on sustainability in project management. Project management has largely existed in a bubble. keywords: change; climate; management; project cache: pmrp-5462.pdf plain text: pmrp-5462.txt item: #14 of 21 id: pmrp-5465 author: Redington, Wynette title: The Story of a Village: A Case Study in Strategic Planning at Enyinndakurom, Ankaful, Central Region, Ghana date: 2019-01-30 words: 9882 flesch: 52 summary: “The strongest case for aid will be made if all three can be answered affirmatively; if aid projects achieve their immediate objectives and these can be sustained; if aid contributes to an aggregate fall in poverty levels, and to faster growth and sustained development; and if aid-giving rather than adding to the systemic problems which constrain a recipient’s long-term development prospects, helps to reduce them.” A series of strategy development meetings were arranged and a series of village meetings set up in tandem to inform and consult with (and to provide feedback to) all of the villagers after completion of each stage. keywords: aid; approach; citation; community; development; enyinndakurom; management; number; page; people; poverty; practice; process; project; research; strategy; village; villagers; vol cache: pmrp-5465.pdf plain text: pmrp-5465.txt item: #15 of 21 id: pmrp-5466 author: Cullen, Christopher title: Loose, fragmented project arrangements – Some implications for practitioners date: 2019-01-30 words: 7344 flesch: 44 summary: Knowledge transfer from project team to client staff. Co-ordination of work among project team members was achieved through a combination of the project plan, a monthly status report prepared by the project manager as well as on-site project meetings. keywords: client; management; manager; members; practice; project; project management; project manager; project team; research; team cache: pmrp-5466.pdf plain text: pmrp-5466.txt item: #16 of 21 id: pmrp-5467 author: Ingason, Helgi Thor; Schoper, Yvonne title: Project Management and sustainability - review of the 4th IPMA Research Conference 2016 date: 2017-06-01 words: 1721 flesch: 41 summary: Dr. Peter Morris (UK), the legendary project management scholar opened the next day with a keynote speech on the topic “How to close the gap – focus on project management.” The keynotes were followed by a world café session that had the purpose to summarize the conference contents in specific topics, all with emphasis on what professionals and stakeholders in project management can do regarding sustainability: 1. keywords: conference; ipma; management; project; research; sustainability cache: pmrp-5467.pdf plain text: pmrp-5467.txt item: #17 of 21 id: pmrp-5648 author: Holzmann, Vered; Olson, Donald; Vendetti, Randall; Shenhar, Aaron title: The First World Trade Center Project: A Historical Tribute to a Great Mega Project date: 2019-02-12 words: 6508 flesch: 53 summary: The project set standards of excellence in project management for years to come. The case is analyzed based on the contingency theory in project management, a multidimensional success dimensions’ framework, and the critical success factors approach. keywords: center; construction; management; new; project; project management; shenhar; success; tozzoli; trade; trade center; world; world trade cache: pmrp-5648.pdf plain text: pmrp-5648.txt item: #18 of 21 id: pmrp-5869 author: Brooks, Ian; Kossmann, Mario; Kossmann, Virginie title: Educating for Change date: 2019-01-30 words: 5244 flesch: 46 summary: Educating for Change – Enabling Local Implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in Cameroon Project Management Research and Practice, Vol. 5, 20185 PAGE NUMBER NOT FOR CITATION PURPOSES Figure 5 SDG Compass Approach (13) By explicitly addressing the SDGs as user needs for the project, and related, specific parts of these targets as project requirements and system requirements, the Mahola project can ensure that relevant aspects of the SDGs be implemented. Finally, the paper explores several more detailed, education-related examples of local implementations of the SDGs by the project. keywords: cameroon; development; goals; implementation; mahola; mahola project; nations; project; sdgs; system; united cache: pmrp-5869.pdf plain text: pmrp-5869.txt item: #19 of 21 id: pmrp-5910 author: Lannon, John title: Project Management Performance Assessment in the Non-Profit Sector date: 2019-01-30 words: 9298 flesch: 32 summary: Bryde (2003) asserts that a stakeholder’s definition of quality in the project environment is affected by the project and by project management performance. Another tool designed to assess project management performance is Bryde (2003)’s Project Management Performance Assessment (PMPA) model (Figure 1). keywords: assessment; efqm; management performance; management research; model; non; npos; organisation; performance; practice; profit; project management; quality; quality management; research; sector; stakeholder cache: pmrp-5910.pdf plain text: pmrp-5910.txt item: #20 of 21 id: pmrp-6147 author: Usher, Greg Stewart; Whitty, S. Jonathon title: The client-side project manager: A practitioner of Design date: 2019-02-26 words: 10537 flesch: 46 summary: 7.2 IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Our study has implications for project management research. This change of perspective creates opportunities for project managers to broaden their skill set in order to be able to create further value in the Construction process. keywords: client; construction; design; design thinking; management research; participants; project; project management; research; research participants; thinking; tools; vol cache: pmrp-6147.pdf plain text: pmrp-6147.txt item: #21 of 21 id: pmrp-6248 author: Melender, Hanna-Leena; Hilli, Yvonne title: Implementation of evidence based practice in a development project on nurse students’ clinical education date: 2019-01-30 words: 7445 flesch: 47 summary: Her main teaching and research areas are learning of evidence based practice (EBP) and development of EBP in clinical settings. The purpose of this article is to present how evidence- based practices in the project work were implemented and what were the experiences of the project group members about the implementation of EBP. keywords: care; development; ebp; education; evidence; learning; nursing; practice; project; research; students; vol cache: pmrp-6248.pdf plain text: pmrp-6248.txt