Governance Frameworks for Public Project Development and Estimation
Governance Frameworks for Public Project Development and Estimation

Author: Ole Jonny Klakegg

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781933890784

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Governance framework-an organized structure established as authoritative within the institution, comprising processes and rules established to ensure projects meet their purpose. The increased use of projects as a way to organize and perform various tasks, not only in the business or industry environment but in all sectors of society, is challenged by a current focus on problems associated with the major projects. Despite the emphasis placed on improved methods to analyze and manage projects, the track record of projects reveals fundamental problem such as inadequate needs assessments, initial poor designs, tactical budgeting by authorities, inadequate cost estimation an risk assessment. Governance Frameworks for Public Project Development and Estimation includes a thorough investigation into theoretical perspectives and theories, mainly from economy and social sciences. Thirty-two aspects of theory are assessed, and it is indicated whether each framework design seems to have put weak or strong emphasis on each of these aspects. The purpose of the report is to seek better understanding of how the governance framework and the projects interact and how the framework influences the project. Governance frameworks help to improve the initial and fundamental design of projects as well as avoid some of the common problems related to the implementation of projects. Implementation of governance frameworks represents a potential for considerable savings and added value by making cost estimation and time planning more effective. Governance frameworks may be characterized by describing their: development process (the story) embedded governance principles (the values) structure of the framework (the content) detailed governance elements (adaptable to the purpose of analysis) This report offers a wide range of different perspectives on governance of projects in general and governance frameworks for public investment projects in particular. It gives useful insights and some tools for the design and implementation of governance frameworks. Book jacket.

Governance Frameworks for Public Project Development and Estimation
Governance Frameworks for Public Project Development and Estimation

Author: Ole Jonny Klakegg

Publisher: Project Management Institute

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1628251646

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Governance Frameworks for Public Project Development and Estimation includes a thorough investigation into theoretical perspectives and theories, mainly from economy and social sciences. Thirty-two aspects of theory are assessed, and it is indicated whether each framework design seems to have put weak or strong emphasis on each of these aspects. The purpose of the report is to seek better understanding of how the governance framework and the projects interact and how the framework influences the project. Governance frameworks help to improve the initial and fundamental design of projects as well as avoid some of the common problems related to the implementation of projects. Implementation of governance frameworks represents a potential for considerable savings and added value by making cost estimation and time planning more effective.

Research Handbook on the Governance of Projects
Research Handbook on the Governance of Projects

Author: Ralf Müller

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2023-09-06

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 1802208070

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This cutting-edge Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of research on the governance of projects. Spanning sectors, project types, and organizational hierarchies, it delves into diverse theoretical and practical approaches to the governance of projects, identifying valuable new phenomena for future study.

Managing Projects in Africa
Managing Projects in Africa

Author: Project Management Journal

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-01-30

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 1118586786

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This special issue of the Project Management Journal presents a collection of six articles on managing projects in Africa. Providing a window into the important project activity taking place there, these articles extend both the empirical and theoretical understanding of the African project context and contribute to improving practice. Each article makes a unique contribution to either our understanding of the African project context or project management in general, and sometimes to both. After an introduction to the African project context at the start of the 21st century, the articles explore: three different countries as well as multinational projects; for-profit, public sector, and development aid projects; infrastructure and information and communication technology; project governance as well as project management; and partnering challenges.

Organizational Enablers for Project Governance
Organizational Enablers for Project Governance

Author: Ralf Müller

Publisher: Project Management Institute

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1628251115

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While corporate culture plays a significant role in the success of any corporation, governance and “governmentality” not only determine how business should be conducted, but also define the policies and procedures organizations follow to achieve business functions and goals. In their book, Organizational Enablers for Project Governance, Ralf M&üller, Jingting Shao, and Sofia Pemsel examine the interaction of governance and governmentality in various types of companies and demonstrate how these factors drive business success and influence project work, efficiency, and profitability. The data for the studies was collected through interviews with six companies in Sweden and China and a global web-based questionnaire that garnered 208 responses. Using this data the authors conducted four studies, employing various research methodologies, to investigate the different systems of governance and their relationships to organizational success. Based on these results, the authors discovered that organizational enablers (including key factors such as leadership, governance, and influence of project managers) have a critical impact on how organizations operate, adapt to market fluctuations and forces, and make essential changes over time.

Project Risk and Opportunity Management
Project Risk and Opportunity Management

Author: Agnar Johansen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-29

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 0429773404

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Effective risk and opportunity management is key to the successful delivery of any major engineering and construction project. This book looks at how all those involved can manage risk and capitalise on the opportunities that uncertainty present. The authors of this book highlight that uncertainties should be managed rather than avoided. This book will look at simple projects with a small team, to megaprojects where some hundreds of people are involved, and the consequences of delays or unforeseen costs. However, while the obvious risks can be planned for, the authors argue that it is often the opportunities in these situations that can have unexploited potential. This book is about opportunity management seen from the owner’s perspective. It will be an invaluable resource for those studying Engineering both undergraduate and postgraduate and set out ways in which projects should be managed from planning to completion. This book is also a great tool for those working in project management and the construction industry. While there are many books that demonstrate effective construction management, this book is the first of its kind to emphasise that there is opportunity in uncertainty, and possibility in the unexpected.

The Front-end of Large Public Projects
The Front-end of Large Public Projects

Author: Terry M. Williams

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-06-07

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1000609561

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Large public projects represent major complex investment and whilst there has been much written about how to develop, manage and deliver such projects, practice still does not match up with expectations. In this book, researchers from the Norwegian Concept Research Programme explore the paradoxes between theory and practice in collaboration with experts in the field of project governance. This book delves into the reality of large public projects, to show how they can be managed effectively and efficiently, recognising the realities of their context. It offers a range of practical conclusions as to the paradoxes of the governance and management of public projects. The international spectrum of authors draw their examples from the UK, Norway, Canada, France, Australia and the Netherlands. Bridging the gap between research, theory and practice, this book will benefit academics and researchers in the field of project management and corporate governance as well as those in the practice of public project governance, civil servants and industry practitioners.

Project Governance
Project Governance

Author: T. Williams

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-10-23

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1137274611

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Provides essential insight into what it takes to turn an initial idea into a project with successful outcome in the long term. Fills a gap in current literature on project management and is thoroughly grounded in the latest research in this field.

Program Management
Program Management

Author: Ginger Levin

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 1466578505

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Program management is a rapidly emerging offshoot of project management. So much so that AT&T, IBM, and other organizations, both large and small in all sectors, have initiated a push to certify program managers. And, although universities offer courses in program management, there are few books available to guide program managers through this

The Oxford Handbook of Project Management
The Oxford Handbook of Project Management

Author: Peter W. G. Morris

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2012-07-19

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 0191629383

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The Oxford Handbook of Project Management presents and discusses leading ideas in the management of projects. Positioning project management as a domain much broader and more strategic than simply 'execution management', this Handbook draws on the insights of over 40 scholars to chart the development of the subject over the last 50 years or more as an area of increasing practical and academic interest. It suggests we could be entering an emerging 'third wave' of analysis and interpretation following its early technical and operational beginnings and the subsequent shift to a focus on projects and their management. Topics dealt with include: the historical evolution of the subject; its theoretical base; professionalism; business and societal context; strategy; organization; governance; innovation; overruns; risk; information management; procurement; relationships and trust; knowledge management; practice and teams. This handbook is of particular relevance to those interested in the research issues underlying project management.