Project management theory meets practice. / Per Svejvig and Jan Pries-Heje.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Svejvig, Per, author.

Pries-Heje, Jan, author.

Language:

Danish

Subjects (All):

Project management--Congresses.

Project management.

Strategic planning--Congresses.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Frederiksberg, Denmark : Samfundslitteratur, 2007.

Summary:

Project Management Theory Meets Practice contains the proceedings from the 1st Danish Project Management Research Conference (DAPMARC 2015), held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 21st, 2015. The book presents a selection of state-of-the-art research, theory and models based on studies of project management practice. Topics include: Self-organizing agile management teams How Scrum influences the temporal environment Hidden goals and what you can do Frontloading your project Metaphors used to communicate in the project Maturity in project-portfolio management Value generation in projects Heroes as catalysts in projects Project Management Theory Meets Practice is published in cooperation with the Danish Project Management Association.

Contents:

Intro; Foreword DAPMARC'2015; CONTENTS; 1. Are All We Need Heroes? - The New Role of the IT Project Manager; 2. Fast or Smart? How the Use of Scrum Can Influence the Temporal Environment in a Project; 3. Hidden Goals in Projects: A Qualitative Exploratory Study of their Occurrence and Causes; 4. "Frontload" in Complex Project Program Management to Aim for Lifetime Sustainability of Offshore Windmill Parks; 5. Metaphors in Projects - An Overlooked X-factor

6. Bridging Gaps between IT and Business: An Empirical Investigation of IT Project Portfolio Management using Process Mining and P3M3 Maturity Model7. Governance of Projects and Value Generation in Project-oriented Organizations; 8. Theory Meets Practice: Practical Implications of Process Theory in Project Management

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

87-7867-466-2

OCLC:

947732904