Browsing by Author "Bosch-Rekveldt, Marian"

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    Moving goals and governance in megaprojects
    (Elsevier, 2023-07-26) Bourne, Mike; Bosch-Rekveldt, Marian; Pesämaa, Ossi
    Project management is known for its tools and techniques that are used to plan and deliver projects in a controlled context. Megaprojects don't always fit well into this paradigm due to their size, complexity and longevity. Megaprojects often start without precisely defined goals and without a detailed knowledge of how the project will progress or the outcomes will be delivered. We examine the requirements for governance of megaprojects by reviewing the literature and reflecting on practice. We use the analytical model of where, how and what to illustrate different units of analysis (i.e., context, governance and goals) in megaprojects in three countries and to illustrate how goals and governance move. Building upon the governance and performance management literature, the paper contributes to the understanding of moving goals and governance for ensuring performance. We propose a framework for diagnosing goals and we list six systemic errors that result in a misfit.
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    Performance measurement in project management
    (Elsevier, 2023-09-14) Bosch-Rekveldt, Marian; Bourne, Mike; Forster, Rick; Kirkham, Richard; Pesämaa, Ossi
    This special collection of papers on performance measurement reports a diverse and broad spectrum of research that challenges conventional views on the ‘age-old’ problem of reconciling tensions between ‘project success’ and ‘project management performance’. A project is often seen as an agent transforming something from a problem to a solution (Locatelli et al., 2023), but the problem of understanding performance remains. Problematisation typically begins with a process to integrate disintegrated areas, value different perspectives that may seem puzzling; present concepts that may seem at odds; introduce coping strategies and increase awareness of biases.