Project Estimating

Estimating is a critical part of project planning, involving a quantitative estimate of project costs, resources or duration. One conundrum in estimating, especially for public-sector projects, is that bidders sometimes make overly optimistic estimates in order to win the business.

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    The Relationship Between Uncertainty and Task Execution Strategies in Project Management member content locked

    By Maes, Tom | Gebhardt, Karolin | Riel, Andreas Common project management methodologies do not consider project task uncertainty for determining appropriate task execution strategies.

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    The Dark Side of Projects member content locked

    By Locatelli, Giorgio | Kondstantinou, Efrosyni | Geraldi, Joana | Sainati, Tristano This article presents the dark side of projects, engaging project scholars and practitioners in discussions about sensitive, confusing, uncomfortable, challenging, and questionable phenomena.

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    A Qualitative Analysis of Unethical Behaviors in Projects member content locked

    By Sarhadi, Mehrdad | Hasanzadeh, Sogand This research critically reviewed project ethics under the philosophical paradigm change from modernism to late modernism.

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    In Praise of Paradox Persistence member content locked

    By Gaim, Medhanie | Clegg, Stewart | Pina e Cunha, Miguel By analyzing paradoxes encountered in the construction of the Sydney Opera House project, we discuss how dialogical interactions enable options to emerge in the form of responses that were not…

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    Developing a Multidimensional Conception of Project Evaluation to Improve Projects member content locked

    By Rode, Anna Le Gerstrøm, Svejvig, Per | Martinsuo, Miia This study aims to explore and define project evaluation and reveal how it can promote continuous improvements within and across projects and organizations.

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