PMI Sites
CEO Corner
Register
Project Management Institute
Search

    Project Is as Project Does

    Emerging Microactivities and Play Ontology

    Article Teams 1 February 2020

    Project Management Journal

    Salovaara, Perttu | Savolainen, Jussi | Ropo, Arja

    How to cite this article:

    Salovaara, P., Savolainen, J., & Ropo, A. (2020). Project Is as Project Does: Emerging Microactivities and Play Ontology. Project Management Journal, 51(1), 49–61. doi: https://DOI: 10.1177/8756972819894101
    The purpose of the article is to further develop the processual approach in project management theorizing. The article introduces Gadamer's (2004) play ontology as a novel perspective used to describe microactivities in a project environment. Play ontology refers to the back-and-forth movements of seemingly mundane microactivities as they unfold during a project. The findings of the study suggest that sensitivity to the microactivities allows considering dissonant or indecisive events as vital and constructive project elements. Play ontology offers new ways for conceptualizing a project as a process: as something that emerges through practical activities as a dynamic and complex phenomenon.
    member content locked

    Log in or join PMI to gain access

    or Join

    Advertisement

    Advertisement

    Related Content

    • Tomorrow's Teams Today

      Report Teams March 2020

      Tomorrow’s Teams Today

      PMI research reveals that it’s the organizations with creative, collaborative and agile teams that will thrive in The Project Economy.

    • Strategy, Teams 16 March 2020

      Pulse of the Profession

      Tomorrow's Teams Today

      By PMI PMI research reveals that it’s the organizations with creative, collaborative and agile teams that will thrive in The Project Economy.

    • Article Teams, Leadership 1 March 2020

      PM Network

      Erasing Boundaries registered user content locked

      By Khelifi, Yasmina As more projects have a global scope and scale, it's increasingly common for project professionals to manage stakeholders around the world, juggling time zones, technologies, languages and other…

    • Article Change Management, Teams 1 March 2020

      PM Network

      Fast Forward registered user content locked

      Organizations and their teams will have to adapt—and quickly—if they want to maintain their competitive advantage, according to PMI's latest Pulse of the Profession®.

    • PMI Pulse of the Profession 2020

      Report Strategy, Teams February 2020

      Pulse of the Profession 2020

      Are you future ready? Our Pulse of the Profession® research shows that organizations that prioritize maturing their delivery capabilities enjoy more successful outcomes.

    Advertisement