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Article Quality Management, Complexity, Strategy, Governance, Government 1 August 2017

Project Management Journal

The Influence of Critical Success Factors on Value for Money Viability Analysis in Public-Private Partnership Projects

By Almarri, Khalid Governments are increasingly entering partnerships with the private sector through the public-private partnership (PPP) model for the development of public projects. Value for money analysis is used…

Article Quality Management, Complexity, Strategy, Governance, Government 1 August 2017

Project Management Journal

Comparative Analysis of the Success Criteria for Public-Private Partnership Projects in Ghana and Hong Kong

By Osei-Kyei, Robert | Chan, Albert P.C. The criteria for measuring the success of public-private partnership (PPP) projects have become very topical because of the global interest in PPP project success. This article empirically…

Article Complexity, Cost Management, Governance, Government 1 April 2017

Project Management Journal

Special Purpose Entities in Megaprojects

By Sainati, Tristano | Brookes, Naomi J. | Locatelli, Giorgio Megaprojects involve organizations called "Special Purpose Entities" (SPEs) also known as "special purpose vehicles." Despite their relevance, particularly for governance, SPEs are…

Conference Paper Complexity, Governance 11 May 2015

Mitigating the multi-dimensional complexity of a megaprogram

By Ginevri, Walter | Acbano, Stefano EXPO 2015, the universal exhibition held in Milan, Italy from 1 May to 31 October, is the perfect paradigm of a complex program. In fact, it's characterized by an unusual combination of three levels…

Conference Paper Complexity, Governance 14 July 2010

Early warning signs in complex projects

By Williams, Terry | Klakegg, Ole Jonny | Andersen, Bjørn | Walker, Derek H. T. | Magnussen, Ole Morten | Onsøyen, Lars E. Projects often do not turn out the way we expect. Emerging problems often start early in the project but display only weak signals. There is a weakness in current practice in being able to pick up,…

Article Complexity, Governance 1 September 2005

Project Management Journal

Governance regimes for large complex projects

By Miller, Roger | Hobbs, J. Brian Organizations can only successfully realize mega-projects when they have in place a governance regime that is capable of adapting to specific projects, dealing with emergent complexity, and changing…

Conference Paper Complexity, Governance 14 July 2002

The strategic front-end of large infrastructure projects

By Hobbs, J. Brian | Miller, Roger Additional case studies were selected from the International Program on the Management of Engineering Projects (IMEC Program) (Miller and Lessard, 2000), to examine the dynamics of front-end…

Conference Paper Complexity, Governance, Organizational Project Management, Construction 7 September 2000

Seminars & Symposium

The Alliance Pipeline story

By Rickards, John V. This presentation will describe the overall project as well as the significant components. The management organization will be presented, showing how such a large project could be properly…

Article Complexity, Governance December 1999

Project Management Journal

Management of modular projects

By Phillips, J. B. | Phillips, A. | Bailey, R. V. The concept of a modular project is developed and a strategy for managing such projects is presented. A modular project is one that consists of several similar entities, or modules, which are the…