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PM Network
Silver Linings
Project failure comes in all shapes and sizes. Mexico City's US$13 billion airport project was canceled in October 2018 even though 37 percent of the work already had been completed. And in February…
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Project Management Journal
Can Serious Games Improve Project Management Decision Making under Complexity?
The existing literature on project management serious games tends to ignore the effect of project complexity levels on decision-making performance. This research fills this gap by conducting an…
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PM Network
Executive Order
PM Networks queries the project management community about determining when it's necessary to escalate decisions to project sponsors.
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PM Network
Open Doors
Projects move at the speed of decisions. But sound decision making can occur only with an open, honest flow of information — meaning successful projects require transparency. Project managers should…
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PM Network
Don't Rush to Judgment
Every project presents problems. In order to find the best solution, project managers need to use two types of thinking: divergent and convergent. Generating ideas is divergent thinking; evaluating…
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Project Management Journal
Knowledge Contribution as a Factor in Project Selection
Project selection is a crucial decision-making process in many organizations. By adopting a project-based learning perspective, this study sets out to develop a framework to integrate organizational…
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PM Network
Choosing the Right Path
PM Network asks the project management community how to decide upon the project delivery approach to take.
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Project Management Journal
Symbols, Sublimes, Solutions, and Problems
In this article, we deploy Cohen, March, and Olsen's (1972) garbage can model of decision making to produce a different lens on the performance of megaprojects. Using a sample of firms involved in…
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PM Network
Fork in the Road
Scuffle, settle or surrender? That's the choice Farhan Shamim, PMP, faced last year while he oversaw a program to rebuild 26 schools affected by severe flooding in Pakistan. The program was going…
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