Emerging Contemporary Project Management Topics - Eric Tse

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Emerging / Contemporary Project Management Topics 2012- 2013

Eric Tse

Abstract

This article introduces emerging or contemporary topics & trends in project management academic research from 2012 ? 2013. In a literature review based on 100 articles from more than five project management and management journals, we identify many new topics and 10 main trends that are not in project management body of knowledge (PMBOK). This article provides a summary of all the trends and topics from a bird-eye view. Further elaboration and interpretation on the topics will be published in subsequent publications.

Introduction

Project Management has been an established discipline decades. Professional Project Management communities recognize PMI (Project Management Institute)'s body of knowledge (PMBOK) as the de facto standards of project management across the world. At the same time, during recent years many research communities, including PMI itself, have been carrying out initiatives pushing boundaries of the body of knowledge. A lot of emerging and contemporary project management topics have been discussed in academic journals. These involved activities such as integration of knowledge from other traditional management disciplines; perceiving project management from different perspectives (such as social science); using research methods from other industries to study project management; Vertical integration of project management with other industry; Internationalization of project management. Of course many studies stretch from classic topics of project management and methodological research.

This article provides a high level literature review of all the new topics, categorising them into around 10 trends or theme. This provides a highlight or executive summary of all the topics in one article, without elaborating deep into them.

Deeper review of each trend will be provided in subsequent publications. One publication will also be provided to explain the technical terms in the 100 literatures.

Methodological Investigation and Research Methods

Methodological Investigation

From the literature review, many articles attempt to challenge the existing project management body of knowledge. They are arguing the knowledge system is not practical enough to handle real situations. Some articles are trying to re-evaluate & rethink the effectiveness of the knowledge system in certain area. Some are using interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and hybrid approach to improve the theory so that it is applicable in specific situations. Some are investigating areas that PMBOK hasn't

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been addressed. Some are using knowledge in other disciplines to apply to Project Management Research. Some are studying the epistemology and the ontology of project management body knowledge and research. Please refer to the table below for details.

POST PROJECT ASSESSMENT: AN ART AND SCIENCE APPROACH

(Schroeder, 2013)

Describes system for conducting post-project assessments and discusses a case study application of the system and the types of lessons learned.

Project Management In Research And Development

(Laruccia, 2012)

suggest contemporary project management in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary

Foundations of Project Management Research: An Explicit and Six-Facet Ontological Framework (pages 5?23)

(Gauthier, 2012)

New, explicit, and integrated ontological framework to stimulate project management research.

Boundary action in construction (Gustavsson, projects: new collaborative project 2012) practices

New collaborative approaches have been developed. This paper aims at adding to knowledge on projects-as-practice by interpreting findings from a case study on a contemporary collaborative construction project.

Project Management Training Curricula at South African Public Universities: Is the Balanced Demand of the Profession Sufficiently Accommodated? (pages 70?80)

(Louw, 2012)

Link theory and practice through an organized process of interaction between academics and practitioners. Facilitate PM training in south africa

Project Management By Pmbok Guide: Challenges For Managers

(Bomfin, 2012)

Some difficulties and facilities are not in PMBOK, what & why? Outside PMBOK, relationship and organizational maturity and experience in project management is a success factor for the project.

Planning and Sprinting: Use of a Hybrid Project Management Methodology within a CIS Capstone Course

(Baird, 2012)

Hybrid methodology; PMI + Software Engineering Methodology

Relevance lost! A critical review of (H?llgren, 2012) project management standardisation

Diffusion of generic project management knowledge. Project management knowledge is not practical in reality

How Effective Are Project Management Methodologies? An Explorative Evaluation of Their Benefits in Practice (pages 43?58)

(Wells, 2012)

Suggest a misalignment between the intended benefit of PMMs at the strategic level and the reported benefits by project managers at the

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Project Management Knowledge and Effects on Construction Project Outcomes: An Empirical Study (pages 47?67)

(Chou, 2012)

Combining PCA With DEA to Improve the Evaluation of Project Performance Data: A Taiwanese Bureau of Energy Case Study (pages 94?106)

Re-situating expert project managers' praxis within multiple logics of practice

Management from a Systemic Perspective

(Fu, 2013)

(Thomas, 2012) (Sadvandi, 2012)

project level. Additionally, it is shown that practitioners' expertise, accountability, and attitudes all have a direct influence on the extent to which PMMs contribute to and benefit the management of projects.

Appropriateness of prioritizing the practice of the PMBOK? Guide in the construction industry. Tailor the PMBOK? Guide to their unique needs

proposes a new method of project performance evaluation using PCA and DEA

Opens a space for us to rethink how we research, teach, and talk about project management.

Proposes a method based on a systems approach to handle the complexity of the management process.

Research Methods and Perspectives:

This section talks about research methods and knowledge disciplined used in those literatures. Many of them are contemporary that no one have use those methods to study project management before. Another article will be written to talk more about those research methods and perspectives.

Knowledge acquisition using psychotherapy technique for critical factors influencing construction project layout planning (pages 50?64)

(Abdul-Rahman, 2012)

Resource Commitment, Organizational Diversity, and Research Performance: A Case of the National Telecommunication Program in Taiwan (pages 32?47)

(Hung, 2013)

Establishing Project Portfolio Management: An Exploratory Analysis of the Influence of Internal Stakeholders' Interactions (pages 16?32)

(Beringer, 2012), (Waters, 2012)

An Empirical Study of Large-Sized Companies With Knowledge Work

psychotherapy techniques DEA and AHP Exploratory Analysis

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Teams and Their Impacts on Project Team Performance

A Bayesian Approach to Improve Estimate at Completion in Earned Value Management (pages 3?16)

(Caron, 2013)

Chaperoning: practices of collaboration in the Panama Canal Expansion Program

(Smits, 2012)

A Bibliometric View on the Use of Contingency Theory in Project Management Research (pages 4? 23)

(Hanisch, 2012)

Contextualized Project Management Practice: A Cluster Analysis of Practices and Best Practices (pages 17?34)

(Besner, 2013)

An Empirical Identification of Project Management Toolsets and a Comparison Among Project Types (pages 24?46)

(Besner, 2012b)

An Empirical Study of Schedule Delay Causes Based on Taiwan's Litigation Cases(pages 21?31)

(Yang, 2013)

THE IMPACT OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THE BALANCED SCORECARD METHODOLOGY ON MIDDLE MANAGERS' PERFORMANCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

(Jean-Charles, 2012)

Marketing and technology strategies for innovative performance

(Sicotte, 2012)

Foundations of Project Management Research: An Explicit and Six-Facet Ontological Framework (pages 5?23)

(Gauthier, 2012)

A Perspective-Based Understanding of Project Success (pages 68?86)

(McLeod, 2012)

Project Management Trilogy Challenges in Africa--Where to From Here? (pages 5?13)

(Rwelamila, 2012)

A Relational Typology of Project Management Offices (pages 59? 76)

(M?ller, 2013b)

Value for money in project alliances

(MacDonald, 2012)

Use Statistical Bayesian model in ERM ethnographic study bibliometric study

Cluster Analysis

Empirical Identification

Causal Model balance scorecard

Fisher Test ontological, epistemological

Perspective-Based Understanding Triology relational typology Investigate Value for money in project alliances

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MBTI Personality Types of Project (Cohen, 2013) Managers and Their Success: A Field Survey(pages 78?87)

RISK DYNAMICS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE

(Yu, 2013)

A typology of unexpected events in (Piperca, 2012) complex projects

Bounded becoming: insights from (Sergi, 2012) understanding projects in situation

MBTI, psychology Social technical perspective social system, typology situated conception

Evaluation of the Success of Six Sigma Projects by Data Envelopment Analysis

VALUE CREATION FROM ORGANIZATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY IN A GOVERNMENT AGENCY

(Y?ksel, 2012)

(de Oliveira, 2012)

Data envelopment analysis

institutional isomorphism; mimetic and coercive isomorphism

Contextual Analysis

One main theme pulled out from the literature review is "contextual project management". One simplistic interpretation of this concept would be " In order to have better project management, we need to understand the context, background and situations of the projects. The following articles go deep in studying the role of "context" in project management.

Knowledge acquisition using psychotherapy technique for critical factors influencing construction project layout planning (pages 50?64)

Contextualized Project Management Practice: A Cluster Analysis of Practices and Best Practices (pages 17?34)

(Abdul-Rahman, 2012)

(Besner, 2013)

Managing the Intangible Aspects of a Project: The Affect of Vision, Artifacts, and Leader Values on Project Spirit and Success in Technology-Driven Projects (pages 35?58)

(Aronson, 2013)

An Empirical Identification of

(Besner, 2012b)

using psychotherapy techniques to improve project management performance

It studies archetypes and multi dimension of contextual PM. It defines a quality virtue called performing-maturity (like constituency) Spirit affects employees' contextual performance behaviour, which in turn affects success as proposed.

Different vertical industries use

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