Situational Project Management for Collaborative Research Projects |
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| Authors: | Sonia Lippe Jan vom Brocke |
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| Affiliation: | 1. SAP (Switzerland) Inc, St. Gallen, Switzerland;2. University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
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| Abstract: | Collaborative research projects form a specific project type, aimed at organizing innovation endeavors between industry, academic, and public partners. They've become increasingly widespread and their management is challenged due to ambiguously defined goals and the heterogeneous interests of many partners. We present a situation‐specific approach that enables managers to select established project management knowledge according to changing needs along the project life cycle. Making use of thematic analysis, we develop a graphical framework to describe and analyze project situations. Further we establish situation profiles as a concept to relate each situation to a management method that corresponds with its managerial needs. |
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| Keywords: | project management qualitative research uncertainty ambiguity |
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