What Enables Project Success Lessons from Aid Relief Projects
by Steinfort, PhD, Paul; Walker, PhD, MSc, Grad Dip (Mgt Sys), Derek H.T.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-06-01
Publisher(s): Project Management Institute
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Summary
Earthquakes, bushfires, tsunamis, and tropical storms are recurring threats that people in certain environments may face several times in their lives. Aid relief projects carry an acute sense of urgency the outputs are often critical to project recipients sustaining their life and livelihoods, and to the quality of life of affected communities. Aid relief projects are particularly challenging in terms of stakeholder engagement and cultural sensitivity. So, under these circumstances, what are the antecedents of project and program management success?
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. v |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Chapter Introduction | p. 1 |
| The'Purpose of Projects | p. 2 |
| The Context of This Book | p. 4 |
| The Structure of This Book | p. 6 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 6 |
| Literature Review | p. 7 |
| Chapter Introduction | p. 7 |
| Project Types | p. 7 |
| Success Factors and Success ProcessesùAntecedents | p. 10 |
| Project to Program ManagementùFront-end Importance | p. 13 |
| Rethinking Project Management | p. 16 |
| Aid Project Management Approaches and Techniques | p. 17 |
| LogFrame | p. 19 |
| Results-Based Managementù Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) | p. 22 |
| Subsection Summary | p. 24 |
| Leadership Issues | p. 25 |
| Leading in Complex Situations and Environments | p. 25 |
| Leadership Style | p. 27 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 30 |
| Research Methodology | p. 33 |
| Chapter Introduction | p. 33 |
| Philosophical Stance, Ontology, and Epistemology | p. 34 |
| Philosophical Stance | p. 34 |
| Ontological Stance and Operating Paradigm | p. 36 |
| Epistemological Stance | p. 37 |
| Subsection Summary | p. 38 |
| Research Approach Options and Decisions | p. 39 |
| Positivist Approaches | p. 39 |
| Interpretist Approaches | p. 39 |
| A Pragmatic Action Learning Approach | p. 41 |
| Research Methodology | p. 44 |
| Validation of Action Learning Outcomes | p. 48 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 50 |
| Research Undertaken | p. 53 |
| Chapter Introduction | p. 53 |
| The Adopted Research Approach in Detail | p. 53 |
| Action Learning Cycle One | p. 56 |
| Action Research Cycle 1-The Plan Process | p. 56 |
| Action Research Cycle 1-The Act-Observe Process | p. 57 |
| Action Research Cycle 1-The Reflect Process | p. 61 |
| Action Learning Cycle Two | p. 63 |
| Action Research Cycle 2-The Plan Process | p. 63 |
| Action Research Cycle 2-The Act-Observe Process | p. 65 |
| Action Research Cycle 2-The Reflect Process | p. 80 |
| Action Learning Cycle Three | p. 86 |
| Action Research Cycle 3-The Plan Process | p. 86 |
| Action Research Cycle 3-The Act-Observe Process | p. 88 |
| Action Research Cycle 3-The Reflect Process | p. 91 |
| Action Research Cycle 3-Postscript Evaluation | p. 92 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 93 |
| Findings and Final Model Summary | p. 95 |
| Chapter Introduction | p. 95 |
| Summarizing the Contribution of this Book | p. 95 |
| The Philosophical Contribution of this Book | p. 96 |
| The Project Front-end Focus of this Book | p. 97 |
| The Research Methods Focus | p. 100 |
| Contribution to Application of SSM | p. 101 |
| Contribution to Reflective Practice | p. 103 |
| Contribution to Project Management Theoryù The Antecedents of Project Management Best Practice | p. 104 |
| Contribution to Project Management Research | p. 109 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 112 |
| Conclusions | p. 113 |
| Chapter Introduction | p. 113 |
| Implications of the Research Reported Upon in the Book | p. 113 |
| Impact and Implications for Project Management Practice | p. 113 |
| Impact and Implications for Project Management Scholarship | p. 117 |
| Concluding Comments | p. 121 |
| Practice and Scholarship Contributions Made | p. 121 |
| Future Directions | p. 122 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 122 |
| References | p. 125 |
| Abbreviations | p. 141 |
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