The history and future of projects as a transition innovation
Towards a sustainable project management framework
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21652030 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shankar Sankaran (0000-0001-5485-6216, School of the Built Environment University of Technology Sydney Ultimo New South Wales Australia, corresponding author), Mattias Jacobsson (0000-0002-2495-9676, Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics Umeå University Umeå Sweden), Tomas Blomquist (0000-0001-8123-5730, Umeå School of Business Umeå University Umeå Sweden) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 696-714 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Systems Research and Behavioral Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-7026 • E-ISSN: 1099-1743 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/sres.2814 |
| OpenAlex | W3197345050 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 60 |
Project management practices have evolved as the discipline grew from managing defence and engineering projects to delivering information systems, supporting organizational transformation, and managing megaprojects supporting national infrastructure needs. Thus, from starting as a tactical tool, project management grew to deliver organizational and national strategies. The next challenge for project management is to support the achievement of sustainable development goals to tackle societal challenges. How can it do this? In this article, we chart a way forward for project management to contribute to global sustainability by tracing the history of projects from prehistoric times to the 21st. We outline the development using the lens of socio‐technical transitions to analyse technological niches developed to advance the field, and socio‐technical regimes that have supported the development of project management to adopt these technological niches to meet changes that appear at the landscape level. By analysing the history of projects and project management, we argue that the discipline has continuously evolved as a transition innovation that can meet the challenges posed by sustainable development. However, further investigation is required. A sustainable development framework has been proposed in this article to enable project management researchers and managers to achieve this transition
Business · Engineering management · Extreme project management · Knowledge management · OPM3 · Political science · Process management · Program management · Project charter · Project management · Project management triangle · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Systems engineering · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Construction Project Management and Performance · Engineering · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |