Books by Shankar Sankaran

The book presents a selection of state-of-the-art research, theory and models based on studies of project management practice. Topics include:Effects-driven road to quality development projects. A framework for project governance in major public IT projects. Experiencing social complexity in projects as Tipping Points Critical success factors for project portfolio management based on a multiple case study. A comparison framework for evaluating and comparing projects. Simulation to study decision-making in project portfolio management. When stage setting a success gets in the way of real learning.Project Management for Achieving Change contains the proceedings for the Second Danish Project Management Research Conference (DAPMARC-2), held in Copenhagen, June 8-9 2016.

The book presents a selection of state-of-the-art research, theory and models based on studies of project management practice. Topics include:Effects-driven road to quality development projects. A framework for project governance in major public IT projects. Experiencing social complexity in projects as Tipping Points Critical success factors for project portfolio management based on a multiple case study. A comparison framework for evaluating and comparing projects. Simulation to study decision-making in project portfolio management. When stage setting a success gets in the way of real learning.Project Management for Achieving Change contains the proceedings for the Second Danish Project Management Research Conference (DAPMARC-2), held in Copenhagen, June 8-9 2016.

In the past two decades, the field of project management has expanded its focus from the study of a single project to the way an organization uses projects to achieve its strategic goals.Novel Approaches to Organizational Project Management Research broadens research methods and theory perspectives, drawing on contemporary approaches such as action research, soft systems methodology, activity theory, actor-network theory and other approaches adopted in related scientific and technological areas that are only recently being adopted.The book is expected to provide guidance to the fundamental questions driving the research design, the type of knowledge being investigated, and the worldview and value systems of the researcher. It also includes reflexive methodologies and dialectical approaches to link theory and practice that could add to the richness of research in project management.Thereby the book supports transdisciplinary, translational and transformational approaches for conducting OPM research using contemporary approaches.