TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying perspectives of public project managers on project success
T2 - Comparing viewpoints of managers from five countries in North-West Europe
AU - Koops, Leonie
AU - Bosch-Rekveldt, Marian
AU - Coman, Laura
AU - Hertogh, Marcel
AU - Bakker, Hans
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Public and private project managers contribute to the success of Large Infrastructure Projects. Considering the public client, so far researchers have been looking at him in a passive role with respect to project success. The focus of this exploratory research is what public project managers who are actively involved in the project, consider project success. Using Q-methodology, we identify four viewpoints in the respondent group, consisting of managers from five North-Western European countries and the specific success criteria accompanying these viewpoints. Within each viewpoint, the managers have the same vision on the ranking of project success criteria. Next to the conventional project manager, we distinguish the product driven manager, the parent oriented manager and the manager with a stakeholder focus. In Large Infrastructure Projects, where public and private partners collaborate, awareness of these different perspectives will help to understand the motives of the public project manager.
AB - Public and private project managers contribute to the success of Large Infrastructure Projects. Considering the public client, so far researchers have been looking at him in a passive role with respect to project success. The focus of this exploratory research is what public project managers who are actively involved in the project, consider project success. Using Q-methodology, we identify four viewpoints in the respondent group, consisting of managers from five North-Western European countries and the specific success criteria accompanying these viewpoints. Within each viewpoint, the managers have the same vision on the ranking of project success criteria. Next to the conventional project manager, we distinguish the product driven manager, the parent oriented manager and the manager with a stakeholder focus. In Large Infrastructure Projects, where public and private partners collaborate, awareness of these different perspectives will help to understand the motives of the public project manager.
KW - Government
KW - Project success and strategy
KW - Public project manager
KW - Success criteria
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84963553676&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.03.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.03.007
M3 - Article
SN - 0263-7863
VL - 34
SP - 874
EP - 889
JO - International Journal of Project Management
JF - International Journal of Project Management
IS - 5
ER -