Review: Management Science, Operations Research and Project Management—José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo

‘Management Science, Operations Research and Project Management’ is a comprehensive attempt to link models with problems, giving the project manager some useful additions to his or her toolbox. Full review by Chris Felstead.

Project contractors excel in a changing market

Project contractors are happy and satisfied with their independence and are consistently finding work in a changing market, according to recent research conducted by Monash University and Entity Solutions.

Australian Professor honoured at APM Project Management Awards

APM has awarded Professor Lynn Crawford an Honorary Fellowship and its most prestigious title, the Sir Monty Finniston Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Beware of rhetoric in communication

Rhetoric is a very powerful tool in crafting effective presentations and explanations and should be a part of every project manager’s toolkit. But, as Lynda Bourne explains, too much can backfire on your argument.

How a wind power construction company improves project performance

Too much academic research is concentrated on corporate performance compared with a lack of research on the project side. Yi Gao examines a wind power construction company for answers.

The ABC Wind Power Station Construction Project Management Performance Study—Yi Gao

The ABC Wind Power Station Construction Project Management Performance Study
At the present, there are too many academic researches concentrated on the corporation performance evaluation in China, but there is lack of researches consider about the construction project performance evaluation. Because of this, it is difficult for the managers to give correct evaluations in assess the construction projects even it may cause profit losses to the corporations by making the wrong decisions.

With the construction market competition intense more and more in the wind power station today, the developers also have more and more requests to the construction corporations, especially to the constructing quality, safety and environment protection. Because of this, it is a critical problem which is the performance evaluation of wind power construction project to be paid more and more attention by the publics.

The study analyzed the market environment for the wind power station developers and did some researches and analyses. By integrating the characteristics of the construction project performance evaluation and the wind power station projects, it made a performance analysis for the ABC wind power station based on the project quality, schedule, cost and other part of project management. Then there are some project performance improvement suggestions in the next for the wind power station construction projects.

Author: Yi Gao
Review status: Postgraduate assignment (University of Technology Sydney)

Why projects fail

The project management industry has matured and grown significantly over the past 15 years, but a large number of projects still fail. Why is this the case? Jeroen Bolluijt and Brett Nan Tie believe a lack of data is part of the reason.

Project management academic shines in Norway

Australian project management academic Chivonne Algeo has been awarded the best student research paper.