Governance Frameworks for Major Public Projects

VEDRAN ZERJAV is a Professor of Project Management at the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. MORTEN WELDE is a Senior Researcher at the Concept Research Programme at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. GRO HOLST VOLDEN is Programme Director for the Concept Research Programme at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.

• About the Editors xiiiNotes on Contributors xivIntroductory Note from the Editors xviiForeword xixGenerative AI Disclosure xxiAcknowledgements xxiiPart I Introduction to Governance of Public Investment Projects 11 Introduction – Governance of Public Investment Projects 3Vedran Zerjav, Gro Holst Volden and Morten Welde1.1 Governance Arrangements for Project Development and Implementation 31.2 Governance Theory – Conceptual Foundations 41.3 Rationale – Selection of Case Settings 51.4 How to Use This Book 61.5 Intended Audience and Use 62 Introductory Concepts 9Terry Williams2.1 Introduction 92.2 Public Governance 92.3 Public Projects 112.4 Project Life Cycle 122.5 Governance of Single-Defined Public Projects 132.6 Governance of Projects 152.7 Post-project Assessments 172.8 Politics 182.9 Theories 192.10 Conclusion 21Part II Case Studies of Project Governance Models 253 Norway27Gro Holst Volden and Morten Welde3.1 Context and Policy Basis 273.2 The State Project Model 284 The United Kingdom 41Richard Kirkham and Nicola Young4.1 Context and Policy Basis 414.2 The UK Project Governance Model 444.3 Experience with the Governance Scheme 505 Ireland 53Garret Doocey and Ed Hearne5.1 Context and Policy Basis 535.2 Project Governance in Ireland – The Infrastructure Guidelines 545.3 Experience with the Model 626 The Netherlands 67Niek Mouter6.1 Brief Outline and Description of the Context and Policy Basis for the Governance Model 676.2 Presentation of the Model 696.3 Experiences 746.4 Discussion 757 Denmark 79Per Svejvig and Andreas Claus Hansen7.1 Context and Policy Basis 797.2 The Two State Project Models 807.3 Experience with the Two Models 888 Sweden93Roger Pyddoke8.1 Introduction: Governance of Transport Infrastructure and Digital Investments 938.2 Presentation of the Model 948.3 Experience with the Model 988.4 Some Observations on the Governance of Digital Investments 1018.5 Conclusion 1029 The United States 105George Edward Gibson9.1 Context and Policy Basis 1059.2 Overview of the Project Governance Schemes in Selected Agencies 1089.3 Experiences Using the Governance Scheme 11410 Canada (Federal Government) 117Olivier Choinière, Maude Brunet and Nathalie Drouin10.1 Context and Policy Basis 11710.2 Presentation of the Framework 11810.3 Experience with the Model 12811 Quebec 131Maude Brunet, Nathalie Drouin and Olivier Choinière11.1 Context and Policy Basis 13111.2 The Stage-Gate Model with Phases and Decision Points 13311.3 Experience with the Model 14012 Australia 143Dominic Ahiaga-Dagbui and Jon Frazer12.1 Context for the Governance Model 14312.2 Project Governance Models for Infrastructure Investments 14412.3 Experience with the Models 14912.4 Conclusion 15413 Governance Arrangements for EU-Funded and Nationally Funded Public Investment in the EU 157Cristiana Belu Manescu and Ana-Maria Dobre13.1 Introduction 15713.2 Governance Arrangements for EU Cohesion Policy-Funded Investments 15813.3 Governance Arrangements of Nationally Financed Investments 16213.4 Conclusions 16914 On the No-Objection at the World Bank: How a Practice Can Tell Us a Lot About Project Governance 173Lavagnon Ika and Javad Bakhshi14.1 Introduction 17314.2 The No-Objection and Its Governance Implications at the Project Level 17414.3 The No-Objection and Its Governance Implications at the Organizational Level 17614.4 No-Objection and Its Governance Implications at the International Governance Level 17914.5 Conclusions 181Part III Comparative Analysis and Lessons for Policy Implementation 18515 The Country Frameworks Summarized 187Gro Holst Volden, Morten Welde and Vedran Zerjav15.1 The Countries Studied 18715.2 Establishment and Purpose of the Frameworks 18815.3 Scope of the Frameworks 19015.4 Parties and Roles 19315.5 Stage-Gate Processes 19515.6 Evidence of Positive Effects 19815.7 Lingering Issues with Project Governance 19915.8 Schemes May be Contested 20015.9 Summary of Experiences 20116 Conclusions 203Vedran Zerjav, Morten Welde and Gro Holst Volden16.1 What D oWe Learn and Where Do We Go from Here? 20316.2 Project Governance Models and Governance Theory 20716.3 Advice for Policymakers 208References 210Index 211