Research Handbook on Project Performance

Edited by Vittal S. Anantatmula, Professor of Project Management, College of Business, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, US and Chakradhar Iyyunni, Fellow, European School of Governance (EUSG), Berlin, Germany

• Contents:PART I BACKDROP1 Introduction to Research Handbook on Project Performance 2Vittal Anantatmula and Chakradhar Iyyunni2 Project performance measures and metrics framework 11Riaz Ahmed3 An alternative to traditional project management: using lean OKRs asa model for value creation for software product companies 23Bart den Haak4 Modeling relationships of projects and operations: toward a dynamicframework of performance 39Pierre A. DanielPART II TACTICS, STRATEGIES, AND RISKS5 Construction and demolition waste recycling and reuse clause instandard form contracts: impact on project performance 55Nurhaizan Mohd Zainudin, Ahmad Amir Hafiz Ahmad, Rahimi A. Rahman,and Fadzida Ismail6 Project monitoring and data integrity 67Tracey Richardson and James Marion7 Don’t ask what makes projects successful, but under whatcircumstances they work: recalibrating project success factors 75Lavagnon A. Ika and Jeffrey K. Pinto8 Understanding the causes and effects of low-risk management:implementation in projects using the DEMATEL algorithm 92Chia-Kuang Lee, Wen-Nee Wong, Nurhaizan Mohd Zainudin andAhmad Huzaimi Abd Jamil9 Managing risk in Indian construction projects 115Chakradhar Iyyunni and Sunil Kumar10 Risk analytics for project success 133Ruchita Gupta, Karuna Jain, and Charu Chandra Gupta11 Building capability for project success: examining the preparedness ofemerging professionals using a university capstone project case study 158Michelle Turner and Guinevere Gilbert12 Role of project management maturity in project performance 176Vittal AnantatmulaPART III NEXT PRACTICES13 Addressing the performance gap with lean-led design 189Hafsa Chbaly and Maude Brunet14 Fixed capacity and beyond budgeting: a symbiotic relationship withina scaled agile environment 198Yvan Petit and Carl Marnewick15 Cross-cultural integration in the next practices of project management:a qualitative study 216Dhruv Pratap Singh and Mahesh S. Raisinghani16 Project management lessons learned: essential safety features 233Kam Jugdev17 Projects as vehicles of learning 242Arthur Shelley18 Impact of Industry 4.0 on agile project management 256Vijaya Dixit and Upasna A. Agarwal19 Performance management in public–private partnership projects:a perspective from the Indian road sector 267Dhruv Agarwal, Sagar Deshmukh, and Ganesh DevkarIndex

‘For project managers, identifying, selecting and implementing “best” project management practices that can have a major impact on project performance are not easy tasks to conduct. One can ask what is the role of project managers to do so? How can project managers implement and measure project management success? With the collaboration of well-known academics, this book sheds light on the concepts and dimensions on project success and project performance. A must-read to understand the conditions to achieve project success and improve project performance.’