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P ROJECT M ANAGEMENT J OURNAL Research Quarterly, Volume 37, Number 3 A UGUST 2006 Special PMI Research Conference 2006 Edition 5 16 26 37 49 From Nobel Prize An Empirical On the Novelty The Perceived Value Mechanisms for to Project Investigation of the Dimension and Potential Inter-project Management: Sponsor’s Role in in Project Contribution of Integration– Getting Project Initiation Management Project Management Empirical Analysis Risks Right Timothy J. Kloppenborg, Klaus Brockhoff Practices to Project in Program Context Deborah Tesch, Bent Flyvbjerg Chris Manolis, and Success Perttu Dietrich Mark Heitkamp Claude Besner and Brian Hobbs 62 74 87 98 111 Longitudinal Developing Project-Based A Theoretical New Possibilities Analysis of Organizational Management as an Framework for for Project Project Project Management Organizational Aligning Project Management Theory: Innovation: Drivers, Management Capability: Management A Critical Engagement Changes, and Maturity Theory and Practice Benefits of with Business Svetlana Cicmil and Damian Hodgson Mark Mullaly Lynn Crawford Adopting Project- Strategy Based Management Dragan Z. Milosevic and Miia Martinsuo, Sabin Srivannaboon Nicole Hensman, Karlos Artto, Jaakko Kujala, and Ali Jaafari Making Project Management Indispensable for Business Results™ Published by P ROJECT M ANAGEMENT J OURNAL The Professional Research Journal of the Project Management Institute Volume 37, Number 3 AUGUST 2006 3 From the Editor Christophe N. Bredillet, PhD, MBA, Ingénieur EC Lille PAPERS 5 FROM NOBEL PRIZE TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT: GETTING RISKS RIGHT Bent Flyvbjerg 16 AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SPONSOR’S ROLE IN PROJECT INITIATION Timothy J. Kloppenborg, Deborah Tesch, Chris Manolis, and Mark Heitkamp 26 ON THE NOVELTY DIMENSION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT Klaus Brockhoff 37 THE PERCEIVED VALUE AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO PROJECT SUCCESS Claude Besner and Brian Hobbs 49 MECHANISMS FOR INTER-PROJECT INTEGRATION–EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS IN PROGRAM CONTEXT Perttu Dietrich 62 LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT MATURITY Mark Mullaly 74 DEVELOPING ORGANIZATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY: THEORY AND PRACTICE Lynn Crawford 87 PROJECT-BASED MANAGEMENT AS AN ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION: DRIVERS, CHANGES, AND BENEFITS OF ADOPTING PROJECT-BASED MANAGEMENT Miia Martinsuo, Nicole Hensman, Karlos Artto, Jaakko Kujala, and Ali Jaafari 98 A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR ALIGNING PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH BUSINESS STRATEGY Dragan Z. Milosevic and Sabin Srivannaboon 111 NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT THEORY: A CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT Svetlana Cicmil and Damian Hodgson 123 Notes for Authors 124 Index of Advertisers PROJECT MANAGEMENT JOURNAL EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD Editor Project Management Institute Global Operations Rick Bilbro, The Innova Group, Inc.; Christophe N. Bredillet, PhD, MBA, Center, Four Campus Blvd, Newtown Square, PA 19073- Ingénieur EC Lille 3299 U.S.A.; tel: +1-610-356-4600; fax +1-610-356-4647 Tomas Blomquist, Umeå University, Sweden; [email protected]; mailto: [email protected] Pierre Bonnal, CERN Accelerator and Beams Dept.; PMI PUBLISHING STAFF Web site: www.pmi.org David Bonyuet, PMP, Delta Search Labs; PMI Regional Service Centre: Europe - Middle East David Christensen, Cedar City, UT; Interim Publisher - Africa (EMEA), 300, Avenue de Tervueren Donn Greenberg; [email protected] B-1150 Brussels, Belgium; tel. +32-2-743 15 73; fax +32- Dan H. 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