Discussing project status with the project-space model: An action research study

作者：van der Hoorn Bronte

来源：International Journal of Project Management, 2016, 34(8): 1638-1657.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.09.001

• Managing projects
• Reporting
• Action research

This empirical research article assesses the use of the project-space model as a tool for improving communication and understanding of a project's status, and the enablers and constraints to its progress. The study is driven by the Rethinking Project Management network calls for new approaches and frameworks that enable projects to be considered from different perspectives. The project-space model is already established in the literature as a project communication tool. This study uses an action research method, underpinned by an interpretivist research methodology, in a single case study environment. The model is found to be successful in enabling an improved strategic, integrated and holistic conversation regarding the case study project's status that reflects the 'lived experience'. This article contributes to the literature by providing empirical testing of an alternative tool for communication of project status, enablers and constraints.

• 出版日期2016-11