Project management that really matters: Managing the unanticipated key moments in rail related infrastructure projects

Project management that really matters: Managing the unanticipated key moments in rail related infrastructure projects

Van Boggelen, K.M.

Veeneman, W.W. (mentor)
Zonneveld, W.A.M. (mentor)
De Bruijn, J.A. (mentor)

Technology, Policy and Management

Multi Actor Systems

Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management

2011-11-09

Rail related infrastructure projects, like many projects, often fail to deliver within budget and time. The root cause of most failures however is not technical, but rather, managerial. The existing scientific literature reveals that the impact of unexpected events in the project is a major contributor to these overruns. There is not, however, a lot of usable knowledge on how these events can be managed in order to help project managers better perform their function. This research, which comprises an extensive literature research and the analysis of three rail related projects, contributes to this gap by offering key learnings on different types of unexpected events, and providing insight into five underlying mechanisms that lead to major problem areas in rail related infrastructure projects.

unanticipated key moments
project complexity
project management
process management
project context
success evaluation

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:713786c4-b564-4b92-b26b-b585a3b3513a

2012-11-08

Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2011 Van Boggelen, K.M.