Söderlund, Jonas: On the broadening scope of the research on projects: a review and a model for analysis; in: International Journal of Project Management, Vol. 22 (2004), No. 8, pp. 655-667.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2004.05.011
Söderlund reviews the research literature on project management. He then illustrates briefly the different developments within this profession. Finally he suggests four different directions on how to broaden the scope of project management research to make it more useful than just adding another project success factor to it.
- Broaden research to include wider organisational issues (e.g., processes, politics)
- Broaden research to include inter-organisation aspects and authority system issues (e.g., contracting, cooperation)
- Broaden the level of analysis (e.g., organisational issues, company-wide issues)
- Broaden research to include industry-wide matters (e.g., cooperation between firms, network of professionals)