Governance in megaprojects: A pragmatic perspective

Biesenthal, CE

Governance in megaprojects: A pragmatic perspective

Biesenthal, CE

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Issue Date:: 2016-09-02

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dc.contributor.author	Biesenthal, CE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3851-4950	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-09-02	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2016	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/74225
dc.description.abstract	Megaprojects are a growing species in the project environment, often used to transform the face of suburbs, cities or entire regions. Megaprojects have specific challenges and are different to ‘normal’ projects. One challenge of megaproject is the high number of stakeholders that have different – often conflicting – agendas and objectives, something which amplifies the inherent technical complexity and turbulence of such large undertakings. Project governance is a concept that helps to align different objectives and is thus an important factor to delivering megaproject successfully. This paper introduces a pragmatic model of governance in megaprojects, which is based on democratic principles that promotes collaboration of all stakeholders to develop working, context-dependent practices to manage megaprojects successfully.	en_US
dc.title	Governance in megaprojects: A pragmatic perspective	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK	en_US
utslib.for	1202 Building	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

Megaprojects are a growing species in the project environment, often used to transform the face of suburbs, cities or entire regions. Megaprojects have specific challenges and are different to ‘normal’ projects. One challenge of megaproject is the high number of stakeholders that have different – often conflicting – agendas and objectives, something which amplifies the inherent technical complexity and turbulence of such large undertakings. Project governance is a concept that helps to align different objectives and is thus an important factor to delivering megaproject successfully. This paper introduces a pragmatic model of governance in megaprojects, which is based on democratic principles that promotes collaboration of all stakeholders to develop working, context-dependent practices to manage megaprojects successfully.

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