Research on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Roxana Cuevas, Constanta-Nicoleta Bodea, Pablo Torres-Lima

   Pages 1-6

3. Concepts and Models of Integrating Sustainability into Project Management

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Towards a Target System to Incorporate Sustainability in Multi-project Management in Factories

      • Lars Nielsen, Philipp Klausing, Peter Nyhuis

      Pages 9-23

   3. Factors Affecting the Integration of Sustainability in the Early Project Phases in an Integrated Project Management Model

      • Maedeh Molaei, Marcel J. C. M. Hertogh, Marian G. C. Bosch-Rekveldt, Robin Tamak

      Pages 25-39

   4. An Alternative Risk Assessment Routine for Decision Making; Towards a VUCA Meter to Assess the Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity of Complex Projects

      • Thordur Vikingur Fridgeirsson, Bara Hlin Kristjansdottir, Helgi Thor Ingason

      Pages 41-54

   5. Sustainable Project-Oriented Careers: A Conceptual Model

      • Gregory J. Skulmoski, Craig Langston, Alan Patching, Amir Ghanbaripour

      Pages 55-80

   6. Environmental Project Management: Contextual Enablers and Boundaries

      • Vladimir Obradović, Marija Todorović, Milica Jovanović

      Pages 81-89

4. Research on Integrating Sustainability into Project Management in Different Industries and Regions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Integrative Intelligence: A Great Deal for Sustainable Rural Development

      • Jesus Martinez Almela, Jorge Flores, Jorge J. Peart Mijangos

      Pages 93-112

   3. Navigating Sustainability Challenges in Africa: The Ogun State Racetrack, Motor Sports and Autopark Project

      • Teri Vivienne Okoro

      Pages 113-125

   4. The Role of Projects in the Process of Transforming Automotive Industry

      • Reinhard Wagner

      Pages 127-136

   5. Walking the Talk? Sustainability in New Product Development Projects in the Icelandic Seafood Industry

      • Inga Minelgaite, Bjarnveig Birta Bjarnadottir, Kari Kristinsson

      Pages 137-149

   6. Inter-Organizational Co-Creation: An Approach to Support Energy Transition Projects

      • Afshin Jalali Sohi, Maryam R. Nezami, Hans Bakker, Marcel Hertogh

      Pages 151-166

   7. Sustainability for Construction Projects

      • Hans Knoepfel

      Pages 167-189

   8. Segway Model for the Assessment of Megaproject Excellence: Project Excellence Baseline Approach to the Korea’s Pilot Smart City Projects (Sejong 5-1 Life Zone and Busan Eco Delta Smart City)

      • Jaehyun Lee, Unho Lee, Eunsang Yoon, Changwoo Park

      Pages 191-202

   9. Public-Private-People Partnership (PPPP) for Infrastructure Development in Indonesia

      • Lukas Beladi Sihombing, Achmad Jaka Santos, Andreas Wibowo

      Pages 203-211

   10. Practice Competences in Project Management Decision Process: A Regional Study

       • Sandra Matuhina, Mladen Radujković, Maja-Marija Nahod

       Pages 213-228

   11. From Social Responsibility to Sustainability: Are Excellence Awarded Companies in Iceland Socially Responsible?

       • Asa Bjork Jonsdottir, Haukur Ingi Jonasson, Helgi Thor Ingason, Agnes Holm Gunnarsdottir

       Pages 229-246

5. Perspectives of Integrating Sustainability into Project Management: Learning and Continuing Competences Development

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This book collects recent work presented at the 31st IPMA Congress, which was held in Merida, Mexico, from September 30th to October 2nd, 2019. It covers a range of project, programme and portfolio management contexts, with the general aim of integrating sustainability into project management.


The book is structured into three parts. The first part covers concepts and approaches related to the integration of sustainability in project management. The second part presents research on integrating sustainability into project management in different industries and regions. The final part takes specific perspectives on integrating sustainability into project management related to learning and continuing competence development. 


The book offers a valuable resource for all researchers interested in studying the emerging trends in incorporating sustainability in project, programme and portfolio management.

• Sustainability
• Project Management
• Sustainable Project Management
• Education and Wellbeing
• Tourism
• Agribusiness
• Smart Cities
• Automotive & Aerospace Projects
• Clean Energy
• Infrastructure Projects
• Engineering Economics

• Department of Sociology, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo, Mexico

  Roxana Cuevas

• Economic Informatics and Cybernetics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

  Constanta-Nicoleta Bodea

• Agricultural and Animal Production, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico

  Pablo Torres-Lima

Roxana Cuevas has been a research professor at the Antonio Narro Agrarian Autonomous University since 1977, and is currently ascribed to the Sociology Department. She has pharmaceutical chemistry biologist degree, and a Master’s degree in Law and Public Policies for Equality. She is an Official in the Public Administration Social Counsellor for the State of the National Institute of Women, a leader of the movement of women in Mexico, technical secretary in the chamber of deputies, and the general secretary of the Unique Union of Academic Workers of the Antonio Narro Agrarian Autonomous University.

Constanta Nicoleta Bodea is a Professor of Project Management and Management Information Systems at the Department of Economic Informatics and Cybernetics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. She has a Ph.D. in Economic Cybernetics and Statistics, on the topic of knowledge management systems for Research, Development and Innovation Management. Startingin 2014, she is also a Senior Researcher at Centre for Industrial and Services Economics, Romanian Academy of Sciences. Her research is focused on knowledge management systems, service innovation and technology-enhanced teaching and learning in project, programme and portfolio management. She has co-authored or edited more than 50 books and book chapters, and has published more than 350 papers in journals and conferences proceedings

Pablo Torres-Lima is an agricultural anthropologist specialist in the area of agricultural systems, peri-urban and rural populations, regional development and sustainable agriculture. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology, from the University of Florida, 1997, and a master’s degree in plant, soil and environmental sciences from the University of Maine, 1994. He is a full-time Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Animal Production (UAM) and has been a Visiting Professor at Brown University (2004–2010), among other universities in the USA. He has published as author and co-author 16 books, and 80 articles and arbitrated book chapters. Particularly, he has published in Science and has a patent as a Plant Variety Breeder in Mexico. He has been Founder and Director of two scientific research journals. He has been a member of the National System of Researchers (Mexico) since 1990; he is currently a national researcher level II. He was a Fulbright NEXUS Scholar during the period 2014–2016.

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