Adaptive programme management through a balanced performance/strategy oriented focus

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1197-1209

  Rijke, Jeroen ^a,b,c   van Herk, Sebastiaan ^a,b   Zevenbergen, Chris ^a,b   Ashley, Richard ^a   Hertogh, Marcel ^b,c   ten Heuvelhof, Ernst ^d  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Triple Bridge BV   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive programme management; Alignment; Flood protection; Netherlands; Programme management; Programme success; Project management; Room for the River; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; BUDGET CONTROL; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

FLOOD PROTECTION; NETHERLANDS; PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT; PROGRAMME SUCCESS; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING METHOD; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84905220600     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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