Design Methods and Practices for Research of Project Management

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of contributors
Foreword
SECTION I: Where you can start
	1. Ontology, epistemology, and axiology: Understand your philosophy and approach
	2. Critical engagement of previous research
	3. Transforming “hunches” into an exciting research topic
	4. The construction of research aims and questions
	5. Project management research ethics
SECTION II: The value of mixing things up
	6. Mixed methods for strategising in project management research
	7. Interview methodology for understanding projects, project management, and temporary organising
	8. Case study research in project management
	9. Action research and project management
	10. Experiment-based research in project and portfolio management
	11. Creating surveys to test theory in a project context
SECTION III: Specific ideas for emergent environments
	12. A novel method for exploring collaboration in project meetings
	13. Narrative inquiry in project management research
	14. Autoethnography: Bridging the project manager-researcher divide
	15. An agile approach to the real experience of developing research methodology
	16. Researching project impact in smart cities: Methodological considerations
	17. Integrating information modelling simulation for smart operation and management in hospitals
	18. Project management research in the era of artificial intelligence
	19. Collaborating for studying projects: The example of welfare technology introduction in Sweden
SECTION IV: Analysing and publishing
	20. Critical thinking as a core project management research skill
	21. Analysing qualitative data
	22. Using text mining to validate qualitative findings
	23. The urge to publish: Transforming your dissertation into publications
	24. Writing research papers
SECTION V: Considering the future
	25. Mentoring: An essential aspect of researcher development
	26. The future of project management research is complex
Index