Design Methods and Practices for Research of Project Management

Foreword

Section 1 Where you can start

Chapter 1 Ontology, Epistemology and Axiology: Understand your philosophy and approach

Ole Jonny Klakegg, and Ida Marie Tvedt

Chapter 2 Transferring from hunches to a compelling research topic

Derek Walker and Beverley Lloyd-Walker

Chapter 3 Critical engagement of previous research

Steven Nijhuis

Chapter 4 The construction of research aims and questions

Rodney Turner

Chapter 5 Project management research ethics

Helgi ?or Ingason and Haukur Ingi Jonasson and Thordur Vikingur Fridgeirsson

Section 2 The value of mixing things up

Chapter 6 Mixed methods for strategising in project management research

Karyne Ang

Chapter 7 Interview methodology for understanding projects, project management and temporary organising

Anette Hallin, Abo Akademi and Jenny Helin

Chapter 8 Case study research in project management

Rodney Turner

Chapter 9 Action research and project management

Shankar Sankaran and Bob Dick

Chapter 10 Experiment-based research in project and portfolio management

Catherine Killen

Chapter 11 Creating surveys to test theory in a project context

Blaize Reich and Andrew Gemino

Section 3 Specific ideas foro emergent environments

Chapter 12 A novel method for exploring collaboration in project meetings

Mona Abd Al-Salam, Catherine Killen and Perry Forsythe

Chapter 13 Narrative Inquiry in Project Management

Shankar Sankaran

Chapter 14 Autoethnography: bridging the project manager-researcher divide

Rafaella Broft and Simon Addyman

Chapter 15 An agile approach to the real experience of developing research methodology and methods

Hany Wells and Hedley Smyth

Chapter 16 Researching project impact in smart cities: methodological considerations

Beverly Pasian

Chapter 17 Integrating information modelling simulation for smart operation and management in hospitals

Yongkui Li, Yan Zhang, Xihu Pan and Yilong Han

Chapter 18 Project management research in the era of artificial intelligence

Seyed Ashkan Zarghami, Jantanee Dumrak and Roslyn Cameron

Chapter 19 Collaborating for studying projects: the example of welfare technology introduction in Sweden

Lucia Crevani, Michela Cozza and Silvia Bruzzone

Section 4 Analyzing and publishing

Chapter 20 Critical thinking as a core project management skill

Alexia Nalewaik

Chapter 21 Analysing qualitative data

Francesco Di Maddaloni

Chapter 22 Using text mining to validate qualitative findings

James Marion and Tracey Richardson

Chapter 23 The urge to publish: Transforming your dissertation into a publications

Darren Dalcher

Chapter 24 Writing research papers

Kam Jugdev and John Wyzalek

Section 5 Considering the future

Chapter 25 Mentoring: An essential aspect of researcher development

Deepak Bajaj and Pooja Bajaj

Chapter 26 The future of project management research is complex

Louis Klein