TY - GEN
T1 - Configuration of project steering committees and their role in project implementation insights from case study data
AU - Lechler, Thomas G.
AU - Cohen, Martin
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - In this paper we analyze the role and the structure of steering committees for the management of projects. The impact of steering committees on the single project is not well understood. To date only few studies analyze steering committees and their focus is on understanding the organizational effectiveness rather than their effect on the single project level. In two in depth cases studies we analyze the configuration and the specific functions of steering committees. In both organizations steering committees play an important role in the selection and initiation, definition and control of projects. In many interviews, project managers perceived the existence of a project steering committee only when the context was defined and clarified in terms of what it meant to be a committee. This may answer the question why project steering committees were not directly analyzed.
AB - In this paper we analyze the role and the structure of steering committees for the management of projects. The impact of steering committees on the single project is not well understood. To date only few studies analyze steering committees and their focus is on understanding the organizational effectiveness rather than their effect on the single project level. In two in depth cases studies we analyze the configuration and the specific functions of steering committees. In both organizations steering committees play an important role in the selection and initiation, definition and control of projects. In many interviews, project managers perceived the existence of a project steering committee only when the context was defined and clarified in terms of what it meant to be a committee. This may answer the question why project steering committees were not directly analyzed.
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U2 - 10.1109/PICMET.2007.4349551
DO - 10.1109/PICMET.2007.4349551
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:47849115631
SN - 1890843164
SN - 9781890843168
T3 - Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology
SP - 2198
EP - 2204
BT - PICMET '07 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology - Proceedings Management of Converging Technologies
T2 - PICMET '07 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology - Management of Converging Technologies
Y2 - 5 August 2007 through 9 August 2007
ER -