Governance Frameworks for Public Project Development and Estimation

by Ole Jonny Klakegg, Terry Williams, Ole Morten Magnussen

Overview

Governance Frameworks for Public Project Development and Estimation includes a thorough investigation into theoretical perspectives and theories, mainly from economy and social sciences. Thirty-two aspects of theory are assessed, and it is indicated whether each framework design seems to have put weak or strong emphasis on each of these aspects. The purpose of the report is to seek better understanding of how the governance framework and the projects interact and how the framework influences the project. Governance frameworks help to improve the initial and fundamental design of projects as well as avoid some of the common problems related to the implementation of projects. Implementation of governance frameworks represents a potential for considerable savings and added value by making cost estimation and time planning more effective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628251647
Publisher:	Project Management Institute
Publication date:	08/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	274
File size:	4 MB

Table of Contents

Executive Summary 1

1 Introduction 5

1.1 Background 5

1.2 Development in the Project Literature and Project Management Profession 6

1.3 Public Projects: A Government Perspective 9

1.4 Underlying Hypothesis and Research Questions 10

1.5 Economic Context in the United Kingdom and Norway 11

1.6 The Starting Point of this Journey 20

2 Governance 21

2.1 Introduction 21

2.2 The Top of the Pyramid? 22

2.3 Public Sector Governance 24

2.4 Corporate Governance 27

2.5 Theoretical Perspectives 31

2.6 Regimes, Frameworks, and Systems 36

2.7 Summary: Governance Without Projects 39

2.8 Enter the Projects 40

2.9 Project Governance 40

2.10 Linking Governance and Projects 47

2.11 Governance of Projects Management 52

2.12 Governance Frameworks for Projects 55

2.13 Summary: Governance and Projects 58

2.14 Conclusion to Theory: Our Definitions 59

3 Methodology and Working Process 61

3.1 Research Philosophy 61

3.2 Structure of the Study 63

4 Characteristics of a Governance Framework 67

4.1 Introduction to Characteristics 67

4.2 Governance Frameworks Characteristics 67

4.3 The Governance Framework and the System 68

4.4 Frameworks Characteristics 72

5 The United Kingdom and Norwegian Frameworks 79

5.1 The Development Process 80

5.1.1 The UK Office of Government Commerce (OCG) Framework: The OGC Gateway? Review 82

5.1.2 The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Framework: The Acquisition Operating Framework 87

5.1.3 Norway Ministry of Finance Framework: The Quality Assurance Scheme 92

5.1.4 Comparison and Discussion about the Development Process 100

5.2 Embedded Governance Principles 105

5.2.1 The UK Office of Government Commerce (OCG) Framework: The OGC Gateway? Review 106

5.2.2 The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Framework: The Acquisition Operating Framework 108

5.2.3 Norway Ministry of Finance Framework: The Quality Assurance Scheme 110

5.2.4 Comparison and Discussion of Governance Principles 113

5.3 The Structure of the Framework 116

5.3.1 The UK Office of Government Commerce (OCG) Framework, including the OGC Gateway? Review 118

5.3.2 The UK Ministry of Defence Framework: The Acquisition Operating Framework 125

5.3.3 Norway Ministry of Finance Framework: The Quality Assurance Scheme 128

5.3.4 Comparison and Discussion of the Governance Framework Structure 134

5.4 Detailed Governance Elements Addressing Cost and Time 139

5.4.1 UK Office of Government Commerce (OCG) Framework: The OGC Gateway? Review 139

5.4.2 UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Framework: The Acquisition Operating Framework 144

5.4.3 Norway Ministry of Finance Framework: The Quality Assurance Scheme 151

5.4.4 Comparison and Discussion of the Elements on Detailed Level 156

5.5 Latest Development (Transitions 2007) 158

5.6 Summary: Frameworks Comparison 163

6 Case Studies 169

6.1 Method 170

6.2 The Home Office 170

6.3 The Network Enabled Airspace Defence and Surveillance (NEADS) Project of the UK Ministry of Defence 182

6.4 The New Building for the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo (IFI2) 192

6.5 The Skjold Class Fast Patrol Boat (FPB) Project of the Norwegian Defense 202

6.6 Analysis of the Cases and Framework Practices 214

7 Theoretical Analysi 223

7.1 The Instrumental-Structural Perspective 225

7.2 The Cultural-Institutional Perspective 237

7.3 The Environmental Perspective 239

7.4 The Network Perspective 241

7.5 Concluding Remarks of Theory 242

7.6 Practical Implications 244

8 Conclusion 249

References 255

Appendix A Questionnaire Frameworks 269

Appendix B Questionnaire Case Study 275