Competing management approaches in large engineering projects: The Dutch RandstadRail project

Evaluating megaprojects: From the ‘iron triangle’ to network mapping

“…5 For instance, nuclear power plant construction exhibits similar irreducible value conflicts, but do not have the same character of "a problem that just needs to be solved", nor do they evoke similar debates on very long term intergenerational justice. 6 Koppenjan et al (2010) contrast two approaches to megaproject management and uncertainty -the "predict and control" approach in which "uncertainty is calculated as risk and everything is done to control as many aspects as possible, for instance through time and cost buffers", and the "prepare and commit" approach, which embraces irreducible uncertainty as an inherent part of project management, which should in turn be organised in a manner that it can respond to unexpected developments (Giezen, 2012: 784). 7 Relevant and related concepts found in the literature include network governance (Provan and Kenis, 2007), network management (Kickert et al, 1997), new modes of knowledge production (Gibbons et al, 1994;Nowotny et al, 2001), network steering, reflexive governance (Voß et al, 2006), deliberative democracy (Dryzek, 2000), and transition management (Loorbach, 2007).…”

Online Stakeholder Interactions in the Early Stage of a Megaproject

“…Previous research on megaprojects has highlighted this issue (de Bruijn & Leijten, ), identifying the stakeholder management challenges faced in delivering individual components (Van Der Veen & Korthals Altes, ), as along with the interconnections between components (Koppenjan, Veeneman, Van der Voort, Ten ­Heuvelhof, & Leijten, ). It has been suggested that due to the number of interactions between stakeholders, merely scaling traditional governance mechanisms is inadequate to the task of managing complex megaprojects (Sanderson, ).…”

Efficient frontier analysis of Dutch public transport tendering: A first analysis

“…The ex-post evaluation is also well developed. Though arguably smaller in extent, it shows a wide variety from quality of ex-ante evaluations (see Flyvbjerg, Bruzelius, & Rothengatter, 2003) to decision-making processes (see Koppenjan et al, 2011).…”