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Of Nigel Williams
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 9:41
Subject: Special Issue on Maturity Models
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Special issue call for papers from International Journal of Managing
Projects in Business
A special issue on:
Project management maturity
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
Editors:
Dr. Beverly Pasian, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences
Dr. Nigel L. Williams, University of Bedfordshire
Core idea
The last 15 years has seen much debate concerning definitions of project
management maturity and use of various associated models. Despite this
activity, a universal definition does not exist, and more than a dozen
maturity models are in use by organizations across industry. The time has
come to revisit and challenge the underlying theory and assumptions
concerning Project Management maturity.
We are interested in original research articles and case studies by
researchers and practitioners in this area. Certain themes of special
interest are:
. Barriers and enablers to Maturity model adoption in firms
. Application of maturity models in specific industry, country or
organizational settings
. Development of new measures of maturity
(These areas are meant to be indicative, not exhaustive and contributors are
encouraged to propose topics that can expand understanding of the field.)
Process
We suggest a four-step process: 1) potential contributors send a brief
abstract describing the project management maturity issue they want to focus
on. Ideas can range from theoretical issues to more practical questions
concern maturity assessments to debates over the merits of maturity model
adoption (but we are certainly open to others). 2) The editors let the ones
selected know that they are invited to proceed to the next stage 3)
Submission of full paper. 4) A round of review will follow and necessary
revisions done before final submission of the paper. More instructions will
follow for those that pass the first selection gate.
Editors
The special issue is edited by Dr. Beverly Pasian and Dr. Nigel L. Williams,
both active members of the project management community with leadership
roles in IPMA, PMI and the upcoming IPMA Delta Baseline project.
Dr. Beverly L. Pasian is an Associate Professor at the Utrecht University of
Applied Sciences (Netherlands). She is a specialist in the management of
e-Learning projects and used her doctoral work to document their unique
management practices to extend the theory and practical implications of
project management maturity (and associated models). In addition to being a
successful author and editor ('Plan to learn: case studies in e-Learning
project management'), she is the founding President of the Project
Management Association of Canada and a member of the IPMA Delta Baseline
project. Upcoming projects include the first book on research methods in
project management (www.gowerpublishing.com/pmresearchmethods).
Dr Nigel L. Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Project Management in the
Business Systems Department at the University of Bedfordshire and is
currently the Council Lead for the Organizational Project Management of
Practice of PMI. Before joining the University, Nigel worked for 15 years as
a Project Manager and Business Consultant for manufacturing organizations in
the Caribbean Region. Nigel holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc
in Marketing from the University of the West Indies and a PhD in Engineering
from the University of Cambridge. A member of the Project Management
Institute, he holds the Project Management Professional qualification. He
also holds the Prince 2 qualification.
Submission details
Submission of abstracts: February 15, 2013 (around 200 words)
Submission of full paper: August 30, 2013 (4 000 - 6 000 words)
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The special issue will follow the formatting guidelines of the International
Journal of Managing Projects in Business (Emerald).
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