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on Project, Program and Portfolio Management |
| By: | Williams, Ryan |
| Abstract: | Projects have a distinct beginning and end, eliminating any misunderstanding between them and ongoing activities. According to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK), projects are "temporary activities undertaken to produce a one-of-a-kind product, service, or outcome." Project Management is the discipline of organising and managing resources so that they deliver all the work necessary to accomplish a project within the scope, timing, and cost restrictions that have been set. Projects have: distinctly defined entities; a beginning and an endpoint; a specific, calculable cost; an element of risk and uncertainty; are non-repetitive and have significant unique features |
| Date: | 2023–05–11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:thesis:vbax2&r=ppm |
| By: | Williams, Ryan |
| Abstract: | The Project Management Tool Kit: Essential Resources for Beginners is a reference for managing individual projects and outlines ideas associated with project management. In addition, it defines the project management life cycle and its associated procedures, in addition to the project life cycle. The book includes the internationally acknowledged standard and guidance for project management professionals. A standard is a formal document that outlines established standards, procedures, and practises. As with other professions, the information included in this standard has emerged from the well-established best practices of project management practitioners who contributed to its creation. |
| Date: | 2023–05–14 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:thesis:4n3gb&r=ppm |
| By: | Kronvall, Anna |
| Abstract: | This working paper addresses large-scale projects, often known as megaprojects, and their disruptive effects on policy and planning. Drawing on literature from various disciplines, the first part of the paper traces large-scale project development in the 20th and 21st century and reflects on different kinds of projects, the intentions behind their implementation, and the impacts they have on places, systems, and communities. The second part of the paper examines the concept of the green transition and the role that large-scale renewable energy (RE) projects play in achieving it. Wind power farms, solar power parks, hydropower dams and gigafactories for electric vehicle and battery manufacturing are examples of such projects. They are promoted by decision-makers and investors alike as imperative in transforming energy and mobility systems, but are often met with local resistance in the places where they are implemented. The paper discusses the nature and significance of such projects, and reflects on their wider implications for local communities, governance and institutions. Disruptions triggered by large-scale RE projects accentuate sometimes conflicting values (e.g., climate mitigation, nature conservation, economic growth), and pose challenges for governance at different scales and across different sectors. The need to accelerate RE expansion also brings regulatory issues to the fore, as project implementation is often obstructed by lengthy and complex permitting procedures. By examining large-scale RE projects, the paper draws attention to the diverging interests, values and prospects of future that materialize in the context of the green transition. |
| Date: | 2023 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:irsdia:12023&r=ppm |
| By: | Jens Abildtrup (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Anne Stenger (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement) |
| Abstract: | The demand for non-marketed forest ecosystem services, like for example, carbon sequestration has been increasing the last decades and this has been accompanied by attempts to establish new market for such services. This development is an opportunity for forest owners to increase their rentability of their forest management. It will also provide the beneficiaries of the services an instrument to influence the forest owners to increase their supply of services which, without new markets, would be considered as externalities and therefore often ignored in their management. This concerns both governmental funded payment schemes, crowd-funding projects, or companies use of forest project in their corporative social responsibility activities. To increase the transparency of transactions between forest owners and buyers of services and to better assess the potential of such new markets, it is important to estimate the demand for services. Likewise, it is also important to assess the cost of increasing the supply of services to increase the transparency and also to assess additionality of projects. In this report we present and discuss different methods which have typically been used in assessing the preferences for forest ecosystem services or to estimate the costs of provision. Besides a brief introduction to the methods the report also makes references to more detailed technical guidelines and key scientific references. Finally, the report also gives an example of how a change in forest management may influence the values of carbon sequestration and recreational use of a forest project in the French NOBEL pilot demonstrator. |
| Keywords: | Economic valuation, Forest ecosystem services, Valuation methods |
| Date: | 2022–09–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-04068881&r=ppm |
| By: | Wilhelmsson, Mats (Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, Royal Institute of Technology) |
| Abstract: | Our objective is to assess the impact of housing construction on single-family housing values. The impact of cities on climate change is significant, and reducing it requires measures such as promoting public transport and infill development. Cities can also use green spaces to lower temperatures and mitigate heat effects. However, urbanisation and a housing shortage require new construction, which raises many conflicting goals, such as conserving green areas and building near public transport. This project uses the difference-in-difference methodology in Stockholm, Sweden, to examine the price effect of multifamily and single-family housing construction on surrounding single-family houses. The study analyses approximately 480 housing construction projects between 2009 and 2014 and 17, 000 single-family detached house transactions between 2005 and 2018. The results indicate that multifamily construction projects do not affect the value of surrounding single-family homes, while single-family home construction has a negative impact. This result can be explained by the fact that single-family housing projects are located directly adjacent to or in a single-family housing area with negative externalities. In contrast, multifamily housing projects are on the edge of single-family housing areas with positive externalities. A policy implication is that urban planners and policymakers must carefully evaluate construction near or in existing single-family housing areas to mitigate potential negative impacts. |
| Keywords: | new buildings; capitalisation effects; housing; Sweden; difference-in-difference |
| JEL: | R10 R31 R58 |
| Date: | 2023–05–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:kthrec:2023_005&r=ppm |
| By: | Chavalarias David (ISC-PIF - Institut des Systèmes Complexes - Paris Ile-de-France - ENS Cachan - École normale supérieure - Cachan - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - X - École polytechnique - Institut Curie [Paris] - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CAMS - Centre d'Analyse et de Mathématique sociales - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Antonio A. Casilli (IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris); Alexandre Delanoë (ISC-PIF - Institut des Systèmes Complexes - Paris Ile-de-France - ENS Cachan - École normale supérieure - Cachan - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - X - École polytechnique - Institut Curie [Paris] - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Melanie Dulong de Rosnay (CIS - Centre Internet et Société - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Beatrice De Gelder (Université de Maastricht); Divina Frau-Meigs (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle); Bertrand Jouve (LISST - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse - ENSFEA - École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole de Toulouse-Auzeville - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Diminescu Dana (IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris); Nahla Ben Amor (Institut Supérieur de Gestion Tunis, Tunisia); Anna Boros (University of Warsaw, Poland); Michela Brunori (University of Urbino); Maria Jose Brites (Lusófona University [Lisbon]); Guido Caldarelli (University of Ca’ Foscari [Venice, Italy]); Caroline Datchary (LISST - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse - ENSFEA - École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole de Toulouse-Auzeville - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Luisa Fassi (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge); Laura Hernandez (LPTM - UMR 8089 - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modélisation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CY - CY Cergy Paris Université); Andrzej Nowak (UW - University of Warsaw); Rodríguez-Doncel Víctor (UPM - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid); Mel Slater (Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona); Mark Buchanan; Pawel Horodecki (GUT - Gdańsk University of Technology); Sirkku Kotilainen (TUT - Tampere University of Technology [Tampere]); Jean Lassègue (LIAS - IMM - Centre de Linguistique Anthropologique et Sociolinguistique - Institut Marcel Mauss - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Emmanuel Lazega (Sciences Po - Sciences Po); Quentin Lobbé (ISC-PIF - Institut des Systèmes Complexes - Paris Ile-de-France - ENS Cachan - École normale supérieure - Cachan - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - X - École polytechnique - Institut Curie [Paris] - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Paul Lukowicz (German Research Center for AI); Julian Mcdougall (BU - Bournemouth University [Poole]); Darian Meacham (Maastricht University [Maastricht]); Elisa Omodei (CEU - Central European University [Budapest, Hongrie]); Amy Orben (MRC CBU - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit - CAM - University of Cambridge [UK]); Geoffroy Patriarche (SLU - Saint Louis University); David Pearce (UPM - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid); Maria Gabriella Pediconi (University of Urbino); Savino Romani (University of Urbino); Camille Roth (CMB - Centre Marc Bloch - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Jerôme Sackur (LSCP - Laboratoire de sciences cognitives et psycholinguistique - DEC - Département d'Etudes Cognitives - ENS Paris - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Valérie Schafer (Uni.lu - Université du Luxembourg); Silvestri Fabrizio (University of Rome); Aureli Soria-Frisch (Neuroscience BU, Starlab Barcelona); Erika Stael Von Holstein (Re-Imagine Europa); Luca Tummolini (ICST-CNR - Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies - CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche); Mirko Zichichi (UPM - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid); David Chavalarias (CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ISC-PIF - Institut des Systèmes Complexes - Paris Ile-de-France - ENS Cachan - École normale supérieure - Cachan - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - X - École polytechnique - Institut Curie [Paris] - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CAMS - Centre d'Analyse et de Mathématique sociales - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Abstract: | In the 2020s, an American citizen will spend an average of 6h35 a day on social media, compared to 3h35 for television. As for social networks, which were non-existent less than 20 years ago, about 40\% of US citizens use them at least once a week as source of news and they now have an estimated 60-70% penetration rate worldwide. This means that in less than a generation, digital media have radically transformed the way we inform and socialize, and that this transformation is still ongoing as older generations are gradually replaced by digital natives. From a scientific point of view, this transformation generates many phenomena to be studied, and even "unknown unknowns" whose effects will be revealed only with time. This roadmap covers the issues, impacts and future challenges of digital media as they relate to human well-being in the broadest sense, from mental health to the health of democracies. Its objective is to initiate a new interdisciplinary research community in this field, to define a research agenda, to formulate recommendations for future digital media policy and design, and to inspire future EU calls for projects to develop innovative and transdisciplinary research on these societal challenges. The roadmap is the result of the EU-funded project DIGEING conducted by an international consortium with the help of an interdisciplinary advisory group of international experts. Its writing was based on an hybrid methodology developped at CNRS and powered by GarganText, where the advisory group acted both as catalyst and guide for a larger collaborative mapping of the state-of-the-art and identification of challenges of that emerging field. More than forty researchers from fourteen European countries have contributed to the writing of this roadmap. This roadmap is complemented by online interactive maps that can be used by researchers to situate themselves in this evolving scientific landscape and by research funding agencies to launch new calls for projects. |
| Keywords: | Digital media, well-being, online social networking sites, roadmap, socio-semantic networks, mental health, democracy |
| Date: | 2023–05–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-04091733&r=ppm |