Enabling the Project Owner Role for Benefits Realization Management: a case study of an IT project in a public organization

Authors

  • Alejandro Romero Torres École de Sciences de la Gestion ESG Université du Québec à Montréal UQAM Chaire de gestion de projets ESG UQAM Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19255/JMPM02614

Keywords:

Benefits management, Project value, Project owner, Organizational enablers, Permanent organization, Value

Abstract

Added value from projects doesn’t depend only on the temporary organization; rather it is deeply modulated by the actions undertaken by the permanent organization that have defined the project and will transform the project deliverables in outcomes, and then in organizational benefits. Research has introduced the role of the project owner as an organizational capability to realize benefits. Based on a case study, this paper aims at analyzing the organizational enablers allowing the adoption of the project owner role for the benefit realization. We identified six organizational enablers, such as benefits management practices, change management practices, organizational leadership, information infrastructure, strong relationship with the project supplier and urgency for realizing benefits. Our results reveal that organizational enablers for enabling the project owner role emerged within and throughout the entire business unit that has launched the project and obtained the expected benefits.

Author Biography

  • Alejandro Romero Torres, École de Sciences de la Gestion ESG Université du Québec à Montréal UQAM Chaire de gestion de projets ESG UQAM Canada

    Alejandro Romero-Torres is a professor at the School of Management (ESG) from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), director of the lab in innovative practices for project management PICoP ESG UQAM, director of the Observatory of public projects ESG UQAM and director of the Global Accreditation Center from Project Management Institute. Alejandro has collaborated within project management industry to adopt project management standards. From 2014 to 2017, he was a member of the core committee responsible for reviewing the new version of the Project Management Book of Knowledge PMBOK ® Guide (international reference for project management practices and AINSI standard). His research interest are project management practices, project governance, public project, megaprojects and datafication.

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2022-05-20

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): The Journal of Modern Project Management

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Enabling the Project Owner Role for Benefits Realization Management: a case study of an IT project in a public organization. (2022). The Journal of Modern Project Management, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.19255/JMPM02614

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