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Project Is as Project Does

Published:2020-01-14 Issue:1 Volume:51 Page:49-61
ISSN:8756-9728
Container-title:Project Management Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Project Management Journal

Author:

Salovaara Perttu¹,Savolainen Jussi²,Ropo Arja³

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Management and Business, University of Tampere, Finland

2. Faculty of Built Environment, Tampere University, Finland

3. Professor Emerita of Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to further develop the processual approach in project management theorizing. The article introduces Gadamer’s (2004) play ontology as a novel perspective used to describe microactivities in a project environment. Play ontology refers to the back-and-forth movements of seemingly mundane microactivities as they unfold during a project. The findings of the study suggest that sensitivity to the microactivities allows considering dissonant or indecisive events as vital and constructive project elements. Play ontology offers new ways for conceptualizing a project as a process: as something that emerges through practical activities as a dynamic and complex phenomenon.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Management of Technology and Innovation,Strategy and Management,Business and International Management

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/8756972819894101

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