How do organizations learn lessons from projects—And do they?

Williams, Terry

Abstract

The need to learn from one project to the next is clearly of vital importance, but is often neglected. Furthermore, there are fundamental issues within projects that inhibit such learning, such as the temporary nature of project organizations and the fundamental complexity of projects. This paper surveys the diverse literature that can help explain these factors and help projects to learn, and describes a large survey of project managers to look at what actual practice is and how successful it is perceived, as well as some empirical work. From this, a number of general conclusions are drawn as to how to create project organizations that are learning organizations. © 2008 IEEE.

Citation

Williams, T. (2008). How do organizations learn lessons from projects—And do they?. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 55(2), 248-266. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2007.912920

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 31, 2008
• Publication Date: May 31, 2008
• Journal: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
• Print ISSN: 0018-9391
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 248-266
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2007.912920
• Keywords: Strategy and Management; Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/417989