Creating and Appropriating Value from Project Management Resource Assets Using an Integrated Systems Approach

The aim of the research reported here is to identify and characterise relationships between learning processes, dynamic capabilities, knowledge management and project management resource assets. A micro-practice approach was adopted to identify activity configurations that represent the inflection points of value creation and appropriation in an integrated project management system. The research was based in the UAE and consisted of a literature review and pilot study based on a qualitative research methodology using semi-structured interviews in a variety of private and public sector organisations. A conceptual framework has been developed based on an integrated systems approach that spans project, programme and portfolio management (PPPM) systems. The initial results are promising and demonstrate the increasing importance of tacit knowledge sharing, strategic leadership and HRM practices in project management. The paper lends itself to further enquiry and debate.