Developing a Framework to Improve and Embed Project Management Practices in Organisations

This paper describes the results of a qualitative study to develop a framework to help organisations to improve and embed project management (PM) practices in an effective way. While the literature on PM provides some advice, understanding how to facilitate embedment appears to be limited. However, research reported in the innovation literature provides a useful preliminary set of salient factors. A series of interviews with PM professionals sought to identify additional factors and the salience of the factors identified from literature review. Observations from the interviews lead to a modified set of pertinent improving and embedding factors.