eprintid: 10074720
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creators_name: Rickaby, B
creators_name: Krystallis, I
creators_name: Davies, A
title: Managing uncertainty (opportunities and threats) in megaprojects
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
keywords: Uncertainty; Opportunity; Threat; Risk; Uncertainty Management; Megaprojects
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: Megaprojects inherently contain high levels of uncertainty, due to their scale, complexity and heterogeneous one-off delivery nature. Dealing with uncertainty (a ubiquitous phenomenon) in projects requires numerous approaches on multiple fronts (e.g. at an individual, organisational and inter-organisational level). Uncertainty is viewed as the unknown opportunity or threat that could emerge from multiple external and internal sources and has an influence during the project evolution. This paper draws on existing conceptual and
empirical findings to understand uncertainty in megaprojects, this includes the megaproject context (underlying organisational dynamics), characteristics of uncertainty and management of uncertainty. Based on the initial findings, the key emerging ideas are developed into a set of preliminary propositions to guide research on understanding uncertainty within megaprojects. The conceptual findings provide the foundation required for further empirical research to explore and identify the key challenges and solutions of managing uncertainty and
its characteristics through a multi-perspective approach.
date: 2018-12-12
date_type: published
publisher: International Research Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP)
official_url: https://www.irnop.org/
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1621424
lyricists_name: Davies, Andrew
lyricists_name: Krystallis, Ilias
lyricists_name: Rickaby, Baker
lyricists_id: ADAVI16
lyricists_id: IKRYS05
lyricists_id: RICKA37
actors_name: Rickaby, Baker
actors_id: RICKA37
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: restricted
series: IRNOP (International Research Network on Organizing by Projects)
volume: 14
place_of_pub: Melbourne, Australia
event_title: 14th International Research Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP), 10-12 December 2018, Melbourne, Australia
event_location: Melbourne, Australia
event_dates: 10 December 2018 - 12 December 2018
institution: Proceedings of the 14th International Research Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP)
book_title: Proceedings of the 14th International Research Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP 2018)
editors_name: Walker, Derek
citation:        Rickaby, B;    Krystallis, I;    Davies, A;      (2018)    Managing uncertainty (opportunities and threats) in megaprojects.                     In: Walker, Derek, (ed.) Proceedings of the 14th International Research Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP 2018).    International Research Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP): Melbourne, Australia.      
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074720/12/Rickaby_IRNOP%20Paper%20Final%20BR.pdf