Exploring the Use of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) in Front-Ending Public-Funded Rural Bridge Construction Projects in Bangladesh

Shah Saadi and Gary Bell ()
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Shah Saadi: Ministry of Public Administration
Gary Bell: University of Sussex

Chapter 6 in Problem Structuring Approaches for the Management of Projects, 2019, pp 161-214 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter highlights some limitations of traditional project management through examples of unsuccessful rural bridge projects in Bangladesh. Many of the causes can be linked with poor front-end practice, and provides further evidence to support the Management of Projects paradigm. The three distinctive Management of Project levels (i.e., technical core, strategic envelope, and institutional context) are outlined. We discuss the public value idea, value creation concept, soft systems methodology, and a project strategy framework which have connectivity with project front-ending. Moreover, project front-ending is an integral component of the strategic envelope. Soft systems methodology is applied to improving the approach to commissioning of rural bridges. It guides “learning our way” to developing an agreed purposeful process, which may facilitate projects that consistently achieve project success.

Keywords: Management of projects; Project strategy; Public value; Soft systems methodology; Value creation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93263-7_6

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