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100	1		_aJOHAM, Carmen _939160
245	1	0	_aProject conceptualization using pragmatic methods
260			_aExeter, UK : _bElsevier, _cNovember 2009
520	3		_aAn important and difficult part of project management is the conceptualization stage – particularly when dealing with multiple powerful stakeholders and ‘messy’ situations. Pragmatism provides a way forward that makes central the ‘concepts’ being used to conceptualize the project (e.g. ‘timeliness’ or ‘sustainability’). This paper argues for a sequence of two approaches suggested in the literature that combine this pragmatism and soft systems thinking to conceptualize projects. These are Alexander’s ‘Synthesis’ [1] and Checkland’s ‘CATWOE’ [2]. The first identifies concepts or worldviews, the second uses these to draft a series of ‘what needs to be done’ statements. In the way of Pragmatic Systems Inquiry, these approaches suggested from the literature are then compared to a real case study: the LC-25 project.
700	1		_aMETCALFE, Mike _939161
700	1		_aSASTROWARDOYO, Saras _939162
773	0	8	_tInternational Journal of Project Management _g27, 8, p. 787-794 _dExeter, UK : Elsevier, November 2009 _xISSN 02637863 _w
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999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c32083 _d32083
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