The contemporary surge in interest in project management
is typically explained by reference to the increasing
recognition of "the project" as a versatile, fiexible, and predictable
form of work organisation. Its image as a universal
solution to organisational problems has been established
on the promotion of specific techniques for planning, monitoring,
and control, tried and tested in the operations of traditionally
project-oriented industries such as defence,
aerospace, and construction (see, for example. Frame, 1999;
Maylor, 2001; Young, 1999)