Abstract
The ‘Rethinking Project Management’ research agenda created an environment for reconsidering project management practice.
One suggestion is to focus on project management as an expression of creating value. However, this endgame perspective does
not take into account the necessity of all projects to be created through tasks. In the first issue of the International Journal of
Project Management (IJPM) published in February 1983, the editor wrote that one purpose of the Journal was to describe
“…procedures, concepts and techniques that lead to successful planning and control…” Thus, one method of responding to the
appeal for reconsideration of traditional perspectives is to explore the IJPM related to the agenda set in the 1980s. Work
breakdown structure (WBS) is a one “procedure, concept or technique” utilized for project planning and control. Thus the
search term WBS was instrumental in this review of IJPM Original Research Articles published between 1983 and 2013. A
simple numerical ranking protocol indicated WBS significance in 140 documents. Although over 70% of articles used the term
once or twice, WBS was not the article focus. A comprehensive document analysis found only 19 articles with substantive
WBS content. However the review identified 11 research papers in which project management knowledge was expanded
through development of more effective use of the WBS to plan and control project processes. Although this review did not find
large numbers of WBS related planning and control articles, articles spanning three decades of IJPM indicates continuing WBS
relevancy, if not popularity
AbstractThe ‘Rethinking Project Management’ research agenda created an environment for reconsidering project management practice.One suggestion is to focus on project management as an expression of creating value. However, this endgame perspective doesnot take into account the necessity of all projects to be created through tasks. In the first issue of the International Journal ofProject Management (IJPM) published in February 1983, the editor wrote that one purpose of the Journal was to describe“…procedures, concepts and techniques that lead to successful planning and control…” Thus, one method of responding to theappeal for reconsideration of traditional perspectives is to explore the IJPM related to the agenda set in the 1980s. Workbreakdown structure (WBS) is a one “procedure, concept or technique” utilized for project planning and control. Thus thesearch term WBS was instrumental in this review of IJPM Original Research Articles published between 1983 and 2013. Asimple numerical ranking protocol indicated WBS significance in 140 documents. Although over 70% of articles used the termonce or twice, WBS was not the article focus. A comprehensive document analysis found only 19 articles with substantiveWBS content. However the review identified 11 research papers in which project management knowledge was expandedthrough development of more effective use of the WBS to plan and control project processes. Although this review did not findจำนวนมากของ WBS ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการวางแผน และควบคุมบทความ บทความรัฐ 3 ทศวรรษ IJPM บ่งชี้ต่อ WBSรา ถ้าไม่นิยม
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