CHAPTER 10

CONCLUSION

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

—Socrates

WHEN THINGS GET FUZZY

Over the past decades, projects have proliferated in the world of organizations, and in a variety of sectors, driven by globalization, the acceleration of technological progress, and shorter product life cycles. They have become the preferred means for implementing and changing organizational strategies (Joffre, Aurégan, Chédotel, & Tellier, 2006; Shenhar & Dvir, 2007), resulting in “projectification” of organizations and of society itself (Lundin et al., 2015).

In this process, the project itself has become a paradox. While project management as a theory and practice has gained mometum, ...

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