PhD Project

PUS Program/NSP

Therese Dille

November 20, 2010

Managing and organizing inter-institutional projects

Fall 2010September –October

Fall 2010November – December

Spring 2011January – March

Spring 2011April –June

Field work Observation studies Second round of Interviews: -Follow up interview with PM -Interviews with top-management at DNK-Interviews with project managers and other members of staff situated in the various sub-projects (Directorate)

Observation studies -Follow up interview with PM -Interviews with project managers and other members of staff situated in the various sub-projects.

Observation studies-Additional interviews- Interviews with contractors

Observation studies-Additional interviews-Interviews with contractors-Follow up interview with PM

Writing Revision of paper II Submission of paper IIRevision of paper IIISubmission of paper III to conference

Revision of paper IFirst draft of case report

Submission of paper IDraft paper IV

Fall 2011July –September

Fall 2011October – December

Spring 2012January – March

Spring 2012April –June

Field work Additional fieldwork -Follow up interviews

Additional fieldwork -Follow up interviews

Workshop with management and participants

Writing Revision of paper IIIRevision of paper IV and submission to conferenceSecond draft case report

Submission of paper IIIRevision of paper IVRevision of extended summaryPaper editing

Paper editingSubmission paper IVComplete version of case report

Complete version of extended summary Submission of thesis to examination board

Publications/papers

Dille, T. & J. Söderlund (2009): Isochronism and the Role of Project Management in Complex Public Projects: Institutional Theory Meets Time, Paper presented at the NEON Conference, Kristiansand.

Dille, T. & J. Söderlund (2010): Isochronism and timing norms: projects in the light of institutional theory, Paper presented at the Workshop on Managing in Time, BI Norwegian School of Management.

Dille, T. & J. Söderlund (2010): Organizing inter-institutional projects: the significance of isochronism, timing norms and temporal misfits, paper presented at the EURAM Conference.

Dille, T. & J. Söderlund (2010): Temporal misfits and project management: Critical incidents in a complex public project, paper presented the PMI Research Conference, Washington DC.

Dille, T. & J. Söderlund (2010): Project Process Dynamics and Institutional Context: A Grounded Approach, Paper presented at the NEON Conference, Norway.