| Abstract [eng] |
The Final Master's Thesis Project (FMTP) ponders the adaptability of project management practices for the delivery of innovative and sustainable energy as well as projects that are highly uncertain and complex. The adoption of qualitative multiple case-study method gets the research done through the investigation of the real-world projects featuring geothermal, and bioenergy, tidal and wave energy as well as decentralized community-based systems. Key project stakeholders were the participants in the semi-structured interviews to collect the data supported by the document analysis, with the findings getting thematically analyzed through the lenses of Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT) and Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). The research work depicts the scenario that traditional project management methods are ineffective when used alone and asserts the usefulness of a hybrid project management model that fuses the elements of predicting control and adaptive learning. The findings affirm that giving rise to the commercialization of new energy sources depending on the nature of the project, the dynamics of the stakeholders, the regulatory environment, and the organizational capability. Drawing on the results, the thesis recommends a flexible, contingency-based project management framework that connects project context, delivery approach, and multi-dimensional project outcomes, which provides practical guidance for the managers, organizations, and policymakers engaging in the transition to sustainable energy. Problem, objective and tasks of the FMTP: Involvement of empirical studies to a moderate extent has really lagged behind the emergence of innovative sustainable energy projects in very uncertain, stakeholder-relationship-complex, and regulatory-changing environments and the trail-blazing being done in the handling of such projects. Literature has so far been dominated by discussions of the technical side of things and thus has not offered much help in the way of suggesting project management methods that can be modified to be used in these conditions. Thus, the main aim of this Final Master’s Thesis Project (FMTP) is to look into the different ways that the management of projects could be modified in order to get the delivery of these projects to be successful. To fulfil this aim, the research will indicate the major management and governance problem areas, take a closer look at and also contrast predictive, adaptive, and hybrid project management methodologies, carry out a study of the impact the stakeholder, regulatory, and organizational factors have on the project results, and finally work out a flexible, context-sensitive project management framework linking the project context, delivery approach, and multidimensional project outcomes. Research methods used in the FMTP: This Final Master’s Thesis Project (FMTP) adopts one of the qualitative research designs and utilizes a multiple case-study approach to provide deep understanding of the project management practices applied in the area of innovative sustainable energy projects. Collection of primary data was done by conducting semi-structured interviews with the main stakeholders - project managers, technical experts, policy makers and community representatives - in addition to documentary analysis of project reports, feasibility studies and regulatory documents. Thematic analysis was used for the data analysis, which helped in identifying and bringing forth the different patterns and relationships across the cases. Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT) and Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) theory were used as the guiding frameworks for the analysis in order to explain the interrelations of project context, stakeholder dynamics, and adaptive governance on project delivery and outcomes. Research and results obtained:. |
