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'Lavagnon A. Ika and Jeffrey K. Pinto offer a timely theory of project behavior to explain (under and over) performance of projects. This rich and well-argued book with carefully selected practice examples is a must read for scholars and practitioners alike. Nothing is more practical than a good theory.' Martina Huemann, The Project Hub, University College London and WU Vienna 'Explanations of project behaviour have been increasingly (sometimes vociferously) discussed recently. Here is a welcome, thorough and coherent assembly of the issues in one handbook. Many well-known names are here – including major figures outside the sometimes limited 'project management' world. In his afterword, Professor Clegg summarises the whole in reflections which are thoroughly well-grounded theoretically, but also practical.' Terry Williams, Professor of Management Science and Director of the Risk Institute, University of Hull

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Lavagnon A. Ika is Professor of Project Management in the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Professor Ika is at the forefront of the project behavior debate as protagonist of the Planning Fallacy versus Hiding Hand debate and proponent of Fifth Hand theory. He is the author of the PMI award-winning book Managing Fuzzy Projects (2023) and his work on project behavior has won two International Project Management Association (IPMA) research awards. Jeffrey K. Pinto is Andrew Morrow and Elizabeth Lee Black Chair in Management Technology in the Black School of Business at Penn State–Erie, The Behrend College. Professor Pinto has been considered one of the top scholars in his field for nearly three decades. He has written and edited 27 books and several hundred scientific papers, and has received numerous awards for his research in project management.

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