Transition and Temporalities: Spanning Temporal Boundaries as Projects End and Operations Begin | Zendy

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Transition and Temporalities: Spanning Temporal Boundaries as Projects End and Operations Begin

Author(s) -

Jennifer Whyte,

Tamara Nussbaum

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

project management journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.454

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 8756-9728

pISSN - 1938-9507

DOI - 10.1177/8756972820919002

Subject(s) - temporalities , futures contract , transition (genetics) , megaproject , boundary spanning , boundary (topology) , work (physics) , boundary work , futures studies , temporality , sociology , computer science , engineering , epistemology , business , political science , knowledge management , social science , artificial intelligence , systems engineering , philosophy , mathematics , law , mathematical analysis , chemistry , biochemistry , mechanical engineering , finance , gene

As projects end and operations begin, we argue that transition involves boundary-spanning work to ensure continuity across changing forms of organizing. A study of transition in the London megaproject ecology (Heathrow Terminal 5, London 2012 Olympics, and Crossrail) is used to build new theoretical insight into how transition is accomplished. We find that multiple temporalities meet and disjunctures emerge, with stability to close projects sought as interorganizational futures shift. Our work extends the research on temporal boundary spanning, to articulate how disjunctures and shifts are managed, and continuity is enhanced, through the use of artifacts, procedures, soft landings, and tests.

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