Week 3 Blog Entry: What Makes a Project Innovative?
What Makes a Project Innovative? I read an article from the Project Management Journal, which is located in the PMI.org Knowledge resource center. This article entitled "Labeling Projects as Innovative: A Social Identity Theory" is based on the findings of a case study conducted by researchers in London (Sergeeva, 2017). Their question was whether or not an "Innovative" project was something that could be tangibly or precisely defined and identified, or if it was a term thrown about too easily to generate publicity. The research team conducted a series of interviews with a number of project managers, from various fields of work, and of varying years of experience. They chose their sample set number (30) by determining that the answers to their questions were no longer yielding different answers. These are the questions they were asked: 1. What sorts of projects are you involved in? 2. Could you please describe one particular innovative proj...