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Abstract

The book “Goal Directed Project Management” has had great success over the years and contributed to the development of project management scholarship. However, the story behind the first English edition of the book is also important in explaining the role Rodney Turner has come to play in the project management community and his decision to choose an academic career in this field. Below, we trace these events and outline the main ideas at the heart of the book.

6. GDPM - state of affairs

It is our view that the principles and methods of GDPM, especially milestone planning, are not utilized to their full potential. They do not get the right kind of attention. For instance, PMBOK® does not refer to the kind of milestone planning GDPM represents. Large projects are based on stage-gate models (Samset et al., 2016). Agile methods took software development projects by storm. However, recently, these methods have spread to other types of projects (Hobbs and Petit, 2017).Maybe not all projects should be planned and organized according to GDPM, but many types of projects would absolutely benefit from it, especially change projects (e.g. where the purpose is organizational change and/or improving work climate) and development projects (e.g. where the purpose is to develop new technologies, products or services). These are projects with several deliverables (an evolutionary development) and intermediate feedback and where it is impossible to do all the detailed planning in an early phase of the project. A stage-gate model with a single planning phase followed by an execution phase could be disastrous under these circumstances. A milestone plan, with milestones showing how the results develop with several deliverables based on feedback and reflection, followed by detailed planning when needed, would be much more appropriate. To support and promote GDPM, companies from several countries have formed GDPM Alliance. we need a world champion. Maybe…once again, we need Rodney's help to make these points. To conclude, we are grateful for our past collaboration with Rodney, and for the role we played in Rodney's early career, and we look forward to sharing inspirational thoughts on the outstanding challenges for GDPM and projects in the future.