Governance—Structures and Human Perspectives

IEEE Engineering Management Review, vol. 49, pp. 172–180

Abstract

When we use the word governance in the context of project-, program-, and portfolio management (P3M), often we assume governance has a shared understanding; it is not always the case, more often, it is not. Using the context of the Gateway Review program in The Netherlands, this article introduces two concepts of governance: structure governance and relational governance. Both are needed and operate in a tradeoff, depending on the project dynamics and administrative attention. These concepts were based on focus group sessions and data analysis from the Gateway Reviews.

Authors 2

1. Robert E. Bierwolf Aachen Center for Technology & Innovation Management (CeTIM)

   Center for Technology & Innovation Management

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Technology & Innovation Management (CeTIM), Leiden, The Netherlands

2. Pieter Frijns

   Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

   Affiliation as printed

   Bureau Gateway, Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Hague, The Netherlands