PhD Project PUS Program/NSP Therese Dille November 20, 2010 Managing and organizing inter-institutional projects

Fall 2010 September – October Fall 2010 November – December Spring 2011 January – March Spring 2011 April – June Field work Observation studies Second round of Interviews: -Follow up interview with PM -Interviews with top- management at DNK -Interviews with project managers and other members of staff situated in the various sub- projects (Directorate) Observation studies -Follow up interview with PM -Interviews with project managers and other members of staff situated in the various sub- projects. Observation studies -Additional interviews - Interviews with contractors Observation studies -Additional interviews -Interviews with contractors -Follow up interview with PM WritingRevision of paper IISubmission of paper II Revision of paper III Submission of paper III to conference Revision of paper I First draft of case report Submission of paper I Draft paper IV

Fall 2011 July – September Fall 2011 October – December Spring 2012 January – March Spring 2012 April – June Field workAdditional fieldwork -Follow up interviews Additional fieldwork -Follow up interviews Workshop with management and participants WritingRevision of paper III Revision of paper IV and submission to conference Second draft case report Submission of paper III Revision of paper IV Revision of extended summary Paper editing Submission paper IV Complete version of case report Complete version of extended summary Submission of thesis to examination board

Publications/papers Dille, T. & J. Söderlund (2009): Isochronism and the Role of Project Management in Complex Public Projects: Institutional Theory Meets Time, Paper presented at the NEON Conference, Kristiansand. Dille, T. & J. Söderlund (2010): Isochronism and timing norms: projects in the light of institutional theory, Paper presented at the Workshop on Managing in Time, BI Norwegian School of Management. Dille, T. & J. Söderlund (2010): Organizing inter-institutional projects: the significance of isochronism, timing norms and temporal misfits, paper presented at the EURAM Conference. Dille, T. & J. Söderlund (2010): Temporal misfits and project management: Critical incidents in a complex public project, paper presented the PMI Research Conference, Washington DC. Dille, T. & J. Söderlund (2010): Project Process Dynamics and Institutional Context: A Grounded Approach, Paper presented at the NEON Conference, Norway.