Curbing Cost Increases and Benefit Shortfalls

2025

Morten Welde og Gro Holst Volden

Cambridge Handbook on Project Behavior

Accounting for uncertainties in cost-benefit analyses of road projects: A procedure illustrated by real-world projects

2025

Eivind Tveter, Morten Welde og James Odeck

Transport Policy

What Characterises Road Projects with Positive Net Benefit-Cost Ratios? Insights from Norway and Sweden

2025

James Odeck, Maria Börjesson, Johanna Jussila Hammes, Gro Holst Volden og Morten Welde

Transport Policy

Paradoxes and trade-offs in the front-end process of large public projects

2025

Monique Aubry, Serghei Floricel, Alicia Gilchrist, Richard J. Kirkham, Knut Samset, Bert van Wee, Gro Holst Volden, Terry Williams og Ofer Zwikael

Production Planning & Control

Evaluating defence projects – success may be a multidimensional measure. A case study of a logistics support vessel

2025

Morten Welde, Atle Engebø, Steinar Gulichsen, Froda Waage Prebensen og Gro Holst Volden

Defence Studies

From Construction to Societal Value: A Meta-Evaluation of Seven Public Building Projects

2025

Atle Engebø, Morten Welde and Gro Holst Volden

Procedia Computer Science

Cost estimation in major public projects’ front-end phase: An empirical study on how to improve current practices

2025

Helene Berg, Anne Strand Alfredsen Larsen, Ole Jonny Klakegg og Morten Welde

Project Leadership and Society

Governance of Public Projects. Missing Out on Learning Opportunities

2024

Gro Holst Volden og Ole Jonny Klakegg

Project Management Journal

Lessons from ex-post evaluation of government investment projects

2024

Morten Welde og Gro Holst Volden

IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Cost and schedule performance in large government projects

2024

Morten Welde og Atle Engebø

IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Do nothing, do minimum or do something? Why public project appraisals “always” recommend large projects

2024

Gro Holst Volden, Morten Welde, Atle Engebø og Bjørn Andersen

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

External quality assurance of cost estimates in major public projects: empirical evidence on cost performance

2024

Helene Berg og Ole Henning Nyhus

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Realising benefits in public IT projects: A multiple case study

2022

Knut Kjetil Holgeid, Magne Jørgensen, Gro Holst Volden og Helene Berg

IET Software

Public project success? Measuring the nuances of success through ex post evaluation

2022

Gro Holst Volden og Morten Welde

International Journal of Project Management

Improving value for money through better front-end management: An attempt to reduce costs and increase user benefits in the planning of a motorway project

2022

Morten Welde og Gro Holst Volden

Case Studies on Transport Policy

Avoiding Cost Overrun Through Stochastic Cost Estimation and External Quality Assurance

2022

Morten Welde og Ole Jonny Klakegg

Transactions on Engineering Management

The wider local impacts of new roads: A case study of 10 projects

2022

Morten Welde og Eivind Tveter

Transport Policy

Evaluation of Probabilistic Cost Estimates

2021

Magne Jørgensen, Morten Welde og Torleif Halkjelsvik

Transactions on Engineering Management

Finding transport projects with high value for money: what are the socio-geographic determinants?

2021

Johanna Jussila Hammes, Gro Holst Volden, Morten Welde, Maria Børjesson og James Odeck

Working Papers, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute (VTI)

Cost Escalation in Road Construction Contracts

2021

Morten Welde og Roy Endre Dahl

Transportation Research Record

Project Governance in State-Owned Enterprises: The Case of Major Public Projects’ Governance Arrangements and Quality Assurance Schemes

2021

Anne Strand Alfredsen Larsen, Gro Holst Volden og Bjørn Andersen

Administrative Sciences

Sustainability in Railway Investments, a Study of Early-Phase Analyses and Perceptions

2021

Andreas Økland, Nils O.E. Olsson og Marte Venstad

Sustainability

Contradictory outcomes of cost-benefit analyses

2020

Kjersti Granås Bardal

Research in Transportation Economics

Architectural Quality and Cultural Heritage Values in Economic Analysis

2020

Mari Oline Giske Stendebakken og Nils O.E. Olsson

Nordisk arkitekturforskning

Økt samfunnsøkonomisk lønnsomhet ved bruk av prestasjonsinnkjøp?

2020

Bjørn Andersen, Håkon Finne, Gro Holst Volden, Lone Slettbakk Ramstad og Morten Welde

Magma

Forecasting air traffic demand for major infrastructure changes

2020

Gisle Solvoll, Terje Andreas Mathiesen og Morten Welde

Research in Transportation Economics

Road investments and the trade-off between private and public funding

2020

Morten Welde, Svein Bråthen, Jens Rekdal og Wei Zhang

Research in Transportation Economics

Entirely possible overruns: how people think and talk about probabilistic cost estimates

2019

Karl Halvor Teigen, Bjørn Andersen, Sigurd Lerkerød Alnes og Jan Ole Hesselberg

International Journal of Project Management

Public funding, perverse incentives, and counterproductive outcomes

2019

Gro Holst Volden

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Assessing public projects' value for money: An empirical study of the usefulness of cost–benefit analyses in decision-making

2019

Gro Holst Volden

International Journal of Project Management

The front-end of projects: a systematic literature review and structuring

2019

Terry Williams, Hang Vo, Knut Samset and Andrew Edkins

Production Planning & Control

The hierarchy of public project governance frameworks

2018

Gro Holst Volden og Bjørn Andersen

International Journal of managing Projects in Business

Measuring efficiency and effectiveness through ex-post evaluation: Case studies of Norwegian transport projects

2018

Morten Welde og Gro Holst Volden

Research in Transportation Business & Management

Public project success as seen in a broad perspective: Lessons from a meta-evaluation of 20 infrastructure projects in Norway

2018

Gro Holst Volden

Evaluation and Program Planning

Elaborations on the role of project owner: introducing project owners type 1 and 2

2018

Nils O.E. Olsson

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Governance of Major Public Investment Projects: Principles and Practices in Six Countries

2017

Gro Holst Volden og Knut Samset

Project Management Journal

An Empirical Bayes before-after evaluation of road safety effects of a new motorway in Norway

2017

Rune Elvik, Heidi Ulstein, Kristina Wifstad, Ragnhild S. Syrstad, Aase R. Seeberg, Magnus U. Gulbrandsen og Morten Welde

Accident Analysis & Prevention

Do Fixed Links Affect Settlement Patterns: A Synthetic Control Approach

2017

Eivind Tveter, Morten Welde og James Odeck

Research in Transportation Economics

The accuracy of toll road traffic forecasts : an econometric evaluation

2017

James Odeck og Morten Welde

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Light rail transit cost performance: Opportunities for future proofing.

2017

Peter Love, Dominic Ahia-Dagbui, Morten Welde og James Odeck

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Cost escalations in the front-end of projects – empirical evidence from Norwegian road projects

2017

Morten Welde og James Odeck

Transport Reviews

Ex-post evaluations in Norway and France

2017

David Meunier og Morten Welde

Transportation Research Procedia

Why don’t cost-benefit results count for more? The case of Norwegian road investment priorities

2016

Tore Øivin Sager

Urban, Planning and Transport Research

Low estimates - high stakes: underestimation of costs at the front-end of projects.

2016

Bjørn Andersen, Knut Samset og Morten Welde

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Front-end Definition of Projects: Ten Paradoxes and some Reflections regarding Project Management and Project Governance

2015

Knut Samset og Gro Holst Volden

International Journal of Project Management

Ex Ante Project Evaluation and the Complexity of Early Decision-Making

2015

Knut Samset og Tom Christensen

Public Organization Review

Does Benefit–Cost Efficiency Influence Transport Investment Decisions?

2015

Jonas Eliasson, Maria Börjesson, James Odeck og Morten Welde

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

The Impact of External Quality Assurance of Costs Estimates on Cost Overruns: Empirical Evidence from the Norwegian Road Sector

2015

James Odeck, Morten Welde og Gro Holst Volden

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Fag og politikk : samfunnsøkonomisk analyse og håndteringen av ikke-prissatte virkninger

2015

Gro Holst Volden og Heidi Bull-Berg

Samfunnsøkonomen

Use of big data in project evaluations

2015

Nils Olsson og Heidi Bull-Berg

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Scope Reductions as Tool for Cost Control in Construction Projects: An Ex Post Analysis of Scope Reduction Options

2015

Nils Olsson

International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management

Determining sustainability impact assessment indicators

2015

Ola Lædre, Tore Haavaldsen, Rolf André Bohne, James Kallaos og Jardar Lohne

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Front end Governance of Major Public Projects - Lessons with a Norwegian Quality Assurance Scheme

2014

Knut Samset og Gro Holst Volden

International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction

To which extent do projects explore the opportunity space?

2014

Knut Samset, Bjørn Andersen og Kjell Austeng

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

On the concept of sustainability - assessing the sustainability of large public Investment projects

2014

Tore Haavaldsen, Ola Lædre, Gro Holst Volden og Jardar Lohne

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

The need for a project governance body

2014

Hallgrim Hjelmbrekke, Ola Lædre og Jardar Lohne

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

The comprehensiveness dilemma of cost-benefit analysis

2013

Tore Sager

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Top-down versus bottom-up project appraisal processes, and external review. Evidence from Norway and China

2013

Wenting Chen og Gro Holst Volden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration

Identifying and Acting on Early Warning Signs in Complex Projects

2012

Terry Williams, Ole Jonny Klakegg, Derek Walker, Bjørn Andersen og Ole Morten Magnussen

Project Management Journal

Consequences of differences in cost-benefit methodology in railway infrastructure appraisal - A comparison between selected countries

2012

Nils Olsson, Andreas Økland, Siri Bøe Halvorsen

Transport Policy

The Norwegian front-end governance regime of major public projects

2011

Tom Christensen

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Issues in Front-End Decision Making on Projects

2010

Terry Williams og Knut Samset

Project Management Journal

An investigation of governance frameworks for public projects in Norway and the UK

2010

Terry Williams, Ole Jonny Klakegg, Ole Morten Magnussen og Helene Glasspool

International Journal of Project Management

An empirical illustration of public project ownership

2010

Ole Jonny Klakegg og Nils Olsson

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management

Governance of major public investment projects: in pursuit of relevance and sustainability

2010

Ole Jonny Klakegg og Tore Haavaldsen

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Pursuing relevance and sustainability: improvement strategies for major public projects

2009

Ole Jonny Klakegg

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Governance frameworks for public project development and estimation

2008

Ole Jonny Klakegg, Terry Williams, Ole Morten Magnussen og Helene Glasspool

Project Management Journal

External and internal flexibility - aligning projects with the business strategy and executing projects efficiently

2008

Nils Olsson

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management

Project ownership: implications on success measurement

2008

Nils Olsson, Agnar Johansen, Jan Alexander Langlo, Olav Torp

Measuring Business Excellence

Comparative analysis of cost estimates of major public investment projects

2006

Ole Morten Magnussen og Nils Olsson

International Journal of Project Management

Front end Governance of Major Public Projects

2006

Knut Samset, Peder Berg og Ole Jonny Klakegg

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