Professor Ofer Zwikael
Areas of expertise
- Project Management 350713
Biography
Ofer Zwikael is a Professor of Project Management at the Australian National University. His five books and more than 250 scholarly peer-reviewed papers have been recognized through research awards from the Academy of Management, British Academy of Management, Project Management Institute, International Project Management Association, Emerald, and the Australian Institute of Project Management. As one of the world’s leading project management scholars, Professor Zwikael was named by Stanford University and Elsevier to be among the top 2% of international scientists. His research on project benefits management has been funded by major organizations, including the Australian Department of Defence and the Project Management Institute (US). He has held leadership roles including Head of School and Associate Dean and is currently an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Project Management. Working closely with industry, he has led, trained, mentored and consulted projects and program groups in major organizations, including Motorola, Nestle, Teva and Nationwide Bank (UK).
Publications
- Zwikael, O & Gilchrist, A 2021, 'Planning to Fail: When Is Project Planning Counterproductive?', IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. Online, pp. 1-12.
- Zwikael, O & Meredith, J 2021, 'Evaluating the Success of a Project and the Performance of Its Leaders', IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 1745-1757.
- Feris, M, Goffin, K, Zwikael, O et al. 2021, 'Enhancing software development through project-based learning and the quality of planning', R & D Management, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 447-467.
- Rajabi Asadabadi, M & Zwikael, O 2020, 'Integrating risk into estimations of project activities' time and cost: A stratified approach [IN PRESS]', European Journal of Operational Research, vol. Online.
- Rajabi Asadabadi, M & Zwikael, O 2020, 'The ambiguous proposal evaluation problem', Decision Support Systems, vol. 136, no. -, pp. 1-12.
- Rajabi Asadabadi, M, Saberi, M, Zwikael, O et al. 2020, 'Ambiguous requirements: A semi-automated approach to identify and clarify ambiguity in large-scale projects', Computers and Industrial Engineering, vol. 149.
- Rajabi Asadabadi, M, Chang, E, Zwikael, O et al. 2020, 'Hidden fuzzy information: Requirement specification and measurement of project provider performance using the best worst method', Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 383, pp. 127-145.
- Zwikael, O 2020, 'When doesn't formal planning enhance the performance of government projects?', Public Administration Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 331-362.
- Meredith, J & Zwikael, O 2020, 'Achieving strategic benefits from project investments: Appoint a project owner', Business Horizons, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 61-71.
- Zwikael, O, Meredith, J & Smyrk, J 2019, 'The responsibilities of the project owner in benefits realization', International Journal of Operations and Production Management, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 503-524.
- Zwikael, O & Meredith, J 2019, 'Effective organizational support practices for setting target benefits in the project front end', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 930-939.
- Zwikael, O & Meredith, J 2019, 'The role of organizational climate in setting project goals', International Journal of Operations and Production Management, vol. 39, no. 12, pp. 1281-1294.
- Sadeh, A, Zwikael, O & Dvir, D 2019, 'Organizational support as an efficient mechanism for enhancing high risk projects success', 2019 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), ed. Dundar F Kocaoglu , IEEE, United States, pp. -.
- Chih, Y, Zwikael, O & Restubog, S 2019, 'Enhancing value co-creation in professional service projects: The roles of professionals, clients and their effective interactions', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 599-615.
- Meredith, J & Zwikael, O 2019, 'When is a Project Successful?', IEEE Engineering Management Review, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 127-134.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2019, Project Management: A Benefit Realisation Approach, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, United Kingdom.
- Zwikael, O & Meredith, J 2018, 'Who's who in the project zoo? The ten core project roles', International Journal of Operations and Production Management, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 474-492.
- Zwikael, O, Chih, Y & Meredith, J 2018, 'Project benefit management: Setting effective target benefits', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 650-658pp.
- Zwikael, O 2017, 'The Inadaptability of Government Projects to High Risk: Causes and Implications', The Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Academy of Management, United States.
- Feris, M & Zwikael, O 2017, 'Evaluating the Quality of Planning in New Product Development Projects', R&D Management Conference, KU Leuven, Belgium.
- Feris, M, Zwikael, O & Gregor, S 2017, 'QPLAN: Decision support for evaluating planning quality in software development projects', Decision Support Systems, vol. 96, pp. 92-102.
- Merikhi, E & Zwikael, O 2017, 'Customizing Modern Portfolio Theory for the Project Portfolio Selection Problem', The 2017 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, US.
- Musawir, A, Martins Serra, C, Zwikael, O et al 2017, 'Project governance, benefit management, and project success: Towards a framework for supporting organizational strategy implementation', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1658-1672.
- Zwikael, O, Merikhi, E, Garanovich, I et al 2017, 'Benefit Realisation for Defence Capability Investment Projects - Delivering Force Design Projects that Make a Difference', Force Design Conference.
- Patanakul, P, Kwak, Y, Zwikael, O et al 2016, 'What Impacts the Performance of Large-Scale Government Projects?', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 452-466.
- Zwikael, O 2016, "International journal of project management special issue on project benefit management", International Journal of Project Management, 34 (4), 734-735.
- Zwikael, O & Chih, Y 2015, 'Enhancing project funding decision quality', in Mitsuo Gen, Kuinam J. Kim, Xiaoxia Huang, Yabe Hiroshi (ed.), Industrial Engineering, Management Science and Applications 2015, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, New York Dordrecht London, pp. 363-374.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2015, 'Project governance: Balancing control and trust in dealing with risk', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 852-862.
- Chih, Y & Zwikael, O 2015, 'Value Co-Creation Theoretical Framework in Project-Based Organizations: The Case of Professional Service Firms', International Research Network on Organizing by Projects IRNOP 2015, UCL, London, UK, pp. 24pp.
- Chih, Y & Zwikael, O 2015, 'Project benefit management: A conceptual framework of target benefit formulation', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 352-362.
- Chih, Y & Zwikael, O 2015, 'Value Co-Creation in Management Consulting: A Theoretical Framework in Professional Service Context', 2015 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Academy of Management.
- Zwikael, O & Chih, Y 2015, 'Evaluating the Quality of Proposed Projects' Target Benefits', 2015 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Academy of Management.
- Zwikael, O 2014, 'Call for papers-special issue on "project benefit management"', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 541-542.
- Kwak, Y, Liu, M, Patanakul, P et al 2014, Challenges and Best Practices of Managing Government Projects and Programs, Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania USA.
- Zwikael, O & Chih, Y 2014, 'Project benefit management: formulation and appraisal of target benefits', Project Management Institute Research and Education Conference 2014, Project Management Institute, Portland, Oregon.
- Zwikael, O, Pathak, R, Singh, G et al 2014, 'The moderating effect of risk on the relationship between planning and success', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 435-441.
- Zwikael, O, Shtub, A & Chih, Y 2015, 'On the Use of Simulation-Based Training for Project Management Education: Mind the Gap, as One Size Does Not Fit All', Journal of Management in Engineering, 31 (2) pp. 040140351-11.
- Zwikael, O & Chih, Y 2013, 'Project Benefit Management: Setting Target Benefits', European Academy of Management 2013, European Academy of Management, Brussels, Belgium, p. 22.
- Unger-Aviram, E, Zwikael, O & Restubog, S 2013, 'Revisiting Goals, Feedback, Recognition, and Performance Success The Case of Project Teams', Group and Organization Management, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 570-600.
- Chih, Y & Zwikael, O 2013, 'Benefit Realisation from Public Projects: A Theoretical Framework for the Quality of Target Benefits', British Academy of Management Annual Conference 2013, British Academy of Management, Liverpool, pp. 2-24.
- Kwak, Y, Patanakul, P, Liu, M et al 2012, 'Strategic management of high-risk government mega projects and programs', Project Management Institute Research and Education Conference 2012, Project Management Institute, Limerick, Ireland.
- Cohen, Y, Sadeh, A & Zwikael, O 2012, 'Finding the shortest non-delay schedule for a resource-constrained project', International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 41-58.
- Zwikael, O, Shtub, A & Chih, Y 2012, 'Simulation-Based Training in Project Management Education: The Moderating Effect of Individual Differences on Learning Outcomes Realization', Project Management Institute Research and Education Conference 2012, Project Management Institute, Limerick, Ireland, pp. 1-22.
- Zwikael, O, Shtub, A & Chih, Y 2012, 'The Moderating Effect of Individual Differences on the Effectiveness of Simulation-Based Training', Annual Academy of Management Conference 2012, ed. Leslie Toombs, Academy of Management, United States of America, pp. 39pp.
- Zwikael, O, Elias, A & Ahn, M 2012, 'Stakeholder collaboration and engagement in virtual projects', International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 117-136.
- Zwikael, O 2012, 'Exclusive project critical success processes A cultural diversity perspective', International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 143-152.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2012, 'Identifying key players to ensure outcome realisation', in Henry Linger and Jill Owen (ed.), The Project as a Social System Asia Pacific perspectives on project management, Monash University Publishing, Clayton Victoria, pp. 238-261.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2012, 'Accountability for Project Benefit Realization under Various Uncertainty Levels', SIBR Conference on Interdisciplinary Business and Economics Research 2012, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Bangkok, pp. 14pp.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2012, 'A General Framework for Gauging the Performance of Initiatives to Enhance Organizational Value', British Journal of Management, vol. 23, pp. S6-S22.
- Cohen, Y, Zwikael, O & Sadeh, A 2011, 'Using a sliding-frame approach for scheduling large and complex IT projects', International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 1-13.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2011, 'An engineering approach for project scoping', IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM 2011), Conference Organising Committee, Changchun China, pp. 2135-2137.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2011, Project Management for the Creation of Organisational Value, Springer, London.
- Zwikael, O & Ahn, M 2011, 'The Effectiveness of Risk Management: An Analysis of Project Risk Planning Across Industries and Countries', Risk Analysis, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 25-37.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2011, 'A Different Look at the Reasons Leading to Failure of Innovation Projects', International Conference on Innovation and Management, ed. Mr C. K. Farn, International Conference on Innovation and Management (IAM), Kuala Lumpur, p. 11.
- Zwikael, O, Smyrk, J & Chih, Y 2011, 'A Critical Analysis of Management Methodologies: The Case of Project Management', 7th International Critical Management Studies (CMS) Conference, International Critical Management Studies Group, Naples, Italy, pp. 1-9.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2010, 'The Impact of a Project Benefit Methodology on the Project Management Discipline', Project Management Institute Research and Education Conference 2010, ed. Conference Program Committee, Project Management Institute, USA, pp. 1-32.
- Zwikael, O 2010, 'Why do organizations keep funding projects in the face of repeated failure?', IEEE International conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM 2010), ed. Q. Ershi, L Binghui, S Jiang, d runliang, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), China, pp. 1950-1952.
- Zwikael, O & Unger-Aviram, E 2010, 'Project Leadership: Best Practices in Project Team Development', in R.Gleich, T. Mayer, R. Wagner, A. Wald (ed.), Advanced Project Management (Vol. 2), GPM Deutche Gesellschaft fur Projektmanagement e.V., Nuremberg, Germany, pp. 238-257.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2010, 'Generating Project Outcomes', Annual Project Management Australia Conference Incorporating the PMI Australia National Conference 2010, ed. Conference Program Committee, Project Management Institute, Brisbane, pp. 129-142.
- Cohen, Y & Zwikael, O 2010, 'A New Technique for Estimating the Distribution of a Stochastic Project Makespan', International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 14-27.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2010, 'An Organizational Outcome Realisation Theory for Effective Projects', Academy of Management Conference 2010, Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1-40.
- Zwikael, O & Unger-Aviram, E 2010, 'HRM in project groups: The effect of project duration on team development effectiveness', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 413-421.
- Ahn, M, Zwikael, O & Bednarek, R 2010, 'Technological invention to product innovation: A project management approach', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 559-568.
- Zwikael, O, Globerson, S & Shtub, A 2009, Project Management - Planning, Execution and Control (2nd ed), Oyunon (Probook) Ltd., Tel Aviv Israel.
- Lipke, W, Zwikael, O, Henderson, K et al 2009, 'Prediction of project outcome The Application of statistical methods to earned value management and earned schedule performance indexes', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 27, pp. 400-407.
- Zwikael, O 2009, 'Critical planning processes in construction projects', Construction Innovation: information, process, management, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 372-387.
- Zwikael, O 2009, 'The Relative Importance of the PMBOK Guide's Nine Knowledge Areas During Project Planning', Project Management Journal, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 94-103.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2009, 'Towards an Outcome Based Project Management Theory', IEEE International conference on Industrial engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM 2009), ed. Conference Program Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Hong Kong, pp. 633-637.
- Sadeh, A, Cohen, Y & Zwikael, O 2009, 'Using Sliding Frame Approach for Scheduling Large and Complex projects', IEEE International conference on Industrial engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM 2009), ed. Conference Program Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Hong Kong, pp. 1499-1502.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2009, 'Realising Project Benefits in Times of Uncertainty', Asia Pacific Expert Seminar (APES 2009), ed. Conference Program Committee, Australian National University, Sydney, pp. 1-7.
- Zwikael, O 2009, 'The Uniqueness of management in New Zealand - the project management case', Problems and Perspectives in Management, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 15-20.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2009, 'Transferring the Focus of Project Management: From Output Generation to Improved Operations', Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM 2009), ed. Nicholas Beaumont, Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, Australia, pp. 1-23.
- Ahn, M, Zwikael, O & Bednarek, R 2009, 'Technological Invention to Product Innovation: A Project Management Approach', Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM 2009), ed. Nicholas Beaumont, Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, Australia, pp. cd rom.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2009, 'The Role of Projects in Organisations - an Executive Leadership Approach', Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM 2009), ed. Nicholas Beaumont, Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, Australia, pp. cd rom.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2009, 'Effective Projects for Improved Operations Management: The Role of the Project Owner', International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (ICOSCM 2009), ed. H. Gu, Z. Zhang, TJ Wong, J Chen, Wuhan University, China, pp. 720-727.
- Gonen, A & Zwikael, O 2009, 'Increasing Security of Financial Investments: A Combined Risk Management - Project Management-Operations Research Approach', Serbian Journal of Management, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 29-39.
- Zwikael, O & Unger-Aviram, E 2008, 'The Project Manager as a Team Leader - the Role of Team Development Practices', Project Management Institute Research Conference 2008, ed. Conference Program Committee, Project Management Institute, USA, p. 17.
- Cohen, Y & Zwikael, O 2008, 'Modelling and Scheduling Projects Using Petri networks', International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 221-233.
- Sadeh, A, Cohen, Y & Zwikael, O 2008, 'A heuristic efficient solution for non-delay resource constrained project schedule', International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling (PMS 2008), ed. Funda Sivrikaya Serifoglu and Umit Bilge, Ozbas Basum ve Tanitim Hizmetleri, Istanbul, pp. 236-239.
- Zwikael, O, Levin, G & Rad, P 2008, 'Top management support - the project friendly organization', Cost engineering (Morgantown), vol. 50, no. 9, pp. 22-30.
- Henderson, K & Zwikael, O 2008, 'Does Project Performance Stability Exist? A Re-Examination of CPI and Evaluation of SPI(t) Stability', Crosstalk - the Journal of Defense Software Engineering, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 7-13.
- Zwikael, O & Smyrk, J 2008, 'Extending the Definition of a 'Project' - From a Project Manager's Output Delivery Endeavour to a Funder's Outcome Achievement Process', Australian Institute of Project Management Conference 2008, ed. S. Milner, J. Whitty, R. Darby, R.Tucker, Project Management Institute, Sydney, pp. 1-8.
- Zwikael, O 2008, 'Top management involvement in project management. A cross country study of the software industry', International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 498-511.
- Zwikael, O 2008, 'Top management involvement in project management. Exclusive support practices for different project scenarios', International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 387-403.
- Zwikael, O & Sadeh, A 2007, 'Planning effort as an effective risk management tool', Journal of Operations Management, vol. 25, pp. 755-767.
- Frank, M, Zwikael, O & Boasson, M 2007, 'Jobs Requiring a Capacity for Engineering Systems Thinking (CEST) Selection Using an Interest Inventory', Project Management Journal, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 36-44.
- Zwikael, O & Unger-Aviram, E 2007, 'Team Development - why doesn't it work in project teams?', Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM 2007), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Australia, pp. cd rom.
- Zwikael, O & Tilchin, O 2007, 'Effective customer requirements management using an information supply based model', Problems and Perspectives in Management, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 50-56.
- Zwikael, O & Globerson, S 2007, 'Quality Management: a Key process in the Service Industries', The Service Industries Journal, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1007-1020.
- Ben-Ysai, R & Zwikael, O 2007, 'Macro-Midro-Micro: the "Triple-M" Model for Analyzing Complex Organizations', Serbian Journal of Management, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 101-126.
- Zwikael, O 2007, 'NZ Project Managers in Action!-A National Survey, Cross-Country, and Cross-Industry Comparison', Project Management Institute New Zealand National Conference 2007, Project Management Institute, New Zealand, p. 999.
- Elias, A & Zwikael, O 2007, 'Stakeholder Participation in Project Management: a New Zealand Study', ANZAM/IFSAM VIth World Congress 2007, Conference Organising Committee, Melbourne.
- Bar-yoseph, B & Zwikael, O 2007, 'The Practical Implementation of the Gestalt Cycle of Experience (COE) in Project Management', Gestalt Review, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 42-51.
- Zwikael, O & Gonen, A 2007, 'Project execution game (PEG): training towards managing unexpected events', Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 495-512.
- Zwikael, O 2007, 'Al Qaeda's Operations: Project Management Analysis', Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 30, pp. 267-280.
- Zwikael, O 2006, 'A Road Map towards Customer Satisfaction', Innovative Marketing, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 37-44.
- Zwikael, O 2006, 'Project Management capabilities benchmarking: identifying strengths and weaknesses', International Conference on Project Management (ProMAC 2006), Project Management Institute, Sydney, pp. cd rom.
- Zwikael, O 2006, 'Project Management critical success factors - the next generation', ANZAM Operations Management Symposium 2006, ed. Lawrence Corbett & Arun Elias, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), New Zealand, pp. 1601-1609.
- Frank, M, Zwikael, O & Boasson, M 2006, 'Assessing Interest for Systems Engineers and IT Architects' Job Positions', International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybermetics 2006, Unknown, unknown.
- Zwikael, O & Globerson, S 2006, 'From Critical Success Factors to Critical Success Processes', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 44, no. 17, pp. 3433-3449.
- Zwikael, O & Globerson, S 2006, 'Benchmarking of project planning and success in selected industries', Benchmarking: an international journal, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 688-700.
- Zwikael, O, Cohen, Y & Sadeh, A 2006, 'Non-delay scheduling as a managerial approach for managing projects', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 24, pp. 330-336.
- Zwikael, O, Shimizu, K & Globerson, S 2005, 'Cultural differences in project management capabilities: A field study', International Journal of Project Management, vol. 23, pp. 454-462.
- Zwikael, O & Globerson, S 2004, 'Evaluating the quality of project planning: a model and field results', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 1545-1556.
- Zwikael, O 2007, 'Team Development - why doesn't it work in project teams?', International Research and Practical Conference 2004, Latvian National Project Management association, Latvia, pp. cd rom.
- Zwikael, O & Bar-Joseph, B 2004, 'Improving the capabilities of project team management using the Gestalt cycle of experience', Team Performance Management, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 137-144.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Project Investment Benefit Realisation to Enhance Force Effectiveness (Primary Investigator)
- Development of Portfolio Benefit Management Methods for Force Design (Primary Investigator)
- Global Perspectives on Project Program and Portfolio Management in Government (Primary Investigator)
