Projectification without projects? Theorizing temporal structures of agile-based organizing
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in: International Journal of Project Management, Jahrgang 43, Nr. 8, 102786, 11.2025.
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T1 - Projectification without projects? Theorizing temporal structures of agile-based organizing
AU - Geraldi, Joana
AU - Stjerne, Iben
AU - Wenzel, Matthias
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s).
PY - 2025/11
Y1 - 2025/11
N2 - Research has revealed a surge in the reliance on projects to organize firms and society in recent decades, a phenomenon termed projectification, yet has remained oblivious to the fact that how projects are organized has changed, as, hence, has the nature of projectification. Grounded in the 4Ts—time, task, team, and transition—we analyze through an ethnographic work at a financial firm how agile-based organizing reshaped the firm’s temporal structures from temporary toward “continuous temporariness,” a continuous flow interrupted by short, orchestrated pauses. This form of projectification addresses temporal fragmentation in classic projects but introduces new challenges. Overall, agile-based projectification enriches project-based organizing with new temporal structures that challenge traditional notions of temporary organizations.
AB - Research has revealed a surge in the reliance on projects to organize firms and society in recent decades, a phenomenon termed projectification, yet has remained oblivious to the fact that how projects are organized has changed, as, hence, has the nature of projectification. Grounded in the 4Ts—time, task, team, and transition—we analyze through an ethnographic work at a financial firm how agile-based organizing reshaped the firm’s temporal structures from temporary toward “continuous temporariness,” a continuous flow interrupted by short, orchestrated pauses. This form of projectification addresses temporal fragmentation in classic projects but introduces new challenges. Overall, agile-based projectification enriches project-based organizing with new temporal structures that challenge traditional notions of temporary organizations.
KW - Agile
KW - Agile at scale
KW - Projectification
KW - Temporal structuring
KW - Temporary organization
KW - Time and temporality
KW - Management studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105022930297&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102786
DO - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2025.102786
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:105022930297
VL - 43
JO - International Journal of Project Management
JF - International Journal of Project Management
SN - 0263-7863
IS - 8
M1 - 102786
ER -