This volume brings together selected and extended papers representative of work presented at the 8th IPMA Research Conference, which was held online between 9^th and 11^th September 2020. It explores the topics of project, programme and portfolio management, and self-organizing in and through projects.

Offering international and multidisciplinary perspectives, this book answers questions such as:

• What is the impact of self-organization on organizational structures, processes, cultures and leadership?
• How can we define the transformative power of self-organization?
• What is the motivation of individuals to perform activities, to engage with others and organizations in order to get things done?
• Which kinds of leadership best support self-organizing in projects?
• What have disciplines like natural science, psychology, philosophy, sociology and management to offer in this respect?
• What are the cultural limitations and potentials regarding self-organization in projects and how do we deal with them?

Research on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management is a valuable resource for all researchers and project management professionals interested in autonomous working and self-organizing.

1. Introduction

2. A Systematic Approach to Agile Management and Self-Organization for a Sustainable Transformation of Organizations
3. Identifying Organizational Issue for Digital Transformation by Analyzing IT Dispute Cases
4. Sensemaking by Project Managers; Previous Research, Present Findings, and Future Direction
5. Identification of Governance Structures for Private Public Partnership (PPP) Project through Social Network Analysis
6. Motivating Self-Organizing Agile Teams in New Technology-Based Firms: An Exploratory Study
7. A New Model of Project, Program, and Portfolio Recovery to Tackle Covid-19 in Construction Projects
8. Let us Integrate Self-Organisation and Stakeholders into the Development of Infrastructure Projects, Because We Need More Creativity and Satisfying Solutions
9. Rapid Literature Review on Danish Megaproject Studies: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
10. Evaluation of Managerial Flexibilities in Critical Path Method Based Construction Schedules
11. How Construction Projects Can Be Agile
12. New Work - Can Increasing Self-Organization Contribute to a New Design of Work?
13. Open Innovation in Practice - Challenges and Results in Telecommunication Sector
14. Value-Orientated Decision Making in Agile Project Portfolios
15. Energy Entropy Structure of a Project-Oriented Organization
16. Self-Organizing Project Management with Critical Thinking in Infodemic vs Pandemic COVID 2019
17. Revisiting Shenhar and DVIR'S Diamond Model: Do We Need an Upgrade?
18. Client Experience on Projects
19. Self-Awareness, Assessment and Organization with Personal Agility
20. Insights of a Transformation Journey in an Agile Environment
21. Invitation to Experiments with Organizational Change.