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project lock-in: a standalone construct

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Project management

escalating commitment to a chosen project or design early in decision-making, which limits later alternatives and is linked to cost overruns in large infrastructure projects.

In project management, project lock-in refers to escalating commitment to a chosen project or design early in decision-making, which limits later alternatives and is linked to cost overruns in large infrastructure projects. This meaning comes from Cantarelli (2010) in Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design.[1]

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References

  1. Cantarelli, C. C., Flyvbjerg, B., van Wee, B., & Molin, E. J. E. (2010). Lock-in and its Influence on the Project Performance of Large-Scale Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Investigating the Way in Which Lock-in Can Emerge and Affect Cost Overruns. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 37(5), 792-807. https://doi.org/10.1068/b36017

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