Study goals
Traditional project management often fails to link strategy to projects effectively, causing dissatisfaction. This work aims to define strategic approaches, addressing gaps in current practices and outlining future directions in project strategy studies.
Relevance / originality
This article is relevant by providing a comprehensive view of project strategies, defining key themes such as governance, stakeholder engagement, strategic alignment, and innovation. It expands on Geraldi and Söderlund's (2018) framework, contributing both theoretically and practically to the field.
Methodology / approach
The study comprises two parts: first, a bibliometric analysis maps research themes in project strategies; second, articles are categorized based on Geraldi and Söderlund (2018), defining levels and types of research in Strategy in Project Studies.
Main results
Bibliometric analysis identified governance, stakeholder engagement, strategic alignment, and innovation as key themes, revealing clusters: Project Strategies in Dynamic Contexts and Strategic Projects with Organizational Alignment Categorization per Geraldi and Söderlund (2018) underscored diverse perspectives, field evolution, gaps, and future research directions
Theoretical / methodological contributions
Our study expands Geraldi and Söderlund's (2018) framework, mapping project strategy research comprehensively. It links theory to practice in project management, emphasizing governance, stakeholder engagement, strategic alignment, and innovation. Identifying key gaps, it sets a research agenda for advancing project strategy.
Social / management contributions
The article contributes to strategic decisions, project management practices and strategic alignment culture, mapping the strategy landscape in project studies.