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Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements ................................................................................................... iTable of Contents .......................................................................................................................... vFigures and Tables....................................................................................................................... viPaper Overview ........................................................................................................................ viiAbstract ......................................................................................................................... ix1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 11.1 Perspectives on project management............................................................................... 11.2 Uncertainty....................................................................................................................... 21.3 Flexibility......................................................................................................................... 21.4 Project flexibility ............................................................................................................. 31.5 Efficiency versus effectiveness........................................................................................ 41.6 Structure of the thesis ...................................................................................................... 51.7 Research questions........................................................................................................... 52. Study design .......................................................................................................................... 72.1 Research approach ...........................................................................................................72.2 Empirical evidence ..........................................................................................................72.3 Quality of information ..................................................................................................... 93. Flexibility in different project phases................................................................................ 113.1 A time perspective on projects....................................................................................... 113.2 Quantifications of flexibility based on scope reduction options.................................... 123.3 Flexibility visualisations................................................................................................ 144. Project stakeholders............................................................................................................ 174.1 Stakeholders................................................................................................................... 174.2 Incentives....................................................................................................................... 184.3 Internal and external flexibility...................................................................................... 185. Effectiveness and efficiency ................................................................................................ 235.1 Cost implications ........................................................................................................... 235.2 Changes ........................................................................................................................ 245.3 Redundancy ................................................................................................................... 266. Project flexibility categorisations....................................................................................... 296.1 Producing a flexible result or producing the result in a flexible manner....................... 296.2 Modularity ..................................................................................................................... 317. Conclusions ........................................................................................................................ 357.1 How can different aspects of flexibility in projects be analysed? ................................. 357.2 What are the implications for front-end management? ................................................. 397.3 Generalising results........................................................................................................ 437.4 Further research ............................................................................................................. 44References ........................................................................................................................ 47v