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Conducting Projects in Uncertain Times

Major engineering projects are encountering increasingly tough resistance, and sponsors are applying innovative means to make project implementation more predictable. Electricity transmission projects are strongly affected by these trends, particularly with the opening up of electricity markets. This article sheds light on the difficulties involved in project implementation and network upgrading by applying time-frame analysis to the conduct of power-line projects. On the basis of four extremely high voltage power-line projects in France and Quebec, a comprehensive interpretation of the challenges involved in incorporating time into the analysis of projects with extensive social and political implications is advanced. The conduct of projects is examined using a typology of four basic time frames, and the corporate quest to move from uncertain spasmodic time to more predictable strategic time is discussed.