Multiproject "hostile" environments

Abstract

This thesis addresses the problems and challenges of working in a multiproject environment, and what could we do to improve it. The thesis has been prepared in connection with the program BIK 6512 Project Management 3, at BI Department of Management and Organization Oslo. The author has been working as a project manager himself for the organization described for the last 5 years. I’m a Spanish construction engineer who moved to Norway 5 years ago with my whole family because of the Spanish economy crisis. I have several years of experience as project manager in Spanish construction industries, and now I'm leading offshore projects for a Norwegian O & G engineering company (IKM dsc Engineering). I would like to remark that I’m fluent in Norwegian and English, but I can express myself much better in English even though is not my mother language. Please have this in mind when reading the thesis, thanks! This thesis has been basically prepared for my own learning, but I really hope it can contribute to improve the way we face daily our work in a multiproject environment