Gilbert Silvius

Gilbert Silvius (1963) is professor of project and programme management at LOI University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, senior research associate at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and fellow at Turku University of Applied Sciences in Finland. He initiated and developed the first MSc in Project Management program in the Netherlands and is considered a leading expert in the field of project management. Gilbert has published over a 100 academic papers and several books. His areas of specialization are: Sustainability in project management, Standards and methodologies of project management, Project management maturity, Social media in (virtual) project teams and Project business case management. Gilbert holds a PhD degree in information sciences from Utrecht University and masters’ degrees in economics and business administration. As a practitioner, Gilbert has over 20 years’ experience in organizational change and IT projects and is a member of the international enable2change network of project management experts.

Publications

Integrating Sustainability Into IT/IS Project Evaluation Methods
Integrating Sustainability Into IT/IS Project Evaluation Methods
Gilbert Silvius. © 2022. 18 pages.
Sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time. How can we develop prosperity without compromising the lives of future generations? Information technology...
Developing Project Management Maturity as an Organizational Change Process
Developing Project Management Maturity as an Organizational Change Process
Gilbert Silvius. © 2021. 13 pages.
The entanglement of project management and the management of organizational change is not reflected in the literature on and standards of project management maturity. Studies on...
Handling Uncertainty in Project Management and Business Development: Similarities and Differences
Handling Uncertainty in Project Management and Business Development: Similarities and Differences
Stefan Hartlieb, Gilbert Silvius. © 2020. 26 pages.
This chapter reports a study into the management of uncertainty in the disciplines of business development and project management. The first part of the chapter analyses the...
Developing Organizational Maturity for Effective Project Management
Developing Organizational Maturity for Effective Project Management
Gilbert Silvius, Gamze Karayaz. © 2018. 349 pages.
Despite criticism for their serious shortcomings, maturity models are widely used within organizations. The appropriate applications of these models can lead to organizational...
Integrating Sustainability Into IT/IS Project Evaluation Methods
Integrating Sustainability Into IT/IS Project Evaluation Methods
Gilbert Silvius. © 2018. 23 pages.
Sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time. How can we develop prosperity without compromising the lives of future generations? Information technology...
Developing Project Management Maturity as an Organizational Change Process
Developing Project Management Maturity as an Organizational Change Process
Gilbert Silvius. © 2018. 13 pages.
The entanglement of project management and the management of organizational change is not reflected in the literature on and standards of project management maturity. Studies on...
Integrating Sustainability Into Project Risk Management
Integrating Sustainability Into Project Risk Management
Gilbert Silvius. © 2018. 23 pages.
One of the developments that changed today's business environment is the increased concern about the sustainability, or unsustainability, of our society. Silvius and Schipper...
The Relationship between Information Systems Strategy and the Perception of Project Success
The Relationship between Information Systems Strategy and the Perception of Project Success
Ralph Jonkers, Ronald van Rossum, Gilbert Silvius. © 2015. 25 pages.
This article reports an explorative study on the relationship between Information Systems Strategy and the Perception of Project Success. The authors built upon the theoretical...