Project management theory often reduces development to a simplistic and smooth process of consultation leading to a consensual set of requirements. However, in large public infrastructure projects, this is rarely the case as development is often subject to major power struggles. This article shows that public policy theory has an excellent potential to shed a fresh light on project development. An integrated model combining the theoretical insights from the Advocacy Coalition Framework and project development studies is presented and illustrated using the case of a major Canadian city streetcar network megaproject. The implications of the model for understanding “wicked problems” are discussed.

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大型公共基础设施项目的发展：整合政策和项目研究模型

项目管理理论通常将开发简化为一个简单而顺利的协商过程，该过程会导致达成一致的需求集。然而，在大型公共基础设施项目中，这种情况很少见，因为开发往往受到重大权力斗争的影响。本文表明，公共政策理论具有极大的潜力，可以为项目开发提供新的思路。结合倡导联盟框架的理论见解和项目开发研究的综合模型，以加拿大城市有轨电车网络大型项目为例进行了介绍和说明。讨论了该模型对理解“棘手问题”的影响。