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• The history of projects together with the interdisciplinary focus of project studies provides an opportunity for the utilization of historical research • Existing project histories tend to be teleological in focus and lack historical context • We provide a framework for the application of historical research methods based on archives • Thinking historically unlocks the meso study of project context • A process is explicated to demonstrate how historical investigation can contribute to theoretical novelty
Tennent et al. (Wed,) studied this question.