Project Management Journal

Balancing Open and Closed Innovation in Megaprojects: Insights from Crossrail

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CrossrailProjects Submitted Funded Implemented Published PwPOUT PwPIN

Bond Street 59 2 1 35 4 5 Connaught Tunnel 10 2 1 3 — – Custom House 6 1 — 5 — – Eastern Tunnels (including Limmo) 16 2 1 7 1 1 Farringdon 23 — — 14 — — Liverpool Street 26 1 2 9 — — Eleanor Street and Mile End Park Shafts 25 1 1 16 4 2 Paddington 69 4 3 36 2 2 Paddington PiP 1 — — — — — Pudding Mill Lane 4 — — 4 — — Thames Tunnels 22 — — 18 1 1 Tottenham Court Road 19 1 — 1 1 1 Victoria Dock Portal 4 — — 1 — — Wallasea 1 — — — — — Western Tunnels 43 — 1 16 — — WHI-LIS Tunnels 5 — — 3 — — Whitechapel 19 1 — 13 5 5 Total 352 15 10 181 18 17 Crossrail Limited Functions

Chief Engineer’s Group 6 3 2 1 — — Commercial Services and Contract Administration 1 — — — — — Cost 1 — — — — — External Affairs 2 — — 1 — — Field Engineering 5 — — — — — Finance Operations 1 — — — — — Health and Safety 3 — — — — — Instrumentation and Monitoring 2 1 — — — — Internal Communications and Organizational Effectiveness 1 — — — — — IT 9 — — — — — Land and Property 7 — — 3 — — Logistics 1 — — — — — Operations 18 — — — — — Planning 1 — — — — — Program Controls 3 — — 1 — — Rolling Stock and Depot 4 — — — — — Strategic Projects 14 — 1 — — — Surface 1 — — — — — Sustainability and Consents 9 2 — — — — Systemwide—Main Works 7 2 — — — — Technical General 3 — — — — — Technical Information 7 — — 1 — — Total 106 8 3 7 — —