Project management practices have evolved as the discipline grew from managing defence and engineering projects to delivering information systems, supporting organizational transformation, and managing megaprojects supporting national infrastructure needs. Thus, from starting as a tactical tool, project management grew to deliver organizational and national strategies. The next challenge for project management is to support the achievement of sustainable development goals to tackle societal challenges. How can it do this? In this article, we chart a way forward for project management to contribute to global sustainability by tracing the history of projects from prehistoric times to the 21st. We outline the development using the lens of socio-technical transitions to analyse technological niches developed to advance the field, and socio-technical regimes that have supported the development of project management to adopt these technological niches to meet changes that appear at the landscape level. By analysing the history of projects and project management, we argue that the discipline has continuously evolved as a transition innovation that can meet the challenges posed by sustainable development. However, further investigation is required. A sustainable development framework has been proposed in this article to enable project management researchers and managers to achieve this transition.

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项目作为转型创新的历史和未来：迈向可持续的项目管理框架

随着该学科从管理国防和工程项目发展到交付信息系统、支持组织转型和管理支持国家基础设施需求的大型项目，项目管理实践已经发展。因此，从最初的战术工具开始，项目管理逐渐发展为交付组织和国家战略。项目管理的下一个挑战是支持实现可持续发展目标以应对社会挑战。它怎么能做到这一点？在本文中，我们通过追溯项目从史前时代到 21 世纪的历史，为项目管理指明了前进方向，为全球可持续发展做出贡献。我们概述了使用社会技术转型的镜头来分析为推进该领域而开发的技术利基的发展，以及支持项目管理发展的社会技术制度，以采用这些技术利基来应对出现在景观层面的变化。通过分析项目和项目管理的历史，我们认为该学科作为一种可以应对可持续发展挑战的转型创新不断发展。但是，还需要进一步调查。本文提出了一个可持续发展框架，使项目管理研究人员和管理人员能够实现这种转变。我们认为，该学科作为一种可以应对可持续发展带来的挑战的转型创新不断发展。但是，还需要进一步调查。本文提出了一个可持续发展框架，使项目管理研究人员和管理人员能够实现这种转变。我们认为，该学科作为一种可以应对可持续发展带来的挑战的转型创新不断发展。但是，还需要进一步调查。本文提出了一个可持续发展框架，使项目管理研究人员和管理人员能够实现这种转变。