Steen Lichtenberg

Steen Lichtenberg (1930-2019) is a Danish engineer, Emeritus Professor of Project and Construction Management at the Technical University of Denmark, author and management consultant. He is known from his 1978 textbook on new project management, which a standard reference work in Scandinavia. He is also known as former president of the International Project Management Association.

Biography Lichtenberg obtained his MSc Eng from the Technical University of Denmark, and his in 1974 his PhD with a thesis on new project management principles.

Reception According to Per Svejvig (2013) Steen Lichtenberg played a pioneering role in the rethinking of project management in Denmark. He stated, that:

"Steen Lichtenberg, who back in 1983 wrote about the Scandinavian alternative to the “only one concept of good project management” (Lichtenberg, 1983). Lichtenberg has had a great influence on the Danish project management community with his proactive management of uncertainty using the successive principle (Lichtenberg, 2000), which has augmented the technocratic rational view..."

Selected publications Steen. Lichtenberg. Project planning: a third generation approach: on some procedures for balanced timing and resource planning of construction projects. Polyteknisk Forlag, 1974. Lichtenberg, Steen. Projekt planlægning-i en foranderlig verden. 1978. Lichtenberg, Steen. Proactive management of uncertainty using the successive principle: a practical way to manage opportunities and risks. Polyteknisk Press, 2000. Lichtenberg, Steen. Proaktiv ledelse af usikkerhed ved hjælp af successiv princippet: en praktisk måde at håndtere muligheder og usikkerheder på. COMPILOT.dk | E-bog: Molio.dk, 2023. Translation: Henrik K . Søndergaard. The edition include two new chapters about: Reference Class Forecast & "Tandem analysis"(Tandemsanalyser).

Articles, a selection Lichtenberg, Steen. "The successive principle." Proceedings of the PMI International Symposium, Project Management Institute, Washington, DC, USA. 1974. Lichtenberg, Steen. "New project management principles for the conception stage: outline of a new ‘generation’." International Journal of Project Management 7.1 (1989): 46-51. Archibald, Russell D., and Steen Lichtenberg. "Experiences using next generation management practices. The future has already begun." keynote paper, Proceedings IPMA* 1992 World Congress, Florens, Italy. 1992. Sunde, Leif, and Steen Lichtenberg. "Net-present-value cost/time tradeoff." International Journal of Project Management 13.1 (1995): 45-49.