Abstract
Development projects are dynamic endeavors. The process of creating a new product, or developing a new business, cannot be planned in all of its details (Kreiner, 1995; Spender & Kessler, 1995). During the execution of development projects, the environmental conditions usually change over time (Kreiner, 1995). Prerequisites are modified, new market windows are opened, old market windows are closed, serendipitous knowledge is developed (Lindkvist, Söderlund, & Tell, 1998), preferences are adjusted (Baier, March, & Saetren, 1986), objectives are reinterpreted, possibilities emerge, and unpredicted problems are discovered (Dalton, 1959).