Guide to Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects

Shane, Jennifer S.; Strong, Kelly C.; Gransberg, Douglas D.; Jeong, H. David

doi:10.17226/22755

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“…Explaining the relevant objects and relations helps to resolve misunderstandings due to terminology (2) and thus make the resulting complexity management system easier to understand (1). Additionally, knowledge about the relations within the measurement system helps to interpret and explain complexity assessments on a more detailed level (7) and assist in recognizing and resolving inconsistencies (5), both of a technical and terminological nature.  Are the measures mapped to the goals?…”

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“…While it should still be possible for experts to analyze the details of this aggregate result, a simple, graphical representation, which highlights important information, is essential. This not only hides the inherent complexity of the measurement system itself (1) and thus makes it more accessible for users (6), it also makes it easier to follow a consistent terminology (2) and presentation (5) and to explain and compare results (7). addresses common issues with acceptance and usage, which result from people not being aware of existing systems and methodological capabilities or from a lack of clear responsibilities for driving the development and usage of complexity measurement systems.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This complexity in turn prevents people from recognizing a not only locally but globally optimal way to adapt and hinders efficient operation in the resulting state. Thus, there is a sustained practical [4][5][6] and academic [7][8][9] interest in complexity management and the development of underlying complexity measurement systems, which assist businesses in guiding transformations in a way that avoids unnecessary complexity.…”

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confidence: 99%

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While there is a general agreement on the need for tools, which guide the evolution of complex organizational systems, and while there already exists a wealth of tools and approaches for the measurement and management of complexity, it seems that in practice these approaches often fail to achieve the desired impact during transformation processes. Based on focus group data and based on related literature, we analyze the factors that hinder current complexity management systems from guiding enterprise transformations and contribute a set of design principles, which address these factors. In particular, it is important to be aware of the context, to use a consistent ontology, to pay attention to visualization and to raise awareness and support.

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“…However, there are other indirect factors such as the horizontal and vertical clearances that have an effect on green construction highway projects [34].…”

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Improving the Impact of Green Construction Management on the Quality of Highway Engineering Projects

Zhao

2019

Sustainability

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The implementation of green projects continues to encounter several challenges with regards to the project management techniques applied in different construction projects. This study aims to find out the relationship between green construction management and the quality of highway engineering projects, and to try to help innovators identify the best place to focus. This study adopted mixed research method where both quantitative and qualitative research approaches were used. The analysis techniques adopted included Pearson’s correlation, regression analysis, and Student’s t-test. The study found that the effect of financial issues, design codes and standards, and various risks will be the most effective green performance constructing strategies. It is revealed that there are eight determinants explained 77.5% of the variations in the quality of the highway engineering projects. The quality of highway engineering projects was expected to improve by 0.246 units for a unit change in the adoption of the green construction management. The research result will help stakeholders in improving the quality standards for highway engineering projects and help practitioners and experts in the construction project industry to better understand the relationship between green construction management and quality of highway engineering projects, and help them improve green construction management in an effort to promote sustainable development of project management. This research can be further studied in the future to expand the scope of data analysis to explain the differences in the level of social development.

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“…Such analyses have been conducted not only at the business level -where cost overrun losses can be astronomically high -but also in the failure of these systems to deliver their critically needed product and strategic objectives. There have been several well-funded and supported efforts to analyze and promote new methods of complex project management (US National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board 2012; Shane, Strong & Gransberg 2012;International Center for Complex Project Management Task Force 2013). These efforts are also driven by increased focus on overall project success, not just the "Iron Triangle" of function, cost and schedule (PMI 2013).…”

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Complexity in the Context of Information Systems Project Management

Botchkarev

Finnigan

2015

Organisational Project Management

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Complexity is an inherent attribute of any project. The purpose of defining and documenting complexity is to have an early warning tool allowing a project team to focus on certain areas and aspects of the project in order to prevent and alleviate future risks and issues caused by this complexity.The main contribution of this paper is to present a systematic view of complexity in project management by identifying its key attributes and classifying complexity by these attributes. A "complexity taxonomy", based on a survey of the existing complexity literature, is developed and discussed including the product, project, and external environment dimensions.We show how complexity types are described through simple real life examples and business cases. Then we develop a framework (tool) for applying the notion of complexity as an early warning tool for a project manager in order to timely foresee future risks and problems.The paper is intended for researchers in complexity, project management, information systems, technology solutions and business management, and also for information specialists, project managers, program managers, financial staff and technology directors.

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Guide to Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects

Cited by 11 publications

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On the Role of Complexity for Guiding Enterprise Transformations

On the Role of Complexity for Guiding Enterprise Transformations

Improving the Impact of Green Construction Management on the Quality of Highway Engineering Projects

Complexity in the Context of Information Systems Project Management

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