Managing complexity in projects: Extending the Cynefin framework

Nachbagauer, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.plas.2021.100017

Cited by 14 publications

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“…The need for more guidance aligns poorly with co-leadership. Scientific literature describes that the nature of co-design is complex and open-ended (Nachbagauer, 2021;Schruijer, 2021;Snowden & Boone, 2007). Having a conversation about the discomfort, the potential benefits, and envisioning a positive emerging future could have helped team members cope with this uncertainty (Senge, 1999;Senge et al, 2004;Trischler et al, 2018).…”

Section: Journal Of Participatory Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lessons Learned From Co-Designing Educational Programs for Student and Practicing Healthcare Professionals in Nursing Homes: A Participatory Qualitative Study

Muller-Schoof

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Snoeren

2023

Journal of Participatory Research Methods

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Our aim was to examine the co-design process of two educational programs based on scientific research, to investigate which factors influenced the co-design processes and which lessons we learned. Participatory qualitative research on multiple cases was conducted with representatives of the university, healthcare education (university of applied science), secondary vocational education and training and nursing home care practice. Data were analyzed using a critical creative hermeneutic analysis. Three themes influenced the co-design processes: (1) facilitation of the processes, (2) team members’ attributes and (3) diverse interests and structures. Participants’ diversity slowed down and deepened the collaboration. The positive climate and personal attributes enabled the processes. The complexity of the co-design processes, conflicting interests and making use of the full potential of the diversity were challenging aspects. These challenges can be overcome by organizing and facilitating co-design processes skillfully.

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Section: Journal Of Participatory Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lessons Learned From Co-Designing Educational Programs for Student and Practicing Healthcare Professionals in Nursing Homes: A Participatory Qualitative Study

Muller-Schoof

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Snoeren

2023

Journal of Participatory Research Methods

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“…Complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity are elements of projects [3]. The discourse on unexpected events is described using several perspectives, including deviations, exceptions, surprises, unforeseen events, and emergent events [16,19,21,57].…”

Section: Emergent Events In Construction Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Construction projects are prone to change events, which introduce the following challenges: time-boundedness and design complexity [3,17]. Because unforeseen scenarios offer an opportunity for a considerable amount of knowledge creation, capturing and disseminating this knowledge is an essential part of the organizational learning effort [69].…”

Section: Km In the Emergent Events Contextmentioning

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Investigating Stakeholder Perspectives on the Knowledge Management of Construction Projects: A Case Study of the Vietnamese Construction Industry

Ulhaq,

Maqsood,

Khalfan

et al. 2023

Buildings

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Knowledge management (KM) is imperative for the successful completion of complex projects. This research, which constitutes a recent doctoral dissertation, centers on exploring the KM practices of internal project stakeholders in managing emergent events within construction projects during the construction stage. Herein, a qualitative approach was utilized. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts from five internal project stakeholders. A thematic analysis was subsequently conducted using NVivo12 qualitative data analysis software. This study identified a total of eleven types of events categorized into four major themes. Furthermore, the analysis highlighted KM mechanisms applied by construction project stakeholders to overcome the events. In the emergent events context, personalization techniques, such as face-to-face meetings and discussions, are more effective for problem-solving. This study aims to enable Vietnamese construction companies to understand the importance of different KM mechanisms in the emergent events context and offers recommendations on effective KM.

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“…As projects have become more complex, there have been growing concerns about the concept of project complexity [18][19][20]. Understanding the complexity of projects and how to manage them is of remarkable importance for project managers since the decision-making and goal attainment processes are related to complexity [21].…”

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Selecting an Appropriate Configuration in a Construction Project Using a Hybrid Multiple Attribute Decision Making and Failure Analysis Methods

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To successfully complete a project, selecting the most appropriate construction method and configuration is critical. There are, however, plenty of challenges associated with these complex decision-making processes. Clients require projects with the desired cost, time, and quality, so contractors should trade-off project goals through project configuration. To address this problem, in this study, an integrated FTA-DFMEA approach is proposed that implements the integrated AHP-TOPSIS method to improve construction project configuration. The proposed approach applies quality management techniques and MADM methods concurrently for the first time to improve construction project configuration considering project risks, costs and quality. At first, the Client’s requirements and market feedback are considered to identify potential failures in fulfilling project goals, and an integrated AHP-TOPSIS is used to select the most critical potential failure. Then fault tree analysis is used to indicate minimal paths. An inverse search in the operational model is performed to determine relevant tasks and identify defective project tasks based on WBS. Afterward, failure modes and effect analysis are applied to identify failure modes, and an integrated AHP-TOPSIS is used to rank failure modes and select the most critical one. Then Corrective actions are carried out for failure modes based on their priority, and project configuration is improved. This study considers construction resource suppliers with different policies, delivery lead times, warranty costs, and purchasing costs. Moreover, redundancy allocation and different configuration systems such as series and parallel are taken into account based on the arrangement and precedence of tasks. Finally, a case study of a building construction project is presented to test the viability of the proposed approach. The results indicate that the proposed approach is applicable as a time-efficient and powerful tool in the improvement of construction project configuration, which provides the optimal output by considering various criteria with respect to the client’s requirements and contractor’s obligations. Moreover, the algorithm provides various options for the contractor to improve the implementation of construction projects and better respond to challenges when fulfilling project goals.

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Managing complexity in projects: Extending the Cynefin framework

Cited by 14 publications

References 34 publications

Lessons Learned From Co-Designing Educational Programs for Student and Practicing Healthcare Professionals in Nursing Homes: A Participatory Qualitative Study

Lessons Learned From Co-Designing Educational Programs for Student and Practicing Healthcare Professionals in Nursing Homes: A Participatory Qualitative Study

Investigating Stakeholder Perspectives on the Knowledge Management of Construction Projects: A Case Study of the Vietnamese Construction Industry

Selecting an Appropriate Configuration in a Construction Project Using a Hybrid Multiple Attribute Decision Making and Failure Analysis Methods

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