Understand, reduce, respond: project complexity management theory and practice

Maylor, Harvey; Turner, Neil

doi:10.1108/ijopm-05-2016-0263

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“…Although earlier studies that included project complexity, i.e., (Horwitz & Horwitz, 2007), found no significant moderating effect, the concept and measures of complexity have progressed significantly since then. Recent studies on various topics have highlighted the importance of project complexity as a contextual variable (e.g., (Ellinas, Allan & Johansson, 2018;Gao, Chen, Wang & Wang, 2018;Hartono, 2018;Maylor & Turner, 2017). Furthermore, from a social identity standpoint, as mentioned earlier, the impacts of cultural dimensions on diversity also deserve further investigation, as proposed by Roberson et al (2017).…”

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“…Effective project exploration may result in creative deliberation and flexibility in multiple scenarios for potential solutions, which are especially important in start-up projects. Moreover, studies offer convincing evidence that exploration and flexibility are key success factors in addressing project uncertainty (Hartono, Sulistyo, Chai & Indarti, 2019;Maylor & Turner, 2017;Turner, Maylor & Swart, 2015). In addition, task-related conflicts within start-ups may highlight unique perspectives that relate to the specific needs of new market segments.…”

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Impact of team diversity and conflict on project performance in Indonesian start-ups

Hartono

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Damayanti

2020

JIEM

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Purpose: Grounded to social identity and information decision theories, the study develops and empirically verifies a fresh theoretical model on the possible mediating effect of emotional and task conflicts toward the associations between diversity (work, social, and ideology) and project performance.Design/methodology/approach: A survey was performed, and 68 Indonesian start-ups provided positive responses accounting for a 57.6% response rate. In total, 102 Indonesian project teams participated, and since multiple team members were inquired for respective teams, 395 individual respondents were involved. An aggregation protocol was utilized to compute team-level datasets. The partial least square (PLS) method was utilized for the main analysis.Findings: The findings suggest a detrimental effect of heightened ideology polarization towards team performance as mediated by emotional conflict. Moreover, work diversity positively affects task conflict, but it does not positively affect team performance. Possible moderating variables such as cultural aspects may lessen the impact.Research limitations/implications: The study offers an updated theoretical model which pertains to diversity, conflict and performance. It also offers unique empirical evidence to examine the theoretical propositions within the setting of Indonesian start-ups. The sample size is rather limited even though it is substantially larger than similar past studies. This could result in a relatively low statistical power. Practical implications: It offers useful practical insights for start-ups to improve their project performance by looking at the intricate association between aspects of team diversity, conflict, and project success.Originality/value: This study extends the contemporary knowledge on diversity studies, by focusing on the project context of Indonesian start-ups.

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Impact of team diversity and conflict on project performance in Indonesian start-ups

Hartono

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Damayanti

2020

JIEM

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“…10,14,40 Complexity, according to system scholars, is associated to multifaceted project attributes which reflect challenges to be encountered by project teams. [41][42][43][44][45][46] The challenges include understanding, designing, analyzing, foreseeing, keeping under control, or managing systems or organizations. 47,48 Recent qualitative studies in project maturity and performance have provided early evidence to support the moderation assertion on PMM models.…”

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“…Project complexity. Previous works by scholars [44][45][46]86 identified various perspectives pertinent to complexity concepts. Despite variations, many of the reviewed concepts share similar notions that complexity is not only linked to the number of the system's subsystems and components (i.e.…”

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The impact of project risk management maturity on performance: Complexity as a moderating variable

Hartono

Wijaya

Arini

2019

International Journal of Engineering Business Management

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This study examines the utility of project risk management maturity (PRMM) for project-based organizations across different domains. The relationship between organization-level PRMM and firm's performance is studied. Two alternatives of theoretical model are developed on the basis of an extensive literature review. The first model (i.e. traditional model) posits a direct positive relationship between PRMM and organizational performance. The second model suggests that the relation between the two key variables is positively moderated by the average level of "complexity" of projects which are typically performed by respective organizations. A cross-sectional, self-administrated survey is carried out with targeted respondents of senior members representing their respective organizations in construction, ICT, and telco industries in Indonesia (distributed ¼ 651, response rate ¼ 21.5%, final sample size ¼ 100). The result suggests that, in general, the utility of PRMM is observable across organizations-but its efficacy diminishes for organizations with lower level of "project complexity." This study provides an empirical support to the moderation model. The finding contributes to theoretical refinement on studies pertinent to project risk maturity. From a practical perspective, the result highlights the importance of contextual variables (in this case, project complexity) when designing organizational maturity.

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“…Many external stakeholders participate in mega projects, including but not limited to investors, contractors, governments and suppliers, which will cause social conflicts as a cause of complexity to be occurred. https://doi.org/10.15405/epms.2019.12.6 Corresponding Author: Mohammad Mohseni Selection and peer-review under & Hertogh, 2018;Callegari, Szklo, & Schaeffer, 2018;Dao et al, 2016;Eriksson et al, 2017;Forozandeh, Ebrahim, & Makui, 2018;Hartono, 2018;He, Luo, Hu, & Chan, 2015;Hu et al, 2015;Abdou et al, 2016;Kuhn, Schaefer, & Otten, 2018;Lessard, Sakhrani, & Miller, 2014;Makui, Zadeh, Bagherpour, & Jabbarzadeh, 2018;Maylor & Turner, 2017;Mikkelsen, 2018;Mirza & Ehsan, 2017;Mok, Shen, & Yang, 2015;Mozaffari, Fazli, & Sedaghat-Seresht, 2012;Nguyen et al, Ambiguity in the domain the dynamics of work activities 5 (Bakhshi et al, 2016;Bjorvatn & Wald 2018;Bosch-Rekveldt et al, 2018;Callegari et al, 2018;Dao et al 2016;Eriksson et al 2017;Forozandeh et al, 2018;Habibi, Barzinpour, & Sadjadi, 2018;Hartono 2018;He et al, 2015;Invernizzi, Locatelli, Gronqvis, & Brookes, 2019;Abdou et al, 2016;Kuhn et al, 2018;Lehtinen, Peltokorpi, & Artto, 2019;…”

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Complexity Factors In Mega Projects: A Literature Review

Mohseni¹

2019

The European Proceedings of Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Evaluation of complexity is of considerable importance for project managers in mega projects. Project managers faced with complexities that have not worked so far and are new to their kind. While as for the complexity of project, there is still a lack of complete understanding of the complexity concept among practitioners in the industry as well as in project management body of knowledge. In this regard, the traditional project management principles and practices are not capable of controlling emerging complexities in mega projects. Undoubtedly one of the key factors for success in mega projects is knowledge of project managers about overall complexities and contributing factors on complexities. As the main approach of this paper is overview the factors of complexity in mega projects, a systematic literature review analysis on complexity features in mega projects achieved by examining over one hundred and fifty published research papers during the period of 2012-2019. As a result of this exploration, the research highlighted three (3) dimensions (Environmental, Technological, and Organizational) and over seventy-three factors of complexity in mega projects from the extent literature. The research findings help scholars and practitioners in the project management field developing the perception of complexities in managing mega projects effectively.

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Understand, reduce, respond: project complexity management theory and practice

Abstract: This paper contributes to the understanding of complexity and its management from an OM perspective, building on and extending the systematic literature review published in this journal in 2011, and provides a foundation for exploring the interactions between complexities and responses.

Cited by 116 publications

References 81 publications

Impact of team diversity and conflict on project performance in Indonesian start-ups

Impact of team diversity and conflict on project performance in Indonesian start-ups

The impact of project risk management maturity on performance: Complexity as a moderating variable

Complexity Factors In Mega Projects: A Literature Review

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