Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT Project Complexity - a Systematic Literature Review
As the world of Information Technology (IT) engineering becomes more complex every day, the formal study of project complexity becomes more and more important for managing projects effectively, to avoid poor performance and failure. Complexity is not yet clearly understood nor sufficiently defined a...
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| description | As the world of Information Technology (IT) engineering becomes more complex every day, the formal study of project complexity becomes more and more important for managing projects effectively, to avoid poor performance and failure. Complexity is not yet clearly understood nor sufficiently defined and the terminology itself is being overloaded and over-used. This paper is a systematic literature review that attempts to identify and classify proposed definitions and measures of IT project complexity. The results include a map of the identified approaches and definitions, a list of classifications of project complexity, a set of proposed measurement tools and complexity measures available to practitioners. The paper contributes to establishing a common language when discussing complexity, as well as to a better understanding of project complexity and its implications to practical IT engineering projects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8678a2969d5b46d8a4135919249fe36a2022-12-22T02:50:49ZengUMinho EditoraInternational Journal of Information Systems and Project Management2182-77882020-01-01080252110.12821/ijispm08020121827788Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT Project Complexity - a Systematic Literature ReviewStefan Morcov0Liliane Pintelon1Rob Kusters234 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Open Universiteit Nederland As the world of Information Technology (IT) engineering becomes more complex every day, the formal study of project complexity becomes more and more important for managing projects effectively, to avoid poor performance and failure. Complexity is not yet clearly understood nor sufficiently defined and the terminology itself is being overloaded and over-used. This paper is a systematic literature review that attempts to identify and classify proposed definitions and measures of IT project complexity. The results include a map of the identified approaches and definitions, a list of classifications of project complexity, a set of proposed measurement tools and complexity measures available to practitioners. The paper contributes to establishing a common language when discussing complexity, as well as to a better understanding of project complexity and its implications to practical IT engineering projects. http://www.sciencesphere.org/ijispm/archive/ijispm-080201.pdf project managementinformation technologycomplex projectsuncertaintystructural complexity |
| spellingShingle | Stefan Morcov Liliane Pintelon Rob Kusters Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT Project Complexity - a Systematic Literature Review International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management project management information technology complex projects uncertainty structural complexity |
| title | Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT Project Complexity - a Systematic Literature Review |
| title_full | Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT Project Complexity - a Systematic Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT Project Complexity - a Systematic Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT Project Complexity - a Systematic Literature Review |
| title_short | Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT Project Complexity - a Systematic Literature Review |
| title_sort | definitions characteristics and measures of it project complexity a systematic literature review |
| topic | project management information technology complex projects uncertainty structural complexity |
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