The Role of Subproject Task-Specific Attributes in Managing Enterprise-Wide Projects
Realizing that different types of projects require different styles of management is becoming part of the mainstream theory and practice in project management. This paper addresses the question of whether the same notion is also applicable to the subproject level, and how. We suggest that a project’...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
2016
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| author | Orhof, Ori Shenhar, Aaron Dori, Dov |
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| description | Realizing that different types of projects require different styles of management is becoming part of the mainstream theory and practice in project management. This paper addresses the question of whether the same notion is also applicable to the subproject level, and how. We suggest that a project’s building blocks exhibit unique characteristics with respect to two major dimensions: Challenge (or difficulty) and vitality (or importance). Specifically, we add to the critical path and critical chain project management concepts a critical component—a unit at the sub-project level that is exceptionally risky to a project’s success. We lay out the conceptual framework in which critical component is embedded and demonstrate the theoretical and managerial aspects of contingency at the subproject level by analyzing three case studies. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1030002019-04-09T17:44:34Z The Role of Subproject Task-Specific Attributes in Managing Enterprise-Wide Projects Orhof, Ori Shenhar, Aaron Dori, Dov Realizing that different types of projects require different styles of management is becoming part of the mainstream theory and practice in project management. This paper addresses the question of whether the same notion is also applicable to the subproject level, and how. We suggest that a project’s building blocks exhibit unique characteristics with respect to two major dimensions: Challenge (or difficulty) and vitality (or importance). Specifically, we add to the critical path and critical chain project management concepts a critical component—a unit at the sub-project level that is exceptionally risky to a project’s success. We lay out the conceptual framework in which critical component is embedded and demonstrate the theoretical and managerial aspects of contingency at the subproject level by analyzing three case studies. 2016-06-06T20:20:57Z 2016-06-06T20:20:57Z 2014-03 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103000 en_US ESD Working Papers;ESD-WP-2014-09 application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division |
| spellingShingle | Orhof, Ori Shenhar, Aaron Dori, Dov The Role of Subproject Task-Specific Attributes in Managing Enterprise-Wide Projects |
| title | The Role of Subproject Task-Specific Attributes in Managing Enterprise-Wide Projects |
| title_full | The Role of Subproject Task-Specific Attributes in Managing Enterprise-Wide Projects |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Subproject Task-Specific Attributes in Managing Enterprise-Wide Projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Subproject Task-Specific Attributes in Managing Enterprise-Wide Projects |
| title_short | The Role of Subproject Task-Specific Attributes in Managing Enterprise-Wide Projects |
| title_sort | role of subproject task specific attributes in managing enterprise wide projects |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103000 |
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