Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"project complexity"”.
-
The bioinspired design process : according to project complexity and motivation
… laboratories at MIT about bioinspired design projects and processes, some commonalities and differences in bioinspired design process were observed. This thesis generalizes these observations to propose four unique bioinspired design processes, each tailored to one of the following: …
-
An Assessment Of Alignment Between Project Complexity And Project Management Style
… are the complexities associated with the project management and an organization's project management style in dealing with these complexities. This research aims to demonstrate that alignment between project complexity and project management style increases project performance and …
-
Modelling Project Complexity for Leadership Decision Making and Success in the Building Construction Industry in Lagos, Nigeria
Construction projects improve the built environment and human civilisation. However, the challenges arising from project complexity in the strategic era of Project Management (PM) have resulted in majority of projects around the world failing to deliver to stakeholders’ satisfaction. Particularly, …
-
Project complexity and how to effectively measure complexity in projects: the case of a refuelling outage in a nuclear power generating plant
Background: Projects have become larger, technologically more sophisticated and are organised with a higher number of contractors and partners, compared to 40 years ago. The majority of large, complex capital projects often incur significant cost/budget and schedule overruns. Delays and cost …
-
Exploring project complexities and their problems: a critical review of the literature
It is hard to imagine any simple projects in today’s emergence behaviour world. There is varying degrees of complexity in all types of projects. This is evident in the early definition of complexity, which is defined as an entity which consists of many varied interrelated parts and elements such as …
-
Development of Fuzzy Hybrid Approaches to Project Delivery Method Selection in Highway Construction
Selection of project delivery methods is a success factor in delivering highway construction projects because it has a substantial impact on the project performance, such as cost, time, and quality. Project delivery decision-making processes have been heavily relied on experts’ opinions and …
-
Masterbuilders : a gallery for making at the edge of the mockup
… and bracketed professional roles. The rise in project complexity and evolving legal frameworks mean that architects now work as part of a much larger and divided design and construction team. This thesis insists that designing and making are not two separate acts, but are rather one holistic …
-
UNDERSTANDING THE RISK ALLOCATION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS USING ALTERNATIVE CONTRACTING METHODS
The success of ACM projects hinges on an organization's adept risk management practices, with risk allocation serving as a pivotal element for achieving excellence, given the severe consequences of failure. It is evident that limited research has been conducted on this subject, often confined to …
-
New structural systems in small-diameter round timber
… South. To reduce barriers to adoption, including project complexity and cost, a standardized "kit of parts" in whole-timber is proposed. This thesis proposes new designs for the first and most important element of this kit: a structurally independent column in whole-timber. A 20' compound column …
-
Decision support systems design: a nursing scheduling application
… environment must be performed. Such issues as project complexity, project uncertainty, and limited user involvement must be addressed. This dissertation develops a set of guidelines to assist in this analysis. For clarity, the guidelines are applied to three, well-documented case studies. As an …
-
Stakeholder management in university fundraising projects
… undertaking large-scale, coordinated fundraising projects or capital campaigns in order to increase third stream income. There is a dearth of research which explores stakeholder management – one of the key knowledge areas in project management – in the public higher education fundraising …
-
Methodology for the development of hydroelectric power plants
… constraints and the regulatory framework. Project results emerge from the interactions of these Inherent Features and the Project Architecture and do not always meet stakeholders' expectations, leading to deficient project results and lost value. This thesis proposes a methodology for …
-
Analysis of operations headcount in the new product introduction of servers and workstations
… is necessary to minimize the overall cost of a project and to remain competitive. The type of coordination can range from one way communication to highly interactive teams. Within the workstation development group at Intel, a dedicated operations team coordinates the activity between the design …
-
Model of leadership characteristics in addressing construction challenges
Failure of construction projects could be attributed from several challenges that emerged along the construction processes. These challenges are categorised as resources allocation, time, cost, quality, safety, project complexity, changes, uncertainties, and communication. It requires several …
-
Designing high performance teams for projects : a study of 49 project teams in the UK construction industry
… as a means of improving the performance of project teams and thereby resolving this paradox. Grounded in quantitative methodology, and supported by relevant qualitative data, this study has used a single case experiment to examine the effects of multiple work design variables on the climate …
-
Application of Agile Project Management in Kuwait Oil and Gas Capital Projects
… volatility associated with oil and gas projects reflect the need for a more flexible, responsive, and adaptable framework than the Traditional Project Management approaches usually found in the sector. This study explores Agile Project Management best practices merged into the existing …
-
A Framework for Construction-Driven Designs
Continuously increasing demand for faster project delivery of emergency and non-emergency projects, project complexity, and pandemic caused price escalations and material shortages requiring real time pricing and use of available equipment are showing that construction industry needs to shift …
-
Scheduling techniques that accommodate complexity: industrial practices and new approaches.
Complexity is a recognized factor that impacts project performance, yet quantifying this impact remains elusive. The Newtonian certainty of breaking down a project's schedule through a work breakdown structure into discrete activities fails to acknowledge the interwoven nature, iterative behaviour, …
-
A version control interface for graphical discrete-event models
… using editors provided with the tool. Typical project environments strongly resemble those of conventional software development, as they both exhibit similar problems such as project complexity and size scale-up. Specific problems include difficulty sharing work between team members, confusing …
-
The strategy and realization of enterprise integration
… innovation. emerging technology, and integration complexity. With this unprecedented growth, the priority of enterprise integration has shifted from patching solutions to the governance of agility. Enterprise integration mainly deals with interoperability between virtual and physical worlds, which …
Page 1 of 2