A Contingency Approach to Designing Project Organizations: Theory and Tools
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Engineering Project Organization Journal
ISSN
2157-3727
Volume
2
DOI
10.1080/21573727.2011.641118
First Page
5
Last Page
14
Publication Date
1-24-2012
Abstract
Many firms have increasingly come to rely on projects as a fundamental approach to organizing work. Yet understanding the best way to organize projects is a challenge, given the various contingencies that impact project success. We focus here on three contingency-based project organization design tools (the design structure matrix, OrgCon™ and SimVision™) that help to manage project complexity and ensure project success by identifying misfits or misalignments between organizational elements. We discuss the application of these models to a large National Aeronautics and Space Administration project as an example. We conclude with a consideration of how the existing tools are useful, and where they fall short.
Recommended Citation
Carroll, T. N.,
&
Burton, R. M.
(2012).
A Contingency Approach to Designing Project Organizations: Theory and Tools.
Engineering Project Organization Journal, 2, 5–14.
DOI: 10.1080/21573727.2011.641118
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/esob-facarticles/132
