Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT project complexity - a systematic literature review

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Autor(a) principal: Morcov, Stefan
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Pintelon, Liliane, Kusters, Rob
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.12821/ijispm080201
Resumo: 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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title Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT project complexity - a systematic literature review
spellingShingle Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT project complexity - a systematic literature review
Morcov, Stefan
project management
information technology
complex projects
uncertainty
structural complexity
title_short 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_sort Definitions, characteristics and measures of IT project complexity - a systematic literature review
author Morcov, Stefan
author_facet Morcov, Stefan
Pintelon, Liliane
Kusters, Rob
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Kusters, Rob
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Morcov, Stefan
Pintelon, Liliane
Kusters, Rob
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv project management
information technology
complex projects
uncertainty
structural complexity
topic project management
information technology
complex projects
uncertainty
structural complexity
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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