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Article Complexity, Teams 1 November 2017

PM Network

Touch Up

By Parsi, Novid It started with a drip—and ended with a splash. A leaking roof at the National Gallery of Ireland in 2011 turned into an opportunity to tackle a series of long-overdue repairs. The extensive…

Article Complexity, Strategy, Teams 1 August 2017

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A New Chapter

By Howlett, Sarah Protzman For more than a century, the New York Public Library's Rose Main Reading Room has been an elegant research haven for award-winning writers, Nobel laureates, inventors and students. But the historic…

Article Risk Management, Complexity, Talent Management, Teams, Resource Management, Innovation, Energy & Utilities 1 June 2017

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Chernobyl Recovered

By Parsi, Novid Cleaning up the worst nuclear accident in history has taken more than 30 years -- and a nonstop cluster of high-risk projects. But the final phases of remediation for the Chernobyl nuclear power…

Article Complexity, Teams 1 May 2017

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Party Planners

Throwing a party for 36 million people sounds like a daunting task, eh? That’s why Canada got started early. The Canadian government began preparations in 2013 for a program to celebrate the…

Research Summary Complexity, Requirements Management, Teams, Resource Management, Information Technology April 2016

PMI Sponsored Research

Expertise Coordination in Information Systems Development Problems

Based on the research of Jack S. Hsu, Yu Wen Hung, Sheng-Pao Shih, and Hul-Mel Hsu, this article tackles the problem of coordination in information systems development (ISD) projects. The increasing…

Research Summary Teams, Complexity, Organizational Culture, Resource Management April 2016

PMI Sponsored Research

A Typology Framework for Virtual Teams

Based on research by Padhraic Ludden and Ann Ledwith,this research investigates the existence of patterns of virtual project teams and their impact. It identifies team typologies and their…

White Paper Teams, Complexity, Organizational Culture, Resource Management 23 March 2016

PMI Sponsored Research

A Typology Framework for Virtual Teams

By Ledwith, Ann | Ludden, Padhraic The need for project teams to work on a global level has increased (McDonough, Khan, & Barczak, 2001). For many teams, working as a group of colocated people is no longer the norm; instead, people…

Conference Paper Complexity, Teams 5 May 2014

Managing the complexity of engineering interfaces through ecollaboration

By Piantanida, Marco | Cognigni, Giorgio | Mancarella, Massimo | Gaudioso, Gioacchino Large construction projects depend on the proper management of engineering and construction interfaces to avoid cost overruns and schedule slippage. However, existing interface management tools are…

Conference Paper Complexity, Teams, Leadership 14 July 2010

Influences of environment and leadership on team performance in complex project environments

By Thamhain, Hans J. The influences of project environment and leadership style on team performance are examined in a field study of 74 technology-based project teams. The findings provide insight into the business…

Article Complexity, Teams June 2010

Project Management Journal

Mobilizing social networks beyond project team frontiers

By Lecoutre, Marc | Lièvre, Pascal New movements in project management are pushing project teams to hunt down contacts well outside their regular networks, to tackle problems encountered throughout project rollout. This raises the…