Profiling Project Complexity: Insights from Complexity Science and Project Management Literature. Issue 6 (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kiridena, Senevi; Sense, Andrew
• Is Part Of: Project management journal. Volume 47:Issue 6(2016)
• Page Start: 56
• Page End: 74
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: project complexity -- complexity profile -- project management -- complexity science; Project management -- Periodicals; 658.40405
• DOI: 10.1177/875697281604700605
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 8756-9728

Abstract

The current understanding of project complexity is limited in that there is neither a widely recognized conceptualization of project complexity nor a convergent view on how to deal with its effects. Drawing on the extant literature concerning project complexity and complexity science, this article develops a coherent and holistic profile of project complexity and provides reflections on its implications for project management theory and practice. This profile serves as a touchstone for practitioners to better understand, assess, and address complexity in their projects and as an aid to researchers in framing their research efforts.