Dissertation theme on System complexity & IT project mgt

The following ideas and related concepts can be adopted as in dissertation works related to Project Management, notably on IT project management and the system notion of complexity:


I. On the notion of system complexity

  1. Flood, R.L. and Carson, E.R. (1988) "Chapter 2: Systems and Complexity" Dealing with Complexity, Plenum Press.
  2. Ho, J.K.K. and Sculli, D. (1995) "System Complexity and the Design of Decision Support Systems" Systems Practice 8(5), pp. 505-516

II. On related project management notions
  1. Austin, S., Newton, A, Steele, J. and Waskett, P. (2002) "Modelling and managing project complexity" International Journal of Project Management 20, pp. 191-198
  2. Baccarini, D. (1996) "The concept of project complexity - a review" International Journal of Project Management 14(4), pp. 201-204.
  3. Hass, K.B. (2007) "Introduction to Project Complexity Model: A new approach to diagnosing and manageing projects" PM World Today, 9(7) pp. 1-8
  4. Lycett, M. and Paul, R.J. (1998) "Information systems development: a perspective on the challenge of evolutionary complexity" European Journal of Information Sytems 8, 127-135
  5. Thomas, J. and Mengel, T. (2008) "Preparing project managers to deal with complexity - Advanced project management education" International Journal of Project Management 26, pp. 304-315.

The main research methods to use are (1) case study research and (2) survey research, while other research methods such as quasi-experiments, etc., can also be considered.

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