Experiencing social complexity in projects as 'tipping points'

Syed, GA; Sankaran, S

Experiencing social complexity in projects as 'tipping points'

Syed, GA Sankaran, S

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Publisher:: Roskilde University Press
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Project Management for Achieving Change, 2016, pp. 59 - 83
Issue Date:: 2016

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dc.contributor.author	Syed, GA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sankaran, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5485-6216	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Pries-Heje, J	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Svejvig, P	en_US
dc.date	2016-06-08	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Project Management for Achieving Change, 2016, pp. 59 - 83	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/44181
dc.description.abstract	This paper reports on the use of 'Tipping Points' to study social complexity as experienced by project participants because of intensive human interaction. It is part of a doctoral study which proposed an interpretive framework to study complexity in IT projects using lenses context, cohesion, coupling and adaptive response. The study was conducted in one of the largest telecommunications industry in Australia. The study has shown that there are certain situations in which the social complexity is experienced vividly during projects. Such situations are traced, tagged and analysed in the study. These atypical situations in which the social complexity is well pronounced are referred as 'Tipping Points". This paper illustrates the use of 'Tipping Point" situations in a single case project to trace social complexity in IT projects.	en_US
dc.publisher	Roskilde University Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Project Management for Achieving Change	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Danish Project Management Research Conference	en_US
dc.title	Experiencing social complexity in projects as 'tipping points'	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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Abstract:

This paper reports on the use of 'Tipping Points' to study social complexity as experienced by project participants because of intensive human interaction. It is part of a doctoral study which proposed an interpretive framework to study complexity in IT projects using lenses context, cohesion, coupling and adaptive response. The study was conducted in one of the largest telecommunications industry in Australia. The study has shown that there are certain situations in which the social complexity is experienced vividly during projects. Such situations are traced, tagged and analysed in the study. These atypical situations in which the social complexity is well pronounced are referred as 'Tipping Points". This paper illustrates the use of 'Tipping Point" situations in a single case project to trace social complexity in IT projects.

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