COMPLEXITY PERCEPTION — MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF TWO TECHNICAL PLATFORM PROJECTS IN THE MOBILE PHONES INDUSTRY

Ola Dawidson (), Martin Karlsson () and Lars Trygg ()
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Ola Dawidson: Department of Operations Management and Work Organization, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
Martin Karlsson: Department of Operations Management and Work Organization, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
Lars Trygg: Department of Operations Management and Work Organization, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden

International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), 2004, vol. 03, issue 03, 493-512

Abstract: This paper shows that underlying parameters of perceived complexity in the development of a technical platform in the mobile telecommunications industry can be presented in a model consisting of four parameters, divided into three levels. The parameters refer to the number of interrelated parts, type of dependency among these parts, uncertainty in goals, and uncertainty in methods. These complexity parameters can further be found on different levels — external organization, internal organization, and product.The study also shows that these underlying parameters come into play differently in different settings, e.g. how these parameters are perceived is highly dependent on the specific situation. The settings analyzed in this paper concern two technical platform projects of mobile phones at Ericsson Communication Systems (ECS), Sweden.

Keywords: Complexity perception; complexity management; project complexity; project management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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