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Reframing systems integration: a process perspective on projects
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posted on 2023-06-09, 23:51 authored by Jennifer Whyte, Andrew DaviesAndrew DaviesThe delivery of large-scale technical systems is achieved through project organizing. The concept of systems integration, with its distinct focus on the systems that projects deliver, is theoretically important as projects become more complex and face significant uncertainty. We reframe systems integration in interorganizational projects as a flexible and adaptive process of making constituent parts of systems work together. This process involves boundary-spanning structures and activities to address emergent complexity and uncertainty (that are both technological and organizational in nature). We discuss implications and highlight areas for further research on projects.
Funding
Improving Project Delivery (Project X); G2578; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; ES/S009841/1
Establishing the RM Phillips Freeman Chair of Science and Technology Policy and Research; G2960; R M PHILLIPS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
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- Published
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Project Management JournalISSN
8756-9728Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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3Volume
52Page range
237-249Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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- Yes
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2021-05-13First Open Access (FOA) Date
2021-05-13First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2021-05-13Usage metrics
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