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Designing system development projects for organizational integration
Author(s) -
Browning Tyson R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
systems engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.474
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1520-6858
pISSN - 1098-1241
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6858(1999)2:4<217::aid-sys4>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - process management , management science , new product development , organizational architecture , computer science , systems engineering , system integration , knowledge management , engineering , business , marketing , operating system
In complex system development projects, integrated product teams (IPTs) may be used to develop various system components. Many have struggled to determine the characteristics of highly effective IPTs and the circumstances in which particular perspectives should be incorporated within an IPT. However, much less research has addressed the nature and management of the relationships between IPTs—the integration of IPTs within a project. While many have lamented that coordination problems have played a large part in diminishing the performance of their projects, a systematic approach for considering these issues a priori , during the organization design activity, is lacking. This paper describes a framework for thinking about organizational integration within a project and develops a systematic approach for designing organizations, design for integration (DFI), that explicitly considers integration needs. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Syst Eng 2: 217–225, 1999