Large-scale projects have grown in size, quantity, and complexity; thus, measuring project complexity has become an integral part of project management. This study used the task and organization (TO) ...perspective to propose a measurement model of project complexity through hidden work that reflected the dynamic “emerging” effect of influencing factors on project complexity. TO measures were identified and mapped with attribute settings of ProjectSim software. The proposed TO measurement method was then expressed as hidden workload divided by direct workload. Overall, 12 hypotheses on the relationship between TO measures and hidden workload were put forth. The Shanghai World Expo construction project was chosen to test the synchronous relationship between hidden workload and project complexity as well as to validate the proposed method. The measurement method could truly reflect the project complexity and therefore can be used to manage the complexity of large-scale projects.
•We explore a reasonable measurement model from the task and organizational (TO) perspective.•The model can reflect the dynamic “emerging” effect of micro-factors on project complexity.•This model measures project complexity effectively from the perspective of hidden workload.
Value management (VM) has become an accepted approach in the past decade, using tools and methods that have been ordinarily understood. VM is often subjected to time and res ource pressure. The ...determination of the possible critical success factors (CSFs) of VM in the building projects in developing countries is an essential matter to success these projects. This study identified 34 factors and drivers to adopt VM in the construction industry. This was achieved through qualitative approach by conducting interviews with fifteen experts with substantial years of experience in building projects. Results revealed that some new factors appeared in the Egypt context that have not existed in previous studies. These factors can aid the adoption of VM practices in the building projects in the Egypt construction industry. The findings thus represent the true reflection of the VM drivers in Egypt, and their recommendations effectively encourage the adoption of VM by Egypt and also other developing countries, as they face similar problems and need similar drivers in promoting the adoption of VM in the building industry when building projects are carried out in similar method, and style.
Collaborative research embraces a multiplicity of practices in which social actors are invited to participate in the research process as co-producers of knowledge. But what is actually meant by ..."co-production" in collaborative research? Knowledge and Power in Collaborative Research presents a range of critical, reflexive strategies for understanding and tackling the challenges emanating from the tensions that arise in the meeting between different participants, knowledge forms and knowledge interests. The chapters anchor discussion of ethical, epistemological and methodological questions in sustained empirical analyses of cases of collaborative knowledge production.
The book covers diverse theoretical approaches such as dialogic communication theory, actor network theory, poststructuralist writing as inquiry, institutional ethnography, dialogic action research, and pragmatic action research. The empirical cases span a broad spectrum of empirical fields of social practice: health services, organisational change, research, science communication, environmental communication in intermediary NGOs, participatory governance in relation to urban planning, and digital communication and virtual worlds.
Compulsory land acquisition and involuntary displacement of communities for a larger public purpose captures the tension of development in the modern state, with the need to balance the interests of ...the majority while protecting the rights of the minority. In India, informal estimates of involuntary resettlement are estimated to be around 50 million people over the last five decades, and three-fourths of those displaced still face an uncertain future.
Growing public concern over the long-term consequences of this has led to greater scrutiny of the rehabilitation and resettlement process, particularly for large development projects. This book examines a number of new policy formulations put in place at both the central and state levels, looking at land acquisition procedures and norms for rehabilitation and resettlement of communities. The book combines a theoretical analysis of the proposed regulatory framework with detailed case studies that examine the application of these norms in specific geographic contexts across the country. It brings together contributory analysis by some of the country's most engaged administrators, academics, and activists in the field, and is a useful contribution to Development Studies.
Agile Practice Guide Project Management Institute Inc
2017, 2017-09-06T00:00:00, 2017-09-06, 2017.
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Agile Practice Guide has been developed as a resource to understand, evaluate, and use agile and hybrid agile approaches. This practice guide provides guidance on when, where, and how to apply agile ...approaches and provides practical tools for practitioners and organizations wanting to increase agility. This practice guide is aligned with other PMI standards, including this book and was developed as the result of collaboration between the Project Management Institute and the Agile Alliance.
Introduction: Minority youth are underrepresented in diabetes technology trials. An ongoing pilot study is recruiting 20 publicly insured, insulin pump naive youth ages 8-12 with T1D who identify as ...NHB or Latinx with recent HbA1c >8% to participate in a study using SMAs to improve T1D self-management and sustained CGM use. We aimed to identify the most successful recruitment strategies.
Methods: Potentially eligible youth are identified through weekly review of diabetes appointments. Families are then contacted in-person at a clinic visit, by phone, or text-message. We reviewed the number of in-person, phone, and text-message attempts for all eligible participants, as well as the number of youth who enrolled, refused, or who have not yet been successfully contacted.
Results:79 youth were identified as potentially eligible. 56% (n=44, 16±13 contact attempts) have been successfully contacted; 18% (n=14, 6±4 contact attempts) enrolled. 64% (n=9/14) of enrolled and 18% (n=12/65) of non-enrolled were approached at a clinic visit, 14% (n=2/14) of enrolled and 40% (n=26/65) of non-enrolled via phone, and 50% (n=7/14) of enrolled and 46% (n=30/65) of non-enrolled via text-message (p<0.001). 38% (n=6/16) of those who scheduled an enrollment visit after being contacted by phone/text attended the visit versus 63% (n=10/16) contacted at a clinic visit (p<0.001). 38% (n=30, 10±9 contact attempts) refused to participate; 27% (n=9) did not want to travel to the study site, 17% (n=5) refused CGM, and 53% (n=16) declined research participation. 46% (n=35, 12±5 contact attempts) have not yet been successfully contacted.
Conclusions: Historically marginalized youth enrolling in this SMA study required an average of 6 contact attempts for study participation. Purposeful in-person recruitment strategies, being mindful of the low rates of technology use among this community and mistrust in the healthcare system, is needed to promote diversity and inclusion in T1D research.
Disclosure
J.Grundman: Research Support; American Diabetes Association, Dexcom, Inc. S.Majidi: None. A.G.Perkins: Research Support; Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., Dexcom, Inc. R.Streisand: None. M.Monaghan: Employee; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Research Support; American Diabetes Association. B.E.Marks: Research Support; Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., Dexcom, Inc., Medtronic.
Funding
American Diabetes Association (7-21-PDFHD-09 to J.G.)
"With thousands of years of accumulated knowledge you must wonder if we builders really have anything new to learn. In the mid-1900s space flights, technologically advanced weapons systems and the ...computer industry began to run large and complex projects. New tools and techniques to succeed in complex projects were developed, primarily by NASA, the U.S. military and the IT-industry. Clients began to require some form of knowledge for Project Managers, who would manage a complex project. Needs and requirements for certification of Project Managers began to emerge. Actually, it is equally obvious that a Project Manager shall have a basic knowledge of how to run a 3 million dollars project , as it is to require a driving license for someone driving a motorcycle. Project management is a profession that requires specific knowledge and skills Local certification has existed for some time, but has not been widely practiced"--
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