Reframing systems integration: a process perspective on projects
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Author(s)
Whyte, Jennifer
Davies, Andrew
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The 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.
Date Issued
2021-06-01
Date Acceptance
2021-03-01
Citation
Project Management Journal, 2021, 52 (3), pp.237-249
ISSN
8756-9728
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Start Page
237
End Page
249
Journal / Book Title
Project Management Journal
Volume
52
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2021 Project Management Institute, Inc. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Identifier
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/8756972821992246
Subjects
0806 Information Systems
1202 Building
1503 Business and Management
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-03-17