Search for dissertations about: "complex project"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 676 swedish dissertations containing the words complex project.

2. 1. Procurement of Complex Technical Systems : Strategies for Successful Projects

   Author : Mikael Eriksson; Torsten Cegrell; Kim Wikström; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Project; Procurement; Complex Systems; Project Management; Systems Engineering; Acquisition; Other industrial engineering and economics; Övrig industriell teknik och ekonomi;

   Abstract : When facing a procurement of a complex technical system, many questions are to be asked. The main question is how the best and most suitable systems are obtained, at the right cost. In order to answer that question numerous aspects must be considered and investigated. READ MORE

4. 2. Managing Complex Industrial Projects : A comparison between holistic models

   Author : Joakim Lilliesköld; Torsten Cegrell; Dragan Z. Milosevic; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Project Management; Complex Project; Anatomy; Dependency Diagrams; Other industrial engineering and economics; Övrig industriell teknik och ekonomi;

   Abstract : Even though the management of large projects has been studied for many years, the track record is still poor, especially for those projects developing complex systems. This thesis studies projects such as these and attempts to find clues as to why some succeed while others do not. READ MORE

5. 3. Project management ontology : the organizational learning perspective

   Author : Heli Aramo-Immonen; Kaj U. Koskinen; Jari Palomäki; Finland Tampere Tampere University of Technology; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mega-project; project learning; organizational learning; systems thinking; activity theory; management ontology;

   Abstract : In a recent interview with the Financial Times, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, Mr. Jeroen van der Veer, said he “keeps faith in ‘elephant’ projects” referring to the Russian gas mega-project that Shell had fallen eight months behind schedule with and had cost overruns twice the original estimate. Mr. READ MORE

6. 4. ”It’s in the between” : Inter-Project Organising in Project Ecologies

   Author : Susanna Hedborg; Tina Karrbom Gustavsson; Jonas Söderlund; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; project ecologies; organisational routines; space interdependencies; self-organising; urban development district; construction project; construction client; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The word project is used to describe everything from mundane tasks tomajor government-initiated structural changes. Projects are also thefocus of a growing research field that seeks to understand how society isorganised. READ MORE

7. 5. Geospatial Knowledge Discovery using Volunteered Geographic Information : a Complex System Perspective

   Author : Tao Jia; Bin Jiang; Yifang Ban; Itzhak Benenson; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; knowledge discovery; urban systems; complex system; VGI; OSM; GPS tracking dataset; scaling; heavy-tailed distribution detection; urban sprawl; Zipf’s law; human activity mobility patterns; agent-based modeling; complex network.;

   Abstract : The continuous progression of urbanization has resulted in an increasing number of people living in cities or towns. In parallel, advancements in technologies, such as the Internet, telecommunications, and transportation, have allowed for better connectivity among people. READ MORE