Journal article
The Impact of Nonagility on Service Level and Project Duration
Decision sciences, Vol.43(5), pp.957-971
10/2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2012.00371.x
Abstract
Why projects are late is a fundamental issue in theory and in practice. One well-established explanation is that a project's network structure can be a significant factorthe fatter or more parallel the project, the later the project completion. Herein we show that a lack of agility, which may frequently arise in projects when there are external resources, can also be a significant factor in project delaysboth in more serial-like projects as well as more parallel ones. Specifically, this article formally characterizes the concept of agility in projects, shows how a lack of agility can have a significant impact on a project, and gives some general properties on agility with respect to a project's structure.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Impact of Nonagility on Service Level and Project Duration
- Creators
- Karolina J. Glowacka - Hang Seng University of Hong KongTimothy J. Lowe - University of IowaRichard E. Wendell - University of Pittsburgh
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Decision sciences, Vol.43(5), pp.957-971
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2012.00371.x
- ISSN
- 0011-7315
- eISSN
- 1540-5915
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 15
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2012
- Academic Unit
- Business Analytics
- Record Identifier
- 9984963222402771
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