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Managing Project Complexity Uing a Matrixed-Based Approach
Mark Philip De Lessio, Wei Han Eugene Ee, Royston Shieh
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2025
Editor:
Ali A. Yassine, Christopher Langner, Matthias Kreimeyer, Tyson R. Browning, Steven D. Eppinger
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DSM
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National University of Singapore, Singapore
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79-88
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This paper introduces a methodology to enhance project knowledge when managing complex projects to support more strategic project management decision-making. The methodology leverages the use of a layered - DSM to identify key dependencies between critical knowledge areas, as traditionally defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Identifying and understanding such dependencies between critical knowledge areas specific to the project in question enables increased scrutiny of how those dependencies may be better managed to enable a more optimal and likely project result. Two case studies are examined and presented to demonstrate the application of the methodology being proposed. Initial results suggest a heightened awareness of the detailed project knowledge that is more easily overlooked when considered from a macro-level project perspective. As such, it suggests that this increased project knowledge successfully informs better project management decision making thus increasing the likelihood of optimal project success.
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