Title :
Constructing scope in project management: an interpretive approach
Author :
Gonçalves, Fernando Abreu ; Figueiredo, José
Author_Institution :
CEG-IST, Tech. Univ. of Lisbon, Lisbon
Abstract :
Our purpose with this paper is to report what we have been researching in the field of project management scope design. We address scope design as a process of change in a network. A process of change of settings where actor-networks evolve and dissolve, grabbing new actors and providing alignments. This approach in project scope management facilitates richer possibilities for capturing requirements, intensifies identification of tensions among actors (hybrid actors as stakeholders) and contributes to adapt project scope to context changing. This view is explored trough three short engineering stories.
Keywords :
project management; actor-network theory; change process; project management scope design; Design engineering; Electric breakdown; Environmental factors; Knowledge management; Management information systems; Mice; Process design; Project management; Skull; Technological innovation; Actor-network theory; project management; project scope; translation;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 2008. IEMC Europe 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Estoril
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2288-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2289-0
DOI :
10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4618021