Qualitative and quantitative mechanisms in managing IT projects in concurrent engineering environment

Authors:
Edward Szczerbicki;Cezary Orlowski
Affiliations:
The University of Newcastle, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSW 2308, Newcastle, Australia;The Technical University of Gdansk, Faculty of Management and Economics ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
Venue:
Systems Analysis Modelling Simulation
Year:
2003

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Abstract

In Concurrent Engineering (CE), an attempt is made to perform activities simultaneously rather than in a series as in the case in traditional approach. CE is also a strategy that attempts to incorporate relevant life-cycle attributes as early as possible in the project development phase in an effort to reduce the duration of projects, save development costs, and provide better quality products. Practical implementation of such a strategy in managing Information Technology (IT) projects considerably increases the complexity of planning and control. New approaches and tools combining soft and hard modelling are needed to deal with the above complexity. This paper suggests such a new approach based on feedback mechanisms in combination with fuzzy methodologies.