Distributed Project Management System: Risk Diskussion |
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Description of Task Distribution |
| Task Distribution
Geographical Distribution
Cultural Distribution
Stakeholder Relations
Collaboration Structure
Communication Infrastructure
Knowledge Management
Technology Setup
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Task Uncertainty |
| Definition |
Do participant posses the knowledge and capabilities needed? |
| Problem |
When the task is split up and distributed across different sites, participants may loose understanding of both the project task, its purpose, and overview and insight regarding their own contribution, resulting in slow change coordination and process and relational conflicts.
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Task Equivocality |
| Definition |
Do participants understand the specification of the task? |
| Problem |
Tasks complexity is problematic in GDSP because it increases task coupling, coordination needs, message complexity need for exchange of contextual information, and demands on interaction media. |
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Task Coupling |
| Definition |
Is the task divided into distinct sub-tasks across sites? |
| Problem |
High task coupling is problematic in GDSP because it increases the need for inter-site communication, coordination, and integration - as well as the number of failures in those processes. |
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content © 2006 Boeg et al. University of Aalborg Denmark
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