Project Management and Risk Management in Complex Projects: Studies in Organizational Semiotics

Contents......Page 5
1 Project Management and Risk Management in Complex Projects – Studies in Organizational Semiotics......Page 12
2.1 Case Study 1: IASI Project......Page 13
2.2 Case 2: Risk Management and the Rosetta Project......Page 15
3 Contributions of the Book......Page 17
3.1 Management of Projects in their Early Phases......Page 18
3.2 Risk Management......Page 20
3.3 Organizational Semiotics and Multi-Agent Paradigm......Page 21
3.4 Transformation of Information......Page 22
3.5 Applications of Organizational Semiotics......Page 23
References......Page 24
Contributors......Page 25
Part 1 Management of Projects in their Early Phase......Page 30
1.1 Introduction......Page 31
1.2 Articulation of Requirements of the IASI Project for Planning......Page 33
1.4 Conclusions......Page 39
Acknowledgement......Page 40
References......Page 41
Abstract......Page 42
2.1 Introduction: Motive and Structure......Page 43
2.2 Illustration of the Motive: 2 Case Studies......Page 45
2.3 Literature review of Innovation, Project, and Knowledge Management......Page 49
2.4 The Semio-Cognitive Framework......Page 60
2.5 Discussion: The Framework and the Omissions......Page 64
References......Page 68
Abstract......Page 73
3.2 State of Art......Page 74
3.3 Cooperative Subcontracting Relationship: A Simulation Approach......Page 75
3.4 A Viewpoint-Centred Methodology to Design a Cooperation Policy......Page 78
3.5 Conclusions and Future Research......Page 86
References......Page 87
Part 2 Risk Management......Page 89
4.1 Introduction......Page 90
4.2 Action and perception......Page 92
4.3 Affordances......Page 100
4.4 Affordances and Risks......Page 102
4.5 Risks in a Multi-Viewpoints Semiotics......Page 104
4.6 Managing Risks of Knowledge Evolution in a Long-Duration Space Mission......Page 110
References......Page 112
Part 3 Organizational Semiotics and Multi-Agent Paradigm......Page 114
5.1 Introduction......Page 115
5.2 Contract Net Protocol......Page 116
5.3 A Taxonomy of Norms for Norm-Based Contract Net Protocol......Page 117
5.4 Coordination with Norm-Based CNP......Page 120
5.5 A Case Study......Page 123
5.6 Conclusions......Page 130
References......Page 131
Abstract......Page 132
6.1 Introduction......Page 133
6.2 The Use of ACT-R in a Multi-Actor Simulation......Page 134
6.3 Potential Solutions Offered by Organizational Semiotics and Simulation of Emotion......Page 139
6.4 Encoding the Environment and Body Signals......Page 142
6.5 Using the Encoded Affordances, Emotions, and Norms......Page 148
6.6 Conclusion......Page 150
References......Page 151
Part 4 Transformation of Information......Page 154
Abstract......Page 155
7.2 Literature Review......Page 156
7.3 A Semiotic View of Information Systems Design......Page 158
7.4 The Signs and Structure of OPR......Page 161
7.5 Realization of the Transformation Mechanism......Page 162
7.6 Conclusion and Future Work......Page 163
Acknowledgement......Page 164
References......Page 165
8.1 Introduction......Page 166
8.2 Modelling Techniques and Related Theories......Page 168
8.3 The Grocery Shop Case Study......Page 173
8.4 Comparative Analysis......Page 176
8.5 Conclusions and Future Work......Page 183
References......Page 184
Abstract......Page 185
9.1 Introduction......Page 186
9.3 Why Separating Information from Data?......Page 187
9.4 Separating Data and Information Should Help Further Database Research......Page 191
References......Page 194
10.1 Introduction......Page 197
10.2 Background......Page 199
10.3 From Software Development to IS Development: A Case Study......Page 201
References......Page 208
Appendix: Some Outcomes from the Use of PAM Techniques......Page 209
Part 5 Application of Organizational Semiotics......Page 213
11.1 Introduction......Page 214
11.2 The Framework and its Application......Page 216
11.3 Multilevel Analysis and Description......Page 220
11.4 Conclusion......Page 226
References......Page 227
12.1 Introduction......Page 229
12.2 Model Driven Design......Page 230
12.3 Semiotic Approaches......Page 231
12.4 Models as Signs......Page 232
12.5 Usage-Centred Design and the Semiotic Ladder......Page 241
12.6 Conclusion......Page 244
References......Page 245