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Toward “Satisficing” Creativity Effort within Project Management

Authors:
Leonie Hallo
Alex Gorod
Anama Morriss

Keywords: Optimizing; “satisficing”; creativity; project management; project complexity

Abstract:
Project management plays an important role in our society as most work activities are organized around projects. While many are successful, a large number of projects fail due to the inability to meet project management constraints. One of the key constraints is that of budget, and projects often go over the planned budget. This happens because of inefficient allocation of resources to such critical areas as fostering a culture of innovation and creativity. It is a current standard practice to maximize creativity regardless of the nature of the project. However, such an approach is not always effective, and this paper proposes an adaptive decision-making framework based on the degree of project complexity. The framework can be used to determine the “satisficing” level of creativity effort needed to be generated and supported depending on the project type. In turn, this can lead to a more productive allocation of resources and achievement of project goals.

Pages: 31 to 36

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: June 24, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8351

ISBN: 978-1-61208-648-4

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from June 24, 2018 to June 28, 2018