Cooperative Planning, Uncertainty, and Managerial Control in Concurrent Design

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dc.contributor.authorNault, Barrie R
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Victoria L.
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-25T21:56:46Z
dc.date.available2015-05-25T21:56:46Z
dc.date.issued2007-03
dc.description*INFORMS: unless published under the open access option, the publisher will provide a specific copy of the paper that can be posted to a web page https://www.informs.org/Find-Research-Publications/INFORMS-Journals/Rights-Permissions#work. Article deposited according to publisher's policy 05/25/2015en_US
dc.description.abstractWe examine whether cooperative planning and uncertainty affect the magnitude of rework in concurrent engineering projects with upstream and downstream operations, and explore the impact of such rework on project delays. Using survey data from a sample of 120 business process (BP) redesign and related information technology (IT) development projects in healthcare and telecommunications, our results indicate that upstream (BP) rework and downstream (IT) rework is mediated and mitigated by cooperative planning through upstream/downstream strategy coupling and cross-functional involvement. In addition, uncertainty related to a lack of firm or industry experience with such projects increases the magnitude of upstream rework but not downstream rework or the amount of cooperative planning. After accounting for project scope, implementation horizon and whether delays are anticipated, we find that project delay is primarily influenced by the magnitude of downstream rework and downstream delay: the magnitude of both upstream and downstream rework significantly increases downstream delay, which significantly increases project delay. However, the magnitude of upstream rework does not directly affect project delay. These results suggest that project delay is under managerial control as cooperative planning is a managerial function that reduces downstream rework, while uncertainty from a lack of experience with the design affecting upstream rework is not directly under managerial control.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMitchell, V.L., and B.R. Nault, “Cooperative Planning, Uncertainty, and Managerial Control in Concurrenten_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28792
dc.identifier.issn0025-1909
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/50438
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInformsen_US
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentManagement Information Systemsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHaskayne School of Businessen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectConcurrent designen_US
dc.subjectUncertaintyen_US
dc.subjectCoordinationen_US
dc.subjectCooperative planningen_US
dc.subjectConcurrent engineeringen_US
dc.subjectProject management;en_US
dc.subjectDelayen_US
dc.subjectProcess redesignen_US
dc.subjectReworken_US
dc.titleCooperative Planning, Uncertainty, and Managerial Control in Concurrent Designen_US
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplineManagement Information Systemsen_US
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