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Chapter: C--PROJECT COMPLEXITY MAP (RADAR DIAGRAM)

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Suggested Citation:"C--PROJECT COMPLEXITY MAP (RADAR DIAGRAM)." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2013. Guide to Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22755.
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Suggested Citation:"C--PROJECT COMPLEXITY MAP (RADAR DIAGRAM)." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2013. Guide to Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22755.
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164 Enter the scores from Section VII.2 of the complexity survey in Appendix B into a spreadsheet similar to the one in Figure C.1. C PROJECT COMPLEXITY MAP (RADAR DIAGRAM) Figure C.1. Template for spreadsheet data format for project complexity map. Dimension Score (from VII.2) Technical Cost Financing Context Schedule Figure C.1. Template for spr adsheet data format for project complexity map.

165 Appendix C: PROJECT COMPLEXITY MAP (RADAR DIAGRAM) After setting up the spreadsheet and entering the scores, create a visual representation of the project complexity in the form of a radar chart, as shown in Figure C.2. (In Excel, select the cells to map, click Insert in the menu bar, go to the drop-down pointer for Other Charts, and select Radar.) You want to generate a complexity map in the shape of a pentagon. Figure C.2. Sample project complexity spreadsheet and resulting complexity map (radar diagram). Dimension Score (from VII.2) Dimens Technic Cost Financin Context Schedul Figur ion Score (from VII.2) al 70 90 g 50 60 e 80 e 2.4. Exam ple of radar complexity map based on scores for the five dimensions. Technical 70 Cost 90 Financing 50 Context 60 Schedule 80

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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-R10-RW-2: Guide to Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects facilitates the application of a five-dimensional management approach for complex projects. The objective of the guide is to identify and communicate the critical factors involved in successfully managing complex transportation design and construction projects. A training course based on the information in the guide was also developed.

In addition, SHRP 2 Renewal Project R10 developed two other reports:

  • Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects, which describes the five-dimensional management approach for complex projects. The goal of the five-dimensional approach is to identify issues that should be planned and managed proactively, rather than retroactively. The five areas of the new project management approach address cost, schedule, engineering requirements, external influences, and financing; and
  • Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects: Case Study Report, which includes case studies of 15 projects in the United States and three international projects that used tools that aid project managers in the delivery of complex projects.

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