TY  - CONF
TI  - Complexity - A New Way of Understanding Construction
AU  - Bertelsen, Sven
AD  - M.Sc. consulting engineer. Sven Bertelsen, Strategic Counselor aps. Senior Research Advisor to Lean Construction – Denmark. sven@bertelsen.org
PY  - 2003
DA  - 2003/01/01
T2  - 11th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 11th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Virginia, USA
AB  - The general view of the construction process is that it is an ordered, linear phenomenon, which can be organized, planned and managed top down. The frequent failures to complete construction projects on budget and schedule give rise to a thinking that the process maybe not is as ordered and predictable in its nature as it may look. A closer examination reveals that construction is indeed a complex, nonlinear and dynamic phenomenon, which often exists on the edge of chaos. The paper introduces the world of complex systems and examines construction in this perspective, and by that it proposes several new elements to the understanding of project management.
KW  - Construction
KW  - complexity
KW  - project management
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/230/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/230
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -