Research Article

Measuring Information Systems Project Complexity: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Table 2

Project complexity measurement models; a concise chronological overview of project complexity measurement models across various industries.

AuthorIndustryConstruct (indicators)No. of indicators

Kim and Wilemon [31]New product development(i) Technological complexities (2)30
(ii) Market/environmental complexities (4)
(iii) Development complexities (6)
(iv) Marketing complexities (8)
(v) Organisational complexities (7)
(vi) Intraorganisational complexities (3)

Sinha et al. [32]Engineering(i) Work (4)10
(ii) Time (2)
(iii) Motivational (2)
(iv) Social (2)
Vidal et al. [33] and Vidal et al. [34]General project management(i) Project size (1)17
(ii) Project variety (3)
(iii) Project interdependencies (10)
(iv) Elements of context (3)

Tie and Bolluijt [35]General project management(i) Contextual factors (11)21
(ii) Inherent factors (10)
Damasiotis and Fitsilis [14]IS(i) Project integration management (3)16
(ii) Project scope management (2)
(iii) Project time management (2)
(iv) Project cost management (3)
(v) Project quality management (1)
(vi) Project human resources management (1)
(vii) Project communication management (1)
(viii) Project risk management (1)
(ix) Project procurement (2)

He et al. [36]Construction(i) Technological complexity (4)28
(ii) Organisational complexity (4)
(iii) Goal complexity (6)
(iv) Environmental complexity (5)
(v) Cultural complexity (4)
(vi) Information complexity (5)

Lu et al. [37]Construction(i) Task complexity (11)20
(ii) Organisation complexity (9)
Poveda-Bautista et al. [16]IS(i) Objectives, requirements, and expectations (10)61
(ii) Interested parties and integration (7)
(iii) Cultural and social context (4)
(iv) Degree of innovation and general conditions (4)
(v) Project structure and demand for coordination (4)
(vi) Project organisation (4)
(vii) Leadership, teamwork, and decisions (8)
(viii) Resources incl. finance (4)
(ix) Risk and opportunities (4)
(x) PM methods, tools, and techniques (5)
(xi) Technology (7)

Kermanshachi et al. [38]Construction(i) Stakeholder management (2)30
(ii) Governance (2)
(iii) Fiscal planning (1)
(iv) Quality (1)
(v) Legal (3)
(vi) Interface (3)
(vii) Execution target (1)
(viii) Design and technology (3)
(ix) Location (4)
(x) Scope definition (5)
(xi) Project resources (5)