Complexity in projects

Karin Grasenick | 23.03.2023

Many stakeholders who have varying interests and viewpoints about which EDI priorities should be established and which methods will appropriately fulfil these priorities are involved in research projects. These differences can make the actual implementation difficult and even complex if additional elements come into play, such a lengthy project’s duration, a large number of research tasks, and a high degree of interdependence between those tasks.

In general, larger projects with a diverse variety of stakeholders or many variables are likely to be more complex than their smaller, more concentrated counterparts. The more complex a project is the more challenging to predict and manage the results.

In general, larger projects with a diverse variety of stakeholders or many variables are likely to be more difficult than their smaller, more concentrated counterparts. Yet, due to their connections to diverse subsystems including politics, administration, the public, and private sectors, even a smaller number of stakeholders might benefit from a project’s complexity.