@article {1969866, title = {A contingency approach to designing project organizations: theory and tools}, journal = {Engineering Project Organization Journal}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {2012}, pages = {5-14}, abstract = {Many firms have increasingly come to rely on projects as a fundamental approach to organizing work. Yet understanding the best way to organize projects is a challenge, given the various contingencies that impact project success. We focus here on three contingency-based project organization design tools (the design structure matrix, OrgCon{\texttrademark} and SimVision{\texttrademark}) that help to manage project complexity and ensure project success by identifying misfits or misalignments between organizational elements. We discuss the application of these models to a large National Aeronautics and Space Administration project as an example. We conclude with a consideration of how the existing tools are useful, and where they fall short.}, keywords = {Management}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21573727.2011.641118}, author = {Carroll,Tim and Burton,Richard M} }