An Agent-Based Computational Model of a Self-Organizing Project Management Paradigm for Research Teams
Abstract
We propose a new research organization management paradigm to increase throughput of projects by allowing researchers to choose their own projects through self-organization. Our methods draw upon the field of Agent-Based computational social science where Artificial Life and simulated societies have been used to study complex systems including economies and financial markets. Modeling the researchers as individual agents, we simulate our new management structure against a more traditional organization where the researchers are broken into departments based on their skills and assigned projects by management. Our results, measuring the amount of time it takes a research organization to serve a given number of contracts, show promise in the less hierarchical approach.
Recommended Citation
P. Robinette et al., "An Agent-Based Computational Model of a Self-Organizing Project Management Paradigm for Research Teams," Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, pp. 2693 - 2698, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Jan 2009.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2009.5178986
Meeting Name
2009 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN '09 (2009: Jun. 14-19, Atlanta, GA)
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1424435531
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2009
