Revisiting Shenhar and Dvir’s Diamond Model: Do We Need an Upgrade?

TY - CHAP

T1 - Revisiting Shenhar and Dvir’s Diamond Model: Do We Need an Upgrade?

AU - Hansen, Anne-Sofie

AU - Svejvig, Per

AU - Hansen, Lars Kristian

N1 - Conference code: 8

PY - 2022/1

Y1 - 2022/1

N2 - In 2017, Shenhar and Dvir released their Diamond Model as a typology for project categorization with the following dimensions: novelty, technology, complexity, and pace. The Diamond Model is useful for uncovering the project type at hand with a view to selecting a suitable management style. The objective of the model is to be universal and context-free to capture a broad spectrum of projects. However, the model was built on military and commercial market product projects primarily in the United States and Israel, calling into question the validity of the model in other settings. This study addresses this problem and seeks to evaluate the Diamond Model in different settings. The study uses a mixed-methods approach and evaluates data from 62 projects in 16 project-based organizations. The study points to several ways to upgrade the model, such as splitting the pace dimension into two dimensions: pace (time) and impact. The study contributes to a broader discussion of the categorization of projects

AB - In 2017, Shenhar and Dvir released their Diamond Model as a typology for project categorization with the following dimensions: novelty, technology, complexity, and pace. The Diamond Model is useful for uncovering the project type at hand with a view to selecting a suitable management style. The objective of the model is to be universal and context-free to capture a broad spectrum of projects. However, the model was built on military and commercial market product projects primarily in the United States and Israel, calling into question the validity of the model in other settings. This study addresses this problem and seeks to evaluate the Diamond Model in different settings. The study uses a mixed-methods approach and evaluates data from 62 projects in 16 project-based organizations. The study points to several ways to upgrade the model, such as splitting the pace dimension into two dimensions: pace (time) and impact. The study contributes to a broader discussion of the categorization of projects

KW - Agile practice

KW - Diamond Model

KW - Mixed-methods

KW - Project categorization typology

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-86248-0_11

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-86248-0_11

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-3-030-86247-3

SP - 175

EP - 190

BT - Research on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management

A2 - Ding, Ronggui

A2 - Wagner, Reinhard

A2 - Bodea, Constanta-Nicoleta

PB - Springer

CY - Cham

T2 - IPMA Research Conference

Y2 - 9 September 2020 through 11 September 2020

ER -