01222nas a2200157   4500008004100000245008000041210006900121260000900190300000900199490000600208520072600214653001500940100001700955700002300972856006900995       2012                        eng d00aA contingency approach to designing project organizations: theory and tools0 acontingency approach to designing project organizations theory a  c2012  a5-140 v23 aMany 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™ and SimVision™) 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.10aManagement1 aCarroll, Tim1 aBurton, Richard, M  uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21573727.2011.641118