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The Collaborative Iron Triangle: A New Tool for Supporting a Project-Culture-Aware Management in Interorganizational R&D Projects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

K. Dieterich ,
D. Spath  and
P. Ohlhausen
K. Dieterich*
Affiliation:
University of Stuttgart, Germany
D. Spath
Affiliation:
University of Stuttgart, Germany Fraunhofer IAO, Germany
P. Ohlhausen
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer IAO, Germany Reutlingen University, Germany
*
katharina.dieterich@gsame.uni-stuttgart.de

Abstract

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Since project managers still face problems in managing interorganizational R&D projects, it is a promising approach to manage these projects project-culturally-aware. However, an important prerequisite for a project-culture-aware management is that the involved individual organizations pursue a collaborative strategy. Therefore, our article provides a conceptual approach including a new tool, the Collaborative Iron Triangle, which supports both project sponsors and managers in different phases of the collaboration process to pursue a collaborative strategy in interorganizational R&D projects.

Keywords

open innovationproject managementcollaborative designmanagement toolcollaborative iron triangle

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 141 - 150
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