The aim of this research is to conduct a proof-of-concept agent-based simulation experiment of a large design project that incorporates the effects of Multiple Team Membership (MTM) and disjoint Multi-team Systems (MTS) approaches. By employing agent-based computational modeling, this study aims to demonstrate that the macro-level effects of MTM can be investigated using agent-based modeling. Specifically, the scenario used in this proof-of-concept research was a simple multi-team design project, and the simulation experiment determined the impacts of incorporating MTM on the overall wage cost of a project for different varying intricacy levels of the design task. This research adds to the body of organizational studies by applying the previously unutilized quantitative methods and simulation techniques to explore macro-level implications of MTM.
Computational experiment study using agent-based modeling.
Our research reveals that the adoption of MTM has a positive impact on project outcomes, specifically wage costs. The results derived from the different design problems confirm our discoveries, highlighting a substantial disparity between projects that employ MTM and those that do not when dealing with intricate design problems (coupled and uncoupled). By employing computational modeling techniques, we were able to examine the long-term effects, gaining valuable insights into the benefits of utilizing computational models to study multiple team memberships. This paper hopes to demonstrate that simulation experimentation can be used to study organizational structures that incorporate MTM.
Leveraging simulation experimentation, for example, agent-based modeling experiments, to demonstrate it was a potential tool for studying multiple team memberships in large design projects.
