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Table 1: SDL symbols used to model a project structure ................................................. 23 Table 2: Summary of Factors Affecting Team Performance ............................................ 32 Table 3: Coordination Mechanisms in the Model............................................................. 53 Table 4: Job Structure Factors .......................................................................................... 56 Table 5: Team Composition & Team Structure Factors ................................................... 57 Table 6: Centralization Levels Definition......................................................................... 58 Table 7: Formalization Levels Definition ......................................................................... 59 Table 8: Type of Interdependencies included in the model .............................................. 63 Table 9: Attributes of a Dependency ................................................................................ 64 Table 10: Task Execution States ....................................................................................... 65 Table 11: Attributes that Define a Task ............................................................................ 67 Table 12: Comparison between Asynchronous and Synchronous Media Types .............. 69 Table 13: Summary of Model Validation & Verification................................................. 98 Table 14: Results of the Job Structure Verification ....................................................... 102 Table 15: Functions and Features Checked During Model Verification ........................ 104 Table 16: Problems detected during the verification of the model ................................. 107 Table 17: Problems detected during the verification of the model (Continuation) ........ 108 Table 18: Results for the Internal Validity test ............................................................... 109 Table 19: Results for the Internal Validity test ............................................................... 109 Table 20: Results from Sensitivity Analysis to Variations in Task Durations ............... 111 Table 21: Comparison with Actual System Results ....................................................... 113
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