Executive's Guide to Project Management: Organizational Processes and Practices for Supporting Complex Projects

Chapter 3

The Complex Project Team

Understand as we begin this chapter that the complex project team (CPT) is a very different team than the project teams of old. We are early in our experiences of forming effective CPTs. The CPT is more an accident of choice than a carefully designed unit. To effectively understand and practice the profession of complex project management requires a team with a multi-disciplinary skill set. They will be the successful teams of the future in those organizations that expect to succeed in the complex business environment defined by Samuel J. Palmisano, the Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM, in his 2009 study “Capitalizing on Complexity.”