CHAPTER 5Developing Leaders of Complex Projects

As organizations depend more and more on project outcomes to achieve their strategic goals, they are developing career paths for their project leadership positions, including project managers, business analysts, lead technologists (architects and developers), and business visionaries. Organizations that are undergoing pivotal transitions require leaders who exhibit characteristics and follow a career path that differs in certain respects from the characteristics and career path of traditional project leaders. Complexity thinking can assist organizations in identifying and developing these leaders.

TRADITIONAL PROJECT LEADER CAREER PATH

The traditional project leader career path starts with entry-level ...

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