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Complexity in program
management
Background
Complexity, as a discrete topic, has been studied and analyzed for years
by many writers and thinkers. ere are numerous books and articles
on the subject, and, broadly speaking, it appears there is beginning
to be some degree of consensus as to what complexity is and how it is
dened. Moreover, the literature in project management is quite rich
with many books, articles, dissertations, refereed papers, and theses
being written on all aspects of the discipline, including identifying
and managing project complexity.
Project management has emerged in the past ten to 15 years as a
legitimate discipline with its own body of knowledge, standards, and
methodologies. ...