CHAPTER 3

Complex Project Management

  • Complex project management targets well-defined objectives but lacks clarity in the means of achievement.
  • We may naively believe that clients articulate their actual needs, but when we discover the truth, we realize there’s a problem, and that’s when everything becomes complicated.
  • Complexity arises from sources of organizational structure, advancing technology, the evolution of markets and the environment, and the ambiguity of project goals and direction.
  • Complex project management abilities are limited most by the ambiguity of goals and direction.

Chapter Structure

Complex Project Management

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