12BALANCE: DANCE‐ING ON THE EDGE OF CHAOS
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless yet be determined to make them otherwise.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In the beginning of the book, we discussed how we have relied on predictive, and evolved to iterative incremental and agile approaches to deal with simple to complicated projects and PMOs based on a mechanical mindset. The question posed was how to deal with the challenges of complexity on the other side of the continuum, with increasing DANCE in a turbulent environment. Figure 12.1, Balancing along the Complexity Continuum, answers the question with a list of alternative approaches on the other side of the continuum, summarizing some of the ideas discussed in the chapters of this book.
Figure 12.1: Balancing along the Complexity Continuum
The challenge is knowing which approach to use when, and how to balance between them. The goal should be to develop an intuitive approach based on a combination of integrative, augmented, and emergent ...
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