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Aspects of Complexity

Managing Projects in a Complex World

By: Terry Cooke-Davies

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Aspects of Complexity

Managing Projects in a Complex World

By: Terry Cooke-Davies

Complexity in projects may be one of those things that are difficult to define, but easy to recognize when encountered. Or maybe not so easy. This collection of analyses deals with complexity in a way that will appeal to both academics and practitioners. It arises from a series of four academic-business roundtables sponsored by the Project Management Institute in the U.S., Australia, Malta, and Brazil. Researchers will appreciate the academic rigor of the content and practitioners will appreciate the generally reader-friendly style and tone. The opening chapter offers that elusive definition and provides the foundation for common understanding. The next four chapters compose the theoretical portion of the book, establishing the underpinning concepts related to systems thinking, systems engineering, chaos or complexity theory, and behavioral and cognitive aspects. The remainder of the book is more practice-oriented. It is a serious attempt to pull together what is currently known and understood about the topic, to help practitioners and their managers improve future practice, and to guide research into answering those questions that will best help to improve understanding of the topic.

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1935589725

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Best Industry Outcomes

By: Terry Cooke-Davies,Lynn Crawford

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Best Industry Outcomes

By: Terry Cooke-Davies,Lynn Crawford

This is a text for both thinkers and doers—those who study and those who practice project management. Project management does not exist in a one-size-fits-all world. This research examines practices in nine industries: aerospace and defense, automotive, engineering and construction, financial services, government, IT and telecommunications, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and utilities. This report is academically rigorous and immensely readable, due mainly to the practical and engaging writing style employed by the authors. The literature review is a comprehensive review of concepts that form the underpinnings of the research. To academics, it is essential background. To practitioners, it is a highly informative tour of past and current thinking, which in itself, is worth the read.

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1628250208

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9781628250206

Exploring the Complexity of Projects

Implications of Complexity Theory for Project Management Practice

By: Svetlana Cicmil,Terry Cooke-Davies,Lynn Crawford,Kurt Richardson

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Exploring the Complexity of Projects

Implications of Complexity Theory for Project Management Practice

By: Svetlana Cicmil,Terry Cooke-Davies,Lynn Crawford,Kurt Richardson

Exploring the Complexity of Projects: Implications of Complexity Theory for Project Management Practice explores the process and findings of the implications of the complexity theory for project management theory and practice. The golden triangle (project deadline, budget and output) makes the standard definition of project management processes, skills and knowledge paradoxical and divorced from practice. This monograph contains research of management processes and capabilities in innovative project settings and highlights the challenges in contemporary project management practice. This research suggests that in order to define and conceptualize project complexity, the building blocks of project must be more properly defined. These include:• Individual and group relationships• Individual and group cohesion• Definition of key performance indicators• Sources of project failureIn practical terms, this research aims to propose and encourage a critical but constructive way of explaining, debating, and deliberating project management and project performance issues that can lead to a wider awareness, knowledge, and development of skills and competencies that match the complexity of projects as experienced by practitioners in contemporary organizations.In Exploring the Complexity of Projects: Implications of Complexity Theory for Project Management Practice, project managers will find the realities of project management and the strategies to incorporate the complexity of a project into the original scope.

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1628251298

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9781628251296

Post-Project Reviews to Gain Effective Lessons Learned

By: Terry Williams

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Post-Project Reviews to Gain Effective Lessons Learned

By: Terry Williams

A key component of successful project management is the ability to glean key learnings from the experience throughout the lifecycle of the project, as well as at its conclusion. However, in practice, the lessons learned from a specific project are rarely incorporated into an organization's overall policies and procedures. Without a concerted effort to reflect on specific project learning's and a designated process to implement them across the organization, lessons are lost, mistakes are repeated and opportunities for operational efficiency are missed.

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1628251255

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Early Warning Signs in Complex Projects

By: Ole Jonny Klakegg,Terry Williams,Derek Walker,Bjørn Andersen,Ole Morten Magnussen

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Early Warning Signs in Complex Projects

By: Ole Jonny Klakegg,Terry Williams,Derek Walker,Bjørn Andersen,Ole Morten Magnussen

Complex projects are often the most high-profile projects within an organization. How can early warning signs be identified and acted upon, so that problems are avoided and projects are successful in delivering the expected value for their owners and other stakeholders? What signals should we look for? Looking for early warning signs takes more than a keen eye. Collaborating with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim and the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, Ole Jonny Klakegg, Terry Williams, Derek Walker, Bj&ørn Andersen, and Ole Morten Magnussen have expanded on their research of governance frameworks and guidelines as well as provided interviews with experts and case studies from Australia, Norway, and the United Kingdom. This international report identifies early warning signs in highly complex projects and offers tips on how to combat them.

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1628251697

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9781628251692

Cultural Imperatives in Perceptions of Project Success and Failure

By: Maxwell Chipulu,Udechukwu Ojiako,Paul Gardiner,Terry Williams,Vital Anantatmula,Caroline Mota,Stuart Maguire,Yongyi Shou,Peter Nwilo,Vachara Peansupap

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Cultural Imperatives in Perceptions of Project Success and Failure

By: Maxwell Chipulu,Udechukwu Ojiako,Paul Gardiner,Terry Williams,Vital Anantatmula,Caroline Mota,Stuart Maguire,Yongyi Shou,Peter Nwilo,Vachara Peansupap

Global projects bring many advantages and challenges. Cultural Imperatives in Perceptions of Project Success and Failure is one of the few, if not the first, reports of research that examines the interaction of culture and views of project success in a comprehensive way. In this highly complex issue, the authors lay out their research and results in a logical, deliberate manner that does much to ease the way along the path to understanding. There is much to be learned by all in the study background and the data analysis itself.

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1935589938

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Book's by Terry Cooke-Davies

Aspects of Complexity

Aspects of Complexity

Best Industry Outcomes

Best Industry Outcomes

Exploring the Complexity of Projects

Exploring the Complexity of Projects

Post-Project Reviews to Gain Effective Lessons Learned

Post-Project Reviews to Gain Effective Lessons Learned

Early Warning Signs in Complex Projects

Early Warning Signs in Complex Projects

Cultural Imperatives in Perceptions of Project Success and Failure

Cultural Imperatives in Perceptions of Project Success and Failure

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