Second order project management / Michael Cavanagh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavanagh, Michael, 1949- author.

Series:

Advances in project management.

Advances in project management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Project management--Methodology.

Technological complexity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Vt. : Gower, c2012.

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got, and if what you've always got isn't good enough, you need to do something else. Second Order Project Management will help alleviate the frustration that every member of the profession has experienced when trying to gain approval for investment in process improvement from sponsors. Illustrated by extracts from a series of interviews with an international group of very senior managers responsible for managing highly complex projects, Michael Cavanagh explains there is nothing magical, or even complicated, about 2nd Order Proje

Contents:

Uncertainty, complexity and impact on projects

What makes projects complex?

1st and 2nd order project management

Leadership in an uncertain world

Outcomes and ethics

2nd order tools and tactics

The systems approach to project management

Experiential learning

Appropriate contracting

Conclusion.

Notes:

"A Gower Book"--cover.

First published 2012 by Gower Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-90145-1

1-315-24357-1

1-283-36746-7

9786613367464

1-4094-1095-1

9781315243573

OCLC:

769342547