Exploring the complexity of projects : implications of complexity theory for project management practice / Svetlana Cicmil ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cicmil, Svetlana.

Contributor:

Cooke-Davies, Terry, 1941-

Crawford, Lynn.

Richardson, Kurt A. (Kurt Antony)

Project Management Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological complexity.

Project management--Practice.

Project management.

Theory of constraints (Management).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (91 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Newtown Square, Pa. : Project Management Institute, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

Mapping

the key concepts from complexity thinking, theory, and science

An overview of complex responsive processes of relating (CRPR) as a theoretical concept

Understanding projects and project management practice using CRPR as an interpretative framework

Complexity thinking and the concept of CRPR

implications for project management practice and future possibilities for project management research

Appendix.

Notes:

Additional authors: Terry Cooke-Davies, Lynn Crawford, Kurt Richardson.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781628251296

1628251298

OCLC:

948819934