Managing complex projects
| dc.contributor.author | Turner, Neil | |
| dc.contributor.author | Davis, Kate | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cantarelli, Chantal C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-24T15:32:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-24T15:32:58Z | |
| dc.date.freetoread | 2026-02-22 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-08-21 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Complexity is an issue that affects all projects. Project managers know this, but it can be difficult to express the realities they face in a language that others can easily grasp. In this chapter we draw on research that identifies three different kinds of project complexity – structural, socio-political, and emergent, and look at practical response techniques to these. We offer a complexity framework to help managers deal with these challenges. We then show how this can be used both as a problem-solving tool, and also as a method to draw out lessons learned at gate reviews or at the completion of the work. | |
| dc.identifier.chapterNo | 7 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Turner N, Davis K, Cantarelli C. (2024) Chapter 7: Managing complex projects. In: Serrador, P. ed., 2024. Mastering project leadership: insights from the research. CRC Press. Boca Raton | |
| dc.identifier.eisbn | 9781003502654 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9781032473321 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003502654-7 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/22668 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | CRC Press | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Computer Science | |
| dc.subject | Economics | |
| dc.subject | Finance | |
| dc.subject | Business & Industry | |
| dc.subject | Engineering & Technology | |
| dc.title | Managing complex projects | |
| dc.type | Book chapter |