Aspects of complexity : managing projects in a complex world / editor in chief, Terry Cooke-Davies ; contributing editors, Lynn Crawford ... [et al.]. - Newtown Square, Pa. : Project Management Institute, c2011. - xii, 201 pages: illustration ; 26 cm.


Introduction : managing projects in a complex world / Chris Stevens, John Patton, and Terry Cooke-Davies
Complexity in project management and the management of complex projects / Terry Cooke-Davies
pt. 1. With practitioners and their managers in mind
Managing projects with high complexity / Stephen Hayes and Daniel Bennett
Tools for complex projects / Kaye Remington and Julien Pollack
Strategic management : developing policies and strategies / Christoph Loch and Frederick C. Payne
Fear of flying / Stephen Carver and Harvey Maylor
The impact of complexity on project cost and schedule estimates / Dale Shermon
Beyond competence : developing managers of complex projects / Lynn Crawford and Ed Hoffman
pt. 2. With researchers and students in mind
Human behavior and complexity / Terry Cooke-Davies
Controlling chaos? The value and the challenges of applying complexity theory to project management / Kaye Remington and Roxanne Zolin
Systems thinking and the systems movement / Peter Checkland and Terry Williams
Systems engineering and project management / Andrew Daw
Summary. Toward a coherent research agenda / Terry Williams
Toward project management 2.0 / Terry Cooke-Davies


Presents advice on using project management techniques to successfully identify and manage complex processes or events which could impact project timelines and costs

9781935589303 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2011024450


Project management.

HD69.P75 / A77 2011

658.4/04