Spaces of Australian Innovation

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Complex project management: what goes wrong?

What is complex project management?

Classical project management is an essential element in delivering good complex project management (CPM) – but it’s not sufficient.

I was recently asked by a delegate at the IDEAA conference what the difference was between existing project process and methods and complex project management.

When we refer to “complex projects” we talk about those were there is significant ambiguity or uncertainty amongst the stakeholders; sometimes this is because of political influence, new technologies or cultural differences.  Scale can add to complexity, but even very large scale projects are not by definition necessarily more complex.