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PMI members get 15% off this course. Valid membership number required.


Book included:

Surfing the Edge of Chaos:
The Laws of Nature and the New Laws of Business
By Richard Tanner Pascale, Mark Milleman and Linda Gioja

Free book included

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This course supports your study towards PMI's NEW Programme Management Professional (PgMP®)Credential

 

Testimonial

Very good. Thought provoking, well structured, good ideas, framework


Andrew Daniels
Project Manager
Shell

PMBOK® Guide knowledge areas:

Project Integration Management

Project Scope Management

Project Quality Management

Project Time Management

Project Cost Management

Project Risk Management

Project Human Resource Management

Project Procurement Management

Project Communications Management

 

Leading Complex Projects

A necessity for the experienced project manager who needs direction on managing the seemingly unmanageable


Course information

Duration: 3 days
PDUs: 22.5

Course Fee:
£1695 excl. VAT
€1795 excl. VAT

 

You will learn how to:

  • Select leadership techniques to increase the probability of your success
  • Apply the concepts of complexity science to project management
  • Use ESI’s ‘Complexity Indicator’ to assess your project’s complexity level
  • Create an innovative framework for managing project complexity using ESI’s ‘Complex Project Management Model’

Course Synopsis

Have you ever taken on a project that appeared just too complex to handle? Just trying to identify the multitude of variables to be managed, let alone trying to anticipate how they might interact, can be overwhelming. So how do you determine where to start managing, with a clear understanding of the variables involved? How would you then move forward to develop a plan that provides the right level of control and flexibility for success?

This type of challenge requires a new way of thinking — a new approach to applying recognised project management techniques and tools. Leading Complex Projects provides an innovative approach to assessing project complexity and to deploying the best techniques to succeed.

Exercises and case studies give you hands-on experience from a new perspective while determining the true level of project complexity and using complexity to assist rather than hinder progress. Among the tools provided is an automated template of ESI’s Complexity Indicator – a tool which automatically calculates your project’s complexity level and plots the strengths and weaknesses of your project against the nine areas of PMBOK® Guide. Learn how to stack the odds of success in your favour.

Reminder: It is highly recommended that participants already have practical project management experience and a thorough understanding of project management tools and techniques.

Course Topics

  1. Understanding Complexity in Projects
    1. Elements of complexity theory
    2. Complexity
    3. Self-organisation
    4. Emergence
    5. Nonlinear dynamics
    6. Open/closed systems
    7. Leadership approaches and ­techniques
    8. Competencies
    9. Behaviors
    10. Leaders in complexity
  2. The Complex Project Model and Process
    1. ESI’s Complex Project Model
    2. ESI’s Complex Project Process
    3. Knowledge of complexity
    4. Communication
    5. Leadership
    6. Project management
  3. Determining Project Complexity
    1. ESI’s Complexity Indicator
    2. Assessing complexity levels
    3. Applying the indicator
  4. Communicating Project Complexity
    1. Communication platforms
    2. Risk and risk response
    3. Change management
    4. Problem solving
  5. Designing for Complex Projects
    1. OBS, PBS, WBS
    2. Design tasks
    3. Planning for project execution
  6. Leading Complex Projects
    1. Leading Complex Projects
    2. Clear vision
    3. Principles for leading complex projects
    4. Disciplines for leading complex projects Understanding Complexity in Projects

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