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Complexity, Decision Making, Organizational Project Management, Procurement Management 30 September 2020

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Reinventing Megaproject Delivery Models

By Denicol, Juliano Megaprojects are usually proposed by the public sector as a reflection of the government delivering a new physical asset to address a necessity of the society, improve living conditions, foster…

Risk Management, Complexity, Decision Making 11 June 2020

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Project Business

By Project Management Institute | Project Business Foundation This is a report on the results of a survey jointly conducted by PMI and the Project Business Foundation. The intention was to replace observations and opinions with reliable data. The mission was…

Agile, Quality Management, Change Management, Complexity, PMO, Decision Making, Business Analysis, Governance, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Estimating, New Practitioners, Procurement Management 25 October 2019

PM Network

Using the project management process to improve lessons learned resolution results

By Anderson, Peter The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has an established lessons learned program that documents both shortfalls for corrective action and best practices for wider dissemination. Most phases are…

Article Complexity, Decision Making 1 February 2019

Project Management Journal

Can Serious Games Improve Project Management Decision Making under Complexity?

By Rumeser, David | Emsley, Margaret The existing literature on project management serious games tends to ignore the effect of project complexity levels on decision-making performance. This research fills this gap by conducting an…

Article Complexity, Decision Making 1 December 2017

Project Management Journal

Symbols, Sublimes, Solutions, and Problems

By Steen, John | Ford, Jerad A. | Verreynne, Martie-Louise In this article, we deploy Cohen, March, and Olsen's (1972) garbage can model of decision making to produce a different lens on the performance of megaprojects. Using a sample of firms involved in…

Article Complexity, Decision Making 1 August 2017

PM Network

State Of The Art

By Jones, Tegan Exhibits alone don't command massive crowds. In a world full of buzzy next big things vying for the attention of cultural jet-setters and the general public alike, the onus is on museums to craft a…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Complexity 10 October 2015

Successful projects depend on the business

By Parth, Frank R. Although all projects are dependent upon decisions that are made prior to project implementation, larger projects are particularly influenced by these decisions due to a larger number of…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, Complexity, Decision Making, Financial Services 10 October 2015

A case study on taming the wicked problem of portfolio management

By Guitarte, Andrew First coined in 1967 by C. West Churchman, the term 'wicked problem' later was used to describe social system problems that are ill-formulated and confusing, in which clients and decision makers…

Article Decision Making, Complexity September 2012

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A three-ring circus

By Somani, Sheilina Working in complex organizations with a number of sponsors often seems like a circus. After all, a project professional must perform in three rings: with sponsors, the team and the organization as a…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Risk Management, Complexity 9 May 2012

Risk on complex projects

By Gumz, Joy Imagine you are the program risk engineer for a new refinery being built in the Middle East. The front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase has been completed, and the project will be entering a…