Effective Complex Project Management offers a proven solution to managing any project that must succeed in the face of organizational complexity and market uncertainty, in the form of an adaptive complex project framework. Developed, refined, and validated through 20+ years of client experiences and feedback from project management thought leaders, this framework and robust methodology has demonstrated a favorable impact on project and program management success rates. It defines the four-quadrant project landscape in order to classify project types. It classifies the linear, incremental, iterative, adaptive, and extreme project management model types into the appropriate project quadrants. It introduces the objective, strategy, and tactics model to align projects to the strategic plan. It uses a co-manager project team model for increasing business value. It emphasizes meaningful client involvement for increasing project success. It presents an incremental implementation model for defining and transitioning to an effective complex project management environment. It details a project support office used for complex project management. WAV offers a collection of downloadable documents and tools for practicing project and program managers as well as instruction materials for use in college and professional courses on the topic - available from the Web Added Value[trademark] Download Resource Center.
Robert K. Wysocki, Ph.D., has over 45 years combined experience as a project manager, business analyst, information systems manager and business process expert, consultant and training developer and provider. This thought leader and best-selling author has written 24 books on project management and information systems management. His books have been widely adopted by executives, practicing program and project managers, business analysts and consultants, as well as by more than 350 colleges and universities worldwide. Dr. Wysocki has trained more than 10,000 senior project managers and he is a sought-after speaker.
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Adaptive Complex Project FrameworkChapter 2: The Complex Project Landscape and Business ChallengesChapter 3: Overview of the Adaptive Complex Project FrameworkChapter 4: Adaptive Complex Project Framework: Project Ideation PhaseChapter 5: Adaptive Complex Project Framework: Set-Up PhaseChapter 6: Adaptive Complex Project Framework: Execution PhaseChapter 7: Establishing and Sustaining Meaningful Client InvolvementChapter 8: Implementing Your Adaptive Complex Project FrameworkChapter 9: Frequently Asked QuestionsAppendix A: ACPF AcronymsAppendix B: Case Study: Workforce and Business Development CenterAppendix C: References and Further ReadingIndex
"Effective Complex Project Management definitely is worth the time to read and study the tools and concepts. Wysocki's invitation to think beyond traditional project management practices can be useful to any Project Manager and Program Manager. Even if your organization is rooted in traditional project management, becoming familiar with the ACPF methodology invites out-of-the-box thinking that may be useful in any degree to improve current project management practices and thus deliver business value." -Mary Jane Quandt, PMP (As reviewed inPM World Journal).; "Robert Wysocki does it again, and again. He has evolved from a project management expert and guru to the preeminent thought leader on managing complexity in the 21st century! Wysocki's approach is to use an adaptive framework and decision-making tool which includes a robust project management methodology that seamlessly integrates change, and can be applied to all types of projects across industries. This adaptive complex project framework is aligned with the most contemporary principles of innovation, agility, and lean approaches to change, and represents the most advanced thinking in applied complex project management to date." -Kathleen Hass, Project Management and Business Analysis Practice Leader, Consultant, and PMI award-winning author of Managing Complex Projects: A New Model; "Change drives today's business, it is the only constant. Unfortunately, the processes that businesses use are decades old and built for a time that was much more predictive. Effective Complex Project Management is the first book to define a practical and rigorous yet adaptive solution for addressing rapid change in projects." -Todd C. Williams, President, eCameron, Inc.
