Leading Complex Projects

1. The Complex Project

• Systems Thinking
• Chaos and Complexity Theory
• How these relate to project management

2. Leading Complex Projects

• Skills required
• Complex project competency self-assessment
• PMI competencies
• Start personal mastery plan

3. Fundamentals of Complexity Theory

• What is complexity?
• Types of complexity
• Fitness landscape
• Chaos as it relates to complexity theory
• Complexity theory
• Linear and non-linear systems
• Complex adaptive systems

4. Assessing Your Project Complexity

• Complex project toolkit
• Elements of project complexity
• Organization breakdown structure
• Work breakdown structure
• Use the complexity assessment tool (CAT)
• Strategies of planning and managing complex projects

5. Structuring Your Project for Success

• Selecting the right project management methodology
• How to incorporate that methodology into your current processes

6. Risk Planning and Management

• Types of risks in complex projects
• Approaches to identification
• Risk assessment and response planning

7. Leading Complex Projects

• Assess your leadership competencies
• Applying adaptive leadership to complex projects
• Communicating a vision
• Implementing strategies to encourage innovation and build a cohesive team
• Types of personal behaviors and how to get the most out of people
• Identifying techniques for leveraging complexity

Hands-On Activities:

• Develop Your Personal Mastery Plan
• Assess Project Complexity
• Stakeholder Analysis and Planning
• Risk Identification and Response Planning
• OBS