Exploring the Complexity of Projects: Implications of Complexity Theory for Project Management Practice

摘要

"Keep it simple, stupid." The KISSrnprinciple-a time-honoredrnaphorism intended to warnrnpeople against ensnaringrnthemselves in unnecessary complexity. Butrntoday's projects can fail precisely becausernpractitioners try to make them simpler thanrnthey really are. Today's projects are fraughtrnwith complexity unknown in earlier times,rnand that complexity is often insufficientlyrnunderstood.rnExploring the Complexity of Projects: Implications of Complexity Theory for Project Management Practice by Svetlana Cicmil, Terry Cooke-Davies. Lynn Crawford, and Kurt Richardson reports the results of a Project Management Institute-sponsored study that addressed this issue.