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Advanced & Specialised Project Management

Leading Complex Projects

Essential for the experienced project manager who needs direction on managing the seemingly unmanageable.

This Course is Perfect for:

  • Using complexity theory to discover what makes projects complex
  • Taking new project approaches to deal with very complex projects

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You Will Learn 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 Tool’ to assess your project’s complexity level
  • Create an innovative framework for managing project complexity using ESI’s ‘Complex Project Management Model’

Course Overview

Complex projects can be tough 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. Project managers need to be able to develop a plan that provides the right level of both flexibility and control. This course will give you a systematic and innovative approach to assessing project complexity and deploying the best approaches and techniques to achieve success. Learn how to determine the true level of complexity and how to use the complexity to assist rather than hinder progress. Receive ESI’s Complexity Indicator tool, designed to automatically calculate your project’s complexity level and plot the strengths and weaknesses of your project.

Course Topics

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  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
  
Public Classroom Courses

Public Course Information

Duration: 3 days
Professional Development Units (PDUs): 22.5
Fee: £1695 excl. VAT

* PMI UK Members: ESI offers 3 spaces for this course at 25% discount. Please call now on
+44(0)20 7017 7100 to check status and register.

* Other PMI Members: PMI® members get 15% off this course.

Valid membership number required.

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Course Dates (click on a date to book)

21-23 Mar 2012, München

2-4 May 2012, London

8-10 Oct 2012, London
In-house Corporate Training

This course is available as in-house corporate training. Available to groups of 10 or more (please note this is a guideline). To find out more about corporate training for your organisation click here.

“The instructor has great energy and enthusiasm! The course provides a deep knowledge base.”

Dena Giessman,
Lead Project Manager, South West Power Pool

Free Resources

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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