Effective Complex Project Management

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.