Projects and Complexity

"This book examines project management in the context of complexity theory and organizations. With the aim of increasing value to stakeholders and increasing project success rate, contributors explore a systemic and organic approach to projects, thereby widening the scope of a project manager's role and the tools and capabilities needed. The text describes a paradigm that is complementary to traditional project management, providing combined insights from ethnography, philosophy, and complexity theory to show a broad view of project management."@en
"Helpful to those tasked with managing complex environments, Projects and Complexity introduces a new way of looking at projects and fostering the culture needed to achieve sustainable results. It brings together experts from the academic, military, and business worlds to explore project management in the context of complexity theory and organizations. These experts explore a systemic and organic approach to projects that widens the scope of a project manager's role as well as the tools and capabilities required.The book provides readers with an understanding of the roots of project management."