Managing amidst rapid change : management approaches for dynamic environments

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Collyer, Simon
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Newtown Square, Pennsylvania : Project Management Institute, Inc., [2015]
Subjects
Project management.
Organizational change.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781680157222
1680157221
9781628250831
1628250836
9781628250763
1628250763
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 111 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Case Studies; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter Summaries; Chapter 1
  • Introduction; Chapter 2
  • Dynamic Environments; Chapter 3
  • Dynamic Planning; Chapter 4
  • Dynamic Control; Chapter 5
  • Dynamic Culture and Communication; Chapter 6
  • Dynamic Leadership and Decision Making; Chapter 7
  • Dynamic Experimentation; Chapter 8
  • Dynamic Practitioner Guide
  • Principles and Techniques; Data Sources; Interviews and Focus Groups; Interview Participants; Focus Group Participants.
  • Publications Emanating from the ResearchChapter 2: Dynamic Environments; What is Dynamism?; Why Traditional Needs Tweaking; What is Different about Dynamic Projects?; What's the Key Challenge for Dynamic Projects?; Alternate High-Level Approaches; Compatibility with the PMBOK® Guide; Extending the PMBOK® Guide; Dynamism Examples; Changing Materials, Resources, Tools, and Techniques During the Project Life Cycle; Changing Relationships with Other Related Projects, Services, or Products; Changing Goals; Can we Resist Dynamism?; What can we do about Dynamism?; Knowing to Customize your Approach.
  • What about Dynamic CapabilitiesWhat about Agile?; What about Complexity?; Is Dynamism your Biggest Problem?; Definitions; Summary; Chapter 3: Planning for Dynamic Environments; Introduction; The Traditional Approach; Dynamic Planning; Single-Version Projects
  • Iterative Planning Only; Multi-Version Projects
  • Fully Iterative; Dynamic Planning Examples; Staging with Gates; Simplification
  • Smallest Possible Stage 1; Simplification and Staging Examples; Contract Terms; Calculating the Cost of Lost Opportunity; Summary; Chapter 4: Dynamic Control; Static Project Control using the Plan.
  • Input and Output ControlDiagnostic, Belief, Interactive and Boundary; Analogy
  • Driving to a Destination; Analogy
  • Delivering a Package Destination; Examples of Dynamic Control; Summary for Dynamic Control; Chapter 5: Dynamic Culture and Communication; Culture and Communication Approaches for Dynamic Environments; Exploration Culture; Egalitarian and Collaborative; Fewer Rules; Faster and More Informal Communication; Dynamic Culture Examples; Dynamic Communication Examples; Summary for Dynamic Culture and Communication; Chapter 6: Dynamic Leadership and Decision Making.
  • Balancing Stability with FlexibilitySituational Awareness; Swift Trust; Rapid Decision Making; Rapid Feedback Loop; Clear Authority; Devolved Responsibility; Focus on Pragmatism; Developed Alternatives; Pre-Planned Responses; Political Skills; Experience; Courage to Say No; Courage to be Realistic; Examples of Decision Making; Examples of Leadership Style; Summary; Chapter 7: Dynamic Experimentation; Structured Experimentation; Competing Experiments; Fail as Quickly and Cheaply as Possible; Moonshot Projects; Moonshot Portfolios; Practitioner Examples of Competing Experiments.
  • Chapter 8: Dynamic Practitioner Guide
  • Principles and Techniques.

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