PRAISE FOR
Managing Complex Projects: A New Model
Kitty’s book is refreshing, insightful, and on-target. This is a serious look at the challenges we face today in managing complexity on projects. Though it is serious, it is a delight to read. Her research is impeccable, her sources current, and her ideas original. Managers who listen to her arguments and follow her advice will be at a great advantage in dealing with the 21st century’s brave new world of complex project management.
J. DAVIDSON FRAME, PHD, PMP, PMI FELLOW
ACADEMIC DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
AUTHOR OF THE NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT: TOOLS FOR AN AGE OF RAPID CHANGE,
COMPLEXITY, AND OTHER BUSINESS REALITIES
“Using breakthrough thinking, Kitty unravels the mysteries of project complexity and offers a proven model to succeed in the chaotic marketplace. For those who are lost in a tangled web of challenged projects, this book not only offers a way out but a way to thrive. It is a welcome breath of fresh air and cure for the (common) complex project.”
B. MICHAEL AUCOIN, D. ENGR., PE, PMP
PRESIDENT, LEADING EDGE MANAGEMENT, LLC
AUTHOR OF RIGHT-BRAIN PROJECT MANAGEMENT: A COMPLEMENTARY APPROACH
“Projects today operate in the midst of constantly changing business conditions and complex technologies. Combine that with things like distributed delivery and other complicating organizational factors—and project managers are faced with dramatically increasing complexity on their projects. Kitty’s approach gives these managers a framework and tools to handle this increasing complexity that nicely supplement their formal project management training and work experience.”
SANJIV AUGUSTINE PRESIDENT, LITHESPEED
AUTHOR OF MANAGING AGILE PROJECTS
“Today’s complex projects—characterized by ambiguity and uncertainty, and fueled by high speed and high change—require a new model to succeed. Kitty’s groundbreaking, standard-setting book gives us not only the rationale, but also the essential leadership and management practices for success on nine varieties of complex projects. Don’t start or continue a complex project without consulting this book. It’s a gem.”
DOUG DECARLO
PRINCIPAL, THE DOUG DECARLO GROUP
AUTHOR OF EXTREME PROJECT MANAGEMENT: USING LEADERSHIP, PRINCIPLES,
AND TOOLS TO DELIVER VALUE IN THE FACE OF VOLATILITY
“Kitty succeeds in making the management of complexity simple but not simplistic. This new model makes a significant contribution to meeting the growing challenge of complex projects….Following this approach will maximize the value that organizations can achieve from undertaking complex projects—try it and see.”
DR. DAVID HILLSON, PMP, HONFAPM, FRSA
DIRECTOR, RISK DOCTOR & PARTNERS
AUTHOR OF PRACTICAL PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT: THE ATOM METHODOLOGY
“Anyone facing the challenging task of managing one of today’s complex projects will find much in this book to aid them in their efforts to carry out successful projects.”
GERALD M. MULENBURG, DBA
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION