Managing the Unknown

A New Approach to Managing High Uncertainty and Risk in Projects

Christoph H. Loch, Arnoud DeMeyer, Michael T. Pich

304 pages, parution le 24/04/2006

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Résumé

Managing the Unknown offers a new way of looking at the problem of managing projects in novel and unknown environments. From Europe's leading business school, this book shows how to manage two fundamental approaches that, in combination, offer the possibility of coping with unforeseen influences that inevitably arise in novel projects:

Trial-and-Error Learning allows for redefining the plan and the project as the project unfolds
Selectionism pursues multiple, independent trials in order to pick the best one at the end

Managing the Unknown offers expert guidelines to the specific project mindsets, infrastructures, and management methods required to use these project management approaches and achieve success in spite of unforeseen obstacles. This book equips readers with:

Causal explanations of why unforeseeable factors in novel projects make traditional project planning and project risk management insufficient
Directly applicable management tools that help managers to guide novel and high-uncertainty projects
Real-world case studies of both successful and unsuccessful approaches to managing high uncertainty in novel projects

Sommaire

A New Look At Project Risk Management
- PRM Best Practice: The PCNet Project
- The Limits of Established PRM: The Circored Project
- A Broader Look at Project Risk Management
Managing the Unknown
- Diagnosing Complexity and Uncertainty
- Learning Projects
- Multiple Parallel Projects: Selectionism
- Selectionism and Learning in Projects
Putting Selectionism and Learning Into Practice
- Establishing the Project Mindset
- Putting the Infrastructure in Place
- Managing Relationships and Project Governance
- Managing Project Stakeholders in Presence of Unk Unks
Managing The Unknown: The Role Of Senior Management
- The Role of Senior Management in Novel Projects

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Christoph H. Loch, Arnoud DeMeyer, Michael T. Pich
Parution	24/04/2006
Nb. de pages	304
Format	16 x 24,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	540g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471693055
ISBN13	978-0-471-69305-5