ABSTRACT

Leadership in projects has been under-represented in many of the most influential project methodologies, where the focus has been on management and process. The importance to project success of key roles such as project board member, executive sponsor, project manager, client representative or team leader, increases exponentially with the scale and complexity of the project. Kaye Remington's Leading Complex Projects draws on original, empirical research into successful leadership of complex projects, including 70 in-depth interviews with people, across a broad range of industries, selected for their roles in guiding complex projects towards successful outcomes. The book, structured around the major themes from the interviews, explains and applies emerging best-practice in a coherent and focused way. A potent combination of wisdom from leaders in practice and the latest knowledge from many fields of research will engage experienced practitioners, as well as those who are teaching and researching projects, complexity and leadership.

part 1|220 pages

What Good Leadership Does When Projects Are Complex

chapter 1|17 pages

Comprehend Complexity

chapter 2|49 pages

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate

chapter 4|18 pages

Employ Portfolio-programme Thinking

chapter 5|26 pages

Challenge Through Innovation

chapter 6|18 pages

Think About Thinking

chapter 7|24 pages

Consider Culture

chapter 8|21 pages

Exercise Political Skill

chapter 9|20 pages

Pilot Projects Through Crises

part 2|61 pages

What Good Leadership Needs When Projects Are Complex

chapter 10|24 pages

Governance That Matches the Complexity

chapter 11|18 pages

Authority Over Key Roles

chapter 12|17 pages

Partners for Peace

part 3|27 pages

How Good Leadership Behaves When Projects Are Complex

chapter 13|10 pages

As Humble Iconoclasts