ABSTRACT
Project management (PM) is all about reducing complexity, and then the real world demands complexity and kills the project. This chapter addresses the phenomenological character of measurement. It focuses on the character and balance of the dynamic interplay of technology, politics and culture. The chapter also addresses the epistemological requirements not only for PM but for the entire venture of the Anthropocene beyond post-modernism necessary to meet the global challenges of the twenty first century. Captainship and organising organisations are two concrete aspects of complex project management excellence which credibly promise improvement in project management practice and project performance. The US American management consultant, author and educator Noel Tichy suggested a model to cover the most relevant perspective on social systems like organisations and projects. He calls it TPC model. Social complexity, following the TPC model, has a political and a cultural aspect. The political perspective looks at politics on all levels; macro, meso and micro levels.
