ABSTRACT

Complex Project Type ......................................................................................................................34 Description of Complex System ...................................................................................................... 35 Further Examples of Complex Systems ........................................................................................... 37

Supply Chains ............................................................................................................................. 37 Operation of Governments .......................................................................................................... 37 Operation of an Enterprise .......................................................................................................... 37 Disaster Management .................................................................................................................. 37 Power Systems ............................................................................................................................ 38 World Financial System .............................................................................................................. 38 Australian Charity Building Schools in Afghanistan .................................................................. 38 Disputes between Warring Nations ............................................................................................. 38 Addressing Climate Change ........................................................................................................ 38

Hierarchy or Networked ................................................................................................................... 38 Project Environment ........................................................................................................................ 39 Unclear Stakeholders ....................................................................................................................... 39 Unclear Boundaries ..........................................................................................................................40 Autonomous and Independent Systems ........................................................................................... 41 Project Context ................................................................................................................................. 42 Emergence ........................................................................................................................................ 42 Nonlinearity ..................................................................................................................................... 43 Architecture ...................................................................................................................................... 43

DescriptionA ..............................................................................................................................44 Description B ..............................................................................................................................44 Description C .............................................................................................................................. 45 Description D .............................................................................................................................. 45 Description E ...............................................................................................................................46 Description F ...............................................................................................................................46