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Aspects of Complexity: Managing Projects in a Complex World.

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Chapter 8.

· People love to be involved in a group where they share a common interest. (Human behavior and Complexity, pg. 116).

· Human behavior is not always rational especially in decision making. (Cooke-Davies, pg.117).

· To successfully manage a project, human resources should be managed effectively. (Cooke –Davies, pg.101).

Chapter 9

· Project management theory can provide explanation for some failures encountered during project management. (Aspect of Complexity, pg. 111).

· Complexity theory explain some phenomena which cannot be explained by traditional theories. (Aspect of Complexity, pg. 116).

· Uncertainty is a major concern in project complexity. (Aspect of Complexity, pg. 121).

Chapter 10

· System thinking originate from certain fields such as system language. Aspect of Complexity, pg. 135).

· The nature of systems thinking is that it I based on an adaptive whole.

Chapter 11.

· By the help of system dynamic modeling, we can understand why some projects overrun severely. Aspect of Complexity, pg. 144).

· They tell us why failures exist in complex projects. (Checkland, n.d).

References.

Cooke-Davies, T., & Crawford, L. (2011). Aspects of complexity: Managing projects in a complex world. Newtown Square, Pa: Project Management Institute.