Michael Cavanagh

Second Order Project Management (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got, and if what you've always got isn't good enough, you need to do something else. Second Order Project Management will help alleviate the frustration that every member of the profession has experienced when trying to gain approval for investment in process improvement from sponsors. Illustrated by extracts from a series of interviews with an international group of very senior managers responsible for managing highly complex projects, Michael Cavanagh explains there is nothing magical, or even complicated, about Second Order Project Management.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351901468
• Artikelnr.: 47954938

Autorenporträt

Michael Cavanagh is a consultant specialising in organisational learning, development and project management. In his 40-year career, Michael Cavanagh has worked as a Programmer, Systems Analyst, Project Manager, Department Head and Consultant in a number of business sectors. In recent years, he has concentrated on the transfer of knowledge and wisdom in an organisational context. This work on experiential learning has led to the focus of his research and consulting activity being the use of systems thinking techniques to perform 'forensic' analysis of major project failure and the ways in which lessons can be derived and corrective process improvement implemented, applying these ideas in very large long-term projects. Michael has worked alongside many organisations in Defence, Transportation and Petrochemical sectors across Europe, the USA, Canada and the Middle East. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and in major Business Schools. Michael is also an ordained Anglican priest in the Church of Ireland, responsible for the churches of the Kenmare and Dromod Union, Co. Kerry.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword
Introduction
Part I Uncertainty, Complexity and Impact on Projects: What makes projects complex?
First and second order project management
Leadership in an uncertain world
Outcomes and ethics. Part II Second Order Tools and Tactics: The systems approach to project management
Experiential learning
Appropriate contracting
Conclusion
Appendices
References
Some suggestions for further reading
Index.