Description
Book SynopsisManaging the Unknown offers a new way of looking at the problem of managing projects in novel and unknown environments.
Trade Review"
Managing the Unknown, is an important book, and it was a revelation for me. It takes a fresh look at project risk management, which is a vital skill in developing a new product, but goes beyond conventional risk management in critical ways." (
Journal of Product Innovation Management, October 2006)
Table of ContentsIntroduction.
PART I. A NEW LOOK AT PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT.
Chapter 1. PRM Best Practice: The PCNet Project.
Chapter 2. The Limits of Established PRM: The Circored Project.
Chapter 3. A Broader Look at Project Risk Management.
PART II. MANAGING THE UNKNOWN.
Chapter 4. Diagnosing Complexity and Uncertainty.
Chapter 5. Learning Projects.
Chapter 6. Multiple Parallel Projects: Selectionism.
Chapter 7. Selectionism and Learning in Projects.
PART III. PUTTING SELECTIONISM AND LEARNING INTO PRACTICE.
Chapter 8. Establishing the Project Mindset.
Chapter 9. Putting the Infrastructure in Place.
Chapter 10. Managing Relationships and Project Governance.
Chapter 11. Managing Project Stakeholders in Presence of Unk Unks.
PART IV. MANAGING THE UNKNOWN: THE ROLE OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT.
Chapter 12. The Role of Senior Management in Novel Projects.
References.
Index.
