Complex Project Management Training

Learn Complex Project Management in this intensive real-world, three-day project scenario training course. Learn how to assess, communicate and manage complex projects. Gain a deep understanding of essential influencers of project success or failure and a tool set to address the specific issues for your complex project.

Complex Project Management Training Delivery Methods

• In-Person

• Online

Complex Project Management Training Course Benefits

• Incorporate the science of complexity into project management strategies
• Manage complex projects involving strategic risks
• Apply a complexity assessment model and adaptive process
• Minimise uncertainty by leveraging best practises from Critical Chain, Agile, and Lean approaches

• Test your knowledge in the included end-of-course exam

• Leverage continued support with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching and computing sandbox

• Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching

Complex Project Management Course Outline

Considering the Limits of Conventional Project Management

• Stretching the limits of conventional project management
• Rethinking the future of project management

Defining Complexity Science, Chaos Theory and Project Complexity Factors

Introducing complexity science and chaos theory

• Comparing and contrasting simple and complex systems
• Applying various complexity modelling techniques

Adopting the four-dimensional project complexity diagnostic tool

• Analysing project boundary conditions to understand the complexity of your project
• Determining the edge of chaos
• Assessing the significance of complex project risks
• Communicating project complexity factors to others

Employing an Adaptive Project Management Process

Beginning with adaptive principles

• Building with Agile software development
• Borrowing from the combat operations loop and the scientific method

The four-step adaptive project management process

• Implementing rolling wave planning and progressive elaboration
• Managing adaptive requirements, change and quality
• Scheduling, budgeting and metrics on complex projects

Minimising Scale on Strategic Projects

Aligning with corporate strategy and value engineering

• Executing portfolio management strategies
• Making the business case and delivering value
• Utilising business capability and purpose alignment models

Developing small, strategic batches of work

• Applying Van Creveld's Iron Rule and Occam's Razor
• Delivering minimal marketable features

Managing Pace on Complex Projects

Maintaining control through speed and agility

• Dealing with daily disruptions
• Employing fast-tracking and crashing
• Compressing the critical path

Incorporating Critical Chain and Lean techniques

• Evaluating Critical Chain project management
• Employing the theory of constraints and five focusing steps to eliminate waste and optimise flow

Exercising Strong Leadership

Leading adaptive teams

• Developing your core competencies
• Growing your sphere of influence and managing politics

Building CRACK teams

• Facilitating emergent organisation and self-management
• Agreeing on vision, goals, objectives and values
• Empowering and motivating the team
• Implementing effective feedback loops

Recognising and Managing Risks

Identifying and managing risks with scenario modelling

• Quantifying and mitigating risk threats
• Exploiting risk opportunities for disruptive innovation

Implementing probabilistic estimating tools and techniques

• Managing precision and accuracy
• Correcting estimating bias and reducing variability
• Revisiting the cone of uncertainty and order of magnitude estimating
• Leveraging PERT, Monte Carlo and Agile techniques

Building Your Personal Action Plan

• Putting it all together
• Analysing a real-world case study
• Assessing your own real-world projects
• Identifying specific actions you will take
• Gaining support and managing risks