Complex Project Management Issues

Running head: COMPLEX PROJECT MANAGEMENT ISSUES
COMPLEX PROJECT MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1
COMPLEX PROJECT MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Table of Contents
Complex project management issues recommended by the ICCPM roundtable:................................2
1.Details:...........................................................................................................................................2
Financial resource in the project:.................................................................................................2
Structure of the project:................................................................................................................2
Project management:....................................................................................................................2
2. Ambiguity:....................................................................................................................................3
Stakeholders have a different view regarding the success of the project:....................................3
High level of architectural and design details required:...............................................................3
Differing views on project benefit:..............................................................................................3
3. Dynamics:.....................................................................................................................................4
Change in African politics:...........................................................................................................4
Change in the economy of Ethiopia:............................................................................................4
Change in the environment:.........................................................................................................4
4. Uncertainty:..................................................................................................................................5
Lack of environmental assessment:..............................................................................................5
5. Social structure & Interrelationships:...........................................................................................5
Social dimension of complexity:..................................................................................................5

2
COMPLEX PROJECT MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Complex project management issues recommended by the ICCPM roundtable:
1.Details:
Three important variables regarding project complexity in GERD project:
Financial resource in the project:
Large construction project especially that has potential to influence National and
international politics is always complex and it is particularly difficult to arrange for funds
completing this project in case of Grand Ethiopian resonance dam project arrangement of
international funding has been any critical issue and the project has relied on funding through local
sources which it is not coordinated and properly controlled this has increased complexity of the
financial model in this project increasing the overall complexity of the project as well.
Structure of the project:
Grand Ethiopian resonance Dam which is one of the biggest in the world and the largest in
Africa is a challenging project to implement both in term of Technical aspect and Engineering
efficiency. Due to the structural complexity of the project involving technical and design
complexity make this project a complex one to manage properly.
Project management:
According to international reports this project which is such a complex on to execute
required an expert team to manage various aspect of the project. However, lack of expertise in the
project team particularly in managing resources through proper Sourcing has made this project
deliberately complex not only resource Sourcing, but resource allocation has also been inefficient in
this project which has made this project difficult to execute efficiently