Strategy in Project Organisation

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STRATEGY IN PROJECT ORGANISATION
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Definition of Project Complexity vs definition of complicated Project....................................3
Features of Project Complexity..............................................................................................4
Characteristics of a Complicated Project...............................................................................4
Project Complexity as the Best Criteria.....................................................................................5
Project Management Activities Classified Based on the Level of Complexity.........................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
Reference List............................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The technological progress experienced in arena of project management has resulted
in the development of several techniques, tools and processes, which has led to project
complexity. In this sense, there is a need to understand what is meant by project complexity.
Indeed, an understanding of project complexity, as well as the manner in which it can be
managed, is highly critical for project managers due to the dissimilarities related to goal
attainment and decision making that seem to be connected to complexity (Lessard, Sakhrani,
and Miller, 2014). The growth in technology has made the project to become more and more
complex, which has led to a rise in concerns regarding the ideology of project complexity and
the applicability of traditional techniques and tools developed explicitly for the simple project
have become inappropriate for the complex project. Nevertheless, it has to be noted that there
is a difference between project complexity and complicated project. Project complexity has
several definitions. According to Ahern, Leavy, and Byrne (2014), project complexity is
something that consists of various parts that are interconnected to form a system (p. 1374).
On the other hand, complicated projects are projects that cannot be easily understood. The
objective of this report is to describe what project complexity versus complicated project is.
Lastly but not least, the paper will then recommend the best criteria between project
complexity and complicated project.
Description of Project Complexity vs definition of complicated Project
Project complexity is the state of a project having several interconnected parts and not
difficult to understand. Consequently, understanding the complexity of a project plays a
vigorous part in the management of a project, which results in the successful delivery of all
interlinked project parts (Bakhshi, Ireland, and Gorod, 2016, p.1199). On the other side,
complicated projects are projects, which are hard to understand. Indeed, complicated projects