Complex Projects require a different organizational setup and a different mindset compared to Simple Projects. Every year, many companies try to transition into the realm of Complex Projects. Most fail. What process should they follow to be successful? This is the issue we investigate in our new White Paper 2013-16 How to Transition Successfully from a Simple Projects’ Company to a Complex Projects’ Company.
Your company has successfully delivered simple projects. You have developed an equipment asset base and human resources that support your ambition to move into larger and potentially more lucrative complex projects. Remember, it is not just a matter of scaling what you are doing now. It is a matter of transforming your organization’s business model and mindset.
It is essential to recognize that you are tackling complex projects so that you can consciously implement the right organization and tools.
We insist on 5 main actions:
- Implement complex projects in a different business unit
- Get the right key people onboard
- Invest in the appropriate systems
- Give the authority to the project leader and remove department fiefdoms
- Change your office physical configuration
You need to understand that shifting to global complex projects will change the organization down to its very roots. Yet for those that succeed in this transition, the rewards are there. Because in the Collaborative Age, the age of complexity, only those will thrive that will master complex project management. Find out how to do this transition successfully in our new White Paper 2013-16 How to Transition Successfully from a Simple Projects’ Company to a Complex Projects’ Company.
