CHAPTER 11

Being a KNOWledge SUCCESSion Leader

Executive Summary

Chapter 11 brings all the earlier aspects of projects together in a way that enables the reader to see how they can be integrated with and adapted to an emergent and complex environment. Understanding context and being confident in uncertainty are critical to doing this well. Key points of this chapter are:

  • Leadership of projects is complex and can’t be optimized by simplifying everything.

  • The Iron Triangle is just a foundation for effective project leadership, not the entire story.

  • We must reflect on what success is and why it varies with stakeholders and over time.

We explored in Chapter 1 how the world is becoming projectized and the impacts of this. Our path though the previous ...

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