"Managing project complexity" from Gordi Consult's point of view means:

1. Analysis of complexity and environmental factors.

From experience, complexity drivers are:

• Scope and size of the project content

  • Stability of requirements
    • Difficulties in defining the project boundaries
    • Number and transparency of affected business processes
    • Number and transparency of dependencies (within and outside the
    • Necessary effort and project duration
  • Human challenges
    • Knowledge and experience of project content
    • Extent of changes to processes and behavior
    • Number and diversity of organizational units affected
    • Number and diversity of stakeholders
    • Number and diversity of people involved
  • Technological challenges
    • Knowledge and experience with technologies used
    • Number and complexity of systems involved
  • Collaboration of project staff and partners
    • Availability of experts
    • Number of different client organizations
    • Number of suppliers and subcontractors
    • Relationships of project partners outside the project task
  • Degree of uncertainty
    • Number and severity of risks
    • Quality of estimates for effort and duration
    • Number and impact of unplanned events
    • Ability to capture a realistic status

Diversity here includes business objectives, culture, and languages.

2. Reduction of complexity:

The necessary level of complexity is determined by the goals to be achieved as well as the project scope. All complexity drivers must therefore be critically reviewed on the basis of the objectives and the project scope. As a result, both goals and scope as well as complexity drivers can be adjusted.

3. "Managing" complexity:

In our experience, two points in particular need to be considered when managing project complexity:

• The appropriate structuring of projects and project programs using proven approaches.
• The appropriate use of project management methods and processes: We use project management configuration for this purpose.

We use this approach of managing complexity in projects in our services.

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