In chapter 7 of Terry Cooke-Davies' book ''Aspects of Complexity''Lynn Crawford and Ed Hoffman cite...

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In chapter 7 of Terry Cooke-Davies' book ''Aspects of Complexity''Lynn Crawford and Ed Hoffman cite John Dewey whom they write said "...not all experiences leads to beneficial learning.

Learners need to be capable of critical reflection so they can interpret their experience and draw upon it selectively as a source of learning and change" (Cooke-Davies 2011, p.93).

But what is the big deal with this as far as complex projects are concerned? Surely it is a common characteristic of project management and those whom practice project management to reflect on lessons learned? Therefore, is this not fundamental and inherent to everyone involved in project management? So what point is Lynn Crawford and Ed Hoffman trying to make by citing John Dewey and what should we take home from it for our reflections on complex project management?

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Running Head: ASPECTS OF COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT 				1
ASPECTS OF COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT			7
ASPECTS OF COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT
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Explanation of Why all experiences do not leads to beneficial learning and why it is especially important to selectively draw from the experiences for the complex project management.	3
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Explanation of why all experiences do not lead to beneficial learning and why it is especially important to selectively draw from the experiences for the complex project management.
Project complexity is not a single construct and is based on multiple attributes such as clarity of objectives and goals, scope and level of uncertainty and ambiguity. All projects are inherently unpredictable and uncertain as they all require work, decisions to be made in the present for the concerning results and events, that occur in the future. Experts believe that it is the people who introduce complexity to the projects, as success and failure is often ambiguous, and it is mostly dependent upon different perspectives of different stakeholders. As stated by Haynes (2015), a good project management involves planning, establishing clear project guidelines and control over variables to achieve expected results. However, today challenges to good project management has been affected by different factors such as more visibility due to advancement in communication technologies, especially in high profile public cases, there is constant media scrutiny. Therefore, there is more pressure on the employees to perform and far less latitude to learn from their mistakes (Cooke-Davies 2011).
Another factor which is contributing to project complexity is due to the vacuum created by the retirement of experienced and learned employees and poor investment by the organizations in succession planning, which has resulted in poor supply of skilled experienced project managers,

In chapter 7 of Terry Cooke-Davies' book '' Aspects of Complexity'' Lynn Crawford and Ed Hoffman cite John Dewey whom they write said ". ..not all experiences leads to beneficial learning. Learners...

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