Managing the Unknown – A New Approach to Managing High Uncertainty and Risk in Projects, Online Vers ion

Dr. Christoph H. Loch, Dr. Arnoud DeMeyer, Dr. Michael T. Pich, Department of Technology Management, ISEAD, Fontainebleu, FRANCE The authors are professors at Europe's leading business school - INSEAD. All have been in both the private sector and in academia and all are currently involved in teaching project management, strategic management, and technology management.

Introduction. PART I. A NEW LOOK AT PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT. Chapter 1. PRM Best Practice: The PCNet Project. Chapter 2. The Limits of Established PRM: The Circored Project. Chapter 3. A Broader Look at Project Risk Management. PART II. MANAGING THE UNKNOWN. Chapter 4. Diagnosing Complexity and Uncertainty. Chapter 5. Learning Projects. Chapter 6. Multiple Parallel Projects: Selectionism. Chapter 7. Selectionism and Learning in Projects. PART III. PUTTING SELECTIONISM AND LEARNING INTO PRACTICE. Chapter 8. Establishing the Project Mindset. Chapter 9. Putting the Infrastructure in Place. Chapter 10. Managing Relationships and Project Governance. Chapter 11. Managing Project Stakeholders in Presence of Unk Unks. PART IV. MANAGING THE UNKNOWN: THE ROLE OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT. Chapter 12. The Role of Senior Management in Novel Projects. References. Index.