Panarchy provides us a wide angle lens to look at projects. Originating from socio-ecological field studies this powerful concept lets us capture the project, the individual team members and the embedding organization in one go. Previously I discussed the ideas behind Panarchy: the adaptive cycle, multiple scales and the interaction of multiple scales. In this …
Previously I wrote about using the concept of Panarchy to analyze complex problems. This concept can assist Project Managers dealing with today’s complexities. If you haven’t read the previous post, I suggest you catch up on that one, before proceeding. But of course, it’s up to you. Photography by Tinken. For a long time, firefighters …
For me, THE most influential book of the first half of 2008 is definitely “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Craig Janet reminded my with his post yesterday of this book, and the fact that it was due time to give it also some blog time on Project …
In Paris I tried to order some croissants in a bakery. I spoke slowly “six croissaints”, pointing to the crummy broad. The woman behind the counter looked at me like I was insane. After 7 times repeating this act, she responded “Ah… croissants!” Photography by LongHornDave. I went to a customer a couple of years …
Reality is difficult to analyze. Project Managers still have to eliminate root-causes to major problems though. How to analyze today’s complexity? I found something worthwhile exploring: Panarchy. Its origin is in ecosystem management, where it is used for assessment on how ecosystems, social systems and economic systems are interacting. How complex do you want to …