1. leadership practices applications step up, step back collaboration culture of trust managing risk decision making problem solving

2. and managing risks the collaborative leader

3. Co-Founder, Accelinnova Senior Manager, Landmark Graphics Todd LITTLE the work of

4. uncertainty complexity

5. predictability ?

6. Hurricane Rita

15. Projects Why Projects Are Different Ideas / Products / Project Differences

16. dependencies communication risks

17. complexity team size mission criticality team location team capacity domain knowledge gaps dependencies

18. uncertainty market uncertainty technical uncertainty project duration dependents

19. Complexity Uncertainty Low High

20. Complexity Uncertainty  Simple, young projects  Need agility  Tight Teams Sheep  Complex, mature market  Need defined interfaces Cows Bulls  Agility to handle uncertainty  Process definition to cope with complexity  Laissez faire Colts Low High  Well behaved

21. AttributeScore Market Technical Dependencies / Scope Flexibility Duration Uncertainty Assessment

22. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Market Uncertainty Technical Uncertainty Project Duration Uncertainty Dependents/ Scope Flexibility

23. Complexity Assessment AttributeScore Team Size Mission Critical Geographical Dispersion Team Maturity Domain Knowledge Dependencies

24. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Dependencies Geographical Dispersion Team Maturity Domain Knowledge Team Size Mission Critical

26. Sheep Project Cow Project Colt Project Bull Program Remember: Loose Coupling and Strong Cohesion

27. Complexity Uncertainty  Trader Workstation Sheep  Matcher Cows Bulls  Swiss Electronic Stock Exchange  “Lights Out” Colts Low High

28. products lifecycle paths A B C

29. Complexity Uncertainty portfolio management

30. pick a project …

31. Complexity Uncertainty Low High

32. AttributeScore Uncertainty Assessment

33. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

34. Complexity Assessment AttributeScore

35. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

36. summary

37. uncertainty complexity

38. ideas that work ?