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"World-Class Project Management in the 21st Century"

A fun and motivational speech outlining how modern realities enhance traditional challenges - but also shape effective ways to manage them.

Target Audience:

General Business Audiences, IT and Project Team Members, and their Managers

Dare to lose control

Everything goes fine - and suddenly it spins out of control. Exponentially growing data processing and communication capabilities challenge your ability to stay on top of things. What can you do?

Social systems show an amazing similarity to the "hard sciences." This also demands a new thinking about project management.

...and start to manage

Berthold Kastel explains how a look at the big picture beats sweating the small stuff. He also points out why:

1 % of the data and activities drive 50% of the project outcome and risk

Projects cannot be controlled, and

Smart technology requires smart management.

Important Definitions

"System"

A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements.

What does it mean for 21st century projects?

New Ideas

Complex Projects as Systems

Technological advances are the main drivers that keep connecting the world. Project management of the 21st century will need to reflect these rapid changes in technology and society. The exponential growth of data storage, data processing and communication capabilities lead also to an exponentially growing complexity of projects. “Complexity” can be defined as the state of being intricately interconnected.