Managing Fuzzy Projects in 3D: A Proven, Multi-Faceted Blueprint for Overseeing Complex Projects - Hardcover

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Lavagnon Ika is professor of project management and former director for the Master of Science in Management at the Telfer School of Management (University of Ottawa). He is the founding director of their Major Projects Observatory. Ika has been a visiting professor at the Skema Business School in France, the Swinburne Business School in Australia, the Institute of Public Project and Cost Engineering of the Tianjin University of Technology in China, the CESAG Business School in Senegal, and the World Bank. He is associate editor for the International Journal of Project Management and a member of the Academic Boards of both the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the International Project Management Association (IPMA).

Jan Saint-Macary is professor of strategy and project management at the University of Quebec, where he developed and directed two MBA programs and was department head for three terms. He has held various managerial positions in international and commercial banking at the First National State Bank of New Jersey and at the Royal Bank of Canada. Saint-Macary has taught and consulted in banking and project management in Canada, China, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, and Ivory Coast.

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“This excellent book provides a roadmap for implementing strategy.  Full of examples and practical insights, it is essential reading for anyone dealing with complex problems, multiple stakeholders, and the pressures of imminent deadlines.”
—Anita McGahan, PhD (Harvard), former President of the Academy of Management; current Professor of Strategic Management at the Rotman School of Management and at Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

“Lavagnon Ika and Jan Saint-Macary provide in their new book a fresh look at projects: By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, they address three separate interrelated approaches to a project’s complexity: the triple constraint of time, cost and quality, the multiple expectations of diverse stake holders and parties associated, and the psychological intangible needs of the different groups involved inside and outside the project. Indeed, the multidisciplinary approach is a timely matter, who’s time has come, and indeed, has long been missing. I welcome the introduction of this book to the market, and highly recommend it.”
—Aaron J. Shenhar, PhD, co-author of the first Harvard Business School bestseller on project management Reinventing Project Management and Professor of Projects, Innovation, and Leadership.

“In pursuit of useful answers to tough policy questions, this book explores sundry ways of achieving simplicity on the other side of complexity. It belongs on the shelf of all project thinkers and practitioners”.
—Robert Picciotto, Former Vice President Corporate Planning and Budgeting, World Bank 

"An innovative and much needed systematic approach to assessing the cultural dimension of international development organizations in light of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals!"
—Marie-Hélène Adrien, PhD, Senior Consultant in Evaluation, Universalia Mgt Group.

"An insightful book to help you think through and manage People and Political dimensions throughout the life of complex projects."
—Reynold Douyon, IT project manager and consultant

"In Managing Fuzzy Projects in 3D, we shift from the traditional view that projects are rational endeavors guided by equations, formulas, and mathematical methods to a more holistic view that includes psychological, political, and human dimensions. This humanistic view brings new approaches to how we work and lead projects. Professors Lavagnon Ika and Jan Saint-Macary highlight in their work the aspects of integration, adaptive approach, and ability to react as the critical competencies of those leading and working on projects. This understanding and behavior ensures that benefits are obtained for the organization, internal stakeholders, and, at the end, society in general."
—Ricardo Viana Vargas, PhD, Former President of the Project Management Institute, Former United Nations Director of Infrastructure and Project Management