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DAR AL RIYADH INSIGHT #17

Insight #17 Flows in Large Complex Projects – Partial Listing of Flows Impacting Large Complex Projects

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 In our last Insight we defined three types of flows in large complex projects: the classical Transformative Flows, but now accompanied by additional flows we call Influencing Flows, which arise from outside the project since large complex projects are not so well bounded (certainly not as Gantt would have experienced), and a third type of flow, Induced Flows, that arise from the interaction of a multiplicity of flows with each other.

The table that follows provides a partial listing of flows that may impact large complex projects, with the potential impacts being related to:

  • Whether they were planned or unplanned.
  • Whether they were coupled or decoupled temporally and otherwise.
  • The point and place at which they arise.
  • The extent of their influence (number of tasks affected; number of other flows affected).
  • Their persistence (duration); stability (static, dynamic, chaotic); and second (and third) order effects.

It broadly groups the flows as:

  • Logistical
  • Information
  • Economic
  • Environmental
  • Stakeholder
  • Technological

The various flows can occur in three fundamental ways:

  • Transformational Flows, first envisioned by Gantt, yet as suggested by the table may no longer be as static and predictable. Complexity and both unnecessary and hidden coupling of activities and constraints further act to impact projects.
  • Influencing Flows that arise from outside the project team from a myriad of directions.
  • Induced Flows that arise from the interaction of the various Transformative and Influencing Flows. In some instances, these may represent second or third order effects, while in other cases they may represent short-lived but turbulent and impactful events.
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