Navigate complexity

In your opinion, what’s the biggest source of complexity in projects?

I don’t know what you have in mind, but in my opinion, the biggest source of complexity is that there are human beings involved in projects! People are complicated, and when working together, they create a complex environment. We’ve already talked about this in the first three principles.

Non-linear relationships are another source of complexity that require a holistic view along with critical thinking, which we’ve also talked about in the “recognize, evaluate, and respond to system interactions” principle.

Another source of complexity is ambiguity and uncertainty, which we also talked about in the previous principle.

My opinion is that all the other principles are various ways of navigating complexity, and we don’t need to have a separate principle for it. However, the rest of the team believed it’s best to have a separate principle to emphasize it. So, here I am, writing a book about PMBOK 7, reaching this principle without having anything to add after the previous principles!