Complexity | Leadership | Excellence
Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership
Our Thought Leadership Initiative is an integral part of our vision and mission, intended to examine the nature of complexity in projects and facilitate the adoption of new and emerging knowledge and practice by individuals and organisations. In particular it aims to advance both the knowledge and practice of complex project management and accelerate capability to manage complex projects.
2024-25 International Roundtable Series
Rethinking Boundaries
in Complex Projects:
Navigating the intersections and interplay of
functions and stakeholders across the project lifecycle
The traditional view of projects is that clearly defined life cycle phases bound them from initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing, to deliver defined outputs. According to PMI, all projects are a temporary effort to create value through a unique product, service or result. They have a team, a budget, a schedule and a set of expectations the team needs to meet. However, the benefits realised by the project, including the assets produced as an outcome of the project, have a life after the project. In some sectors, this is being extended to include the reuse of waste and by-products, in an emergent circular economy. Furthermore, complex projects often entail a multifaceted interplay of disciplines, each contributing crucial elements to the project’s success. Among these, procurement, contracting, asset management, sustainment, and maintenance emerge as pivotal domains.
This series will explore the evolving nature of project disciplines, the implications for complex project leadership, and whether it is necessary to extend the scope of projects beyond traditional completion points and domain functions.
Previous Roundtable Series Reports
Previous Roundtable Series Reports
2024-25 Roundtable
Rethinking Boundaries in Complex Projects:
Navigating the intersections and interplay of functions and stakeholders
across the project lifecycle
COMING IN LATE 2025
Special Interest Groups
Our Special Interest Groups bring together groups of project professionals across various industries, sectors, disciplines, and countries to continue the conversations started by previous International Roundtable Series themes.
Managing Risk in Complexity Special Interest Group (MRC SIG) follows the conversation started in the 2020-21 Roundtable Series theme Harnessing Emergence in Complex Projects: Risk, Uncertainty and Opportunity.
Analytics in Complex Projects Special Interest Group (ACP SIG) discusses the theme from the 2022-23 Roundtable Series theme Data Analytics for Informed Decision-Making in Complex Projects: Exploring the Human-Data Relationship.
Research Support Program
An important part of fulfilling ICCPM’s mandate to build organisational capability in complex project management, is encouraging research that furthers the body of knowledge and supporting the translation of this research into positive impact.
The ICCPM Research Support Program connects researchers and practitioners globally. It helps researchers gather the empirical evidence they require to further the body of knowledge in complex project management and it helps practitioners access current research that will help them improve project performance. We hope you will use this platform to share information and be an active participant for the benefit of the profession and the performance of complex projects.
