Project Management Cynefin (Sensemaking) Model

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03/01/2018

The Project Management Cynefin Model is not of much use if project managers can’t assess a project to understand where it falls within the model. The level of complexity associated with a project is what determines where it falls within the Cynefin model. Complexity increases as cause and effect relationships move from simple linear relationships to a multitude of cause and effect possibilities which defy enumeration. Measuring a project or programs level of complexity and associating that

02/23/2018

It is important to note that I has not included the Cynefin Chaos region in the proposed project management modes of operation. Kurtz and Snowden’s Cynefin model (2003) requires that connections between actors in the Chaos region be weak. In my experience this is not an environment within which a project remains for very long. When I was first assigned as a contracting officer to manage all of the Navy’s environmental cleanup work in Alaska the situation resembled that illustrated by Kurtz and

02/20/2018

The project management mode for projects with Complex work performed within any performance environment or any type of project work performed in a complex environment is illustrated below. The ontology (nature of the world) for these types of projects is Complex (Kurtz & Snowden, 2003) while the epistemology (nature of knowledge) for these projects is rules of thumb (Snowden, 2005). The categorical imperative for teams performing this type of project work is adherence to the commander’s intent

02/18/2018

The project management mode for projects with Simple work performed in Complicated environments and Complicated work performed within Simple or Complicated environments are illustrated below. The ontology (nature of the world) for these types of projects is Knowable (Kurtz & Snowden, 2003) while the epistemology (nature of knowledge) for these projects is rules of thumb (Snowden, 2005). The categorical imperative for teams performing this type of project work is achieving the performance

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