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The Battle of Britain - a metaphor for complex projects

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 10:28

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Prof Stephen CarverProf Stephen Carver illustrates the complexity of project management in his inimitable style, when he describes the Battle of Britain.

Projects are like flying individual aeroplanes, Programmes like an airport conning tower or squadron, and the Portfolio is like air traffic control for the whole country or continent.

A competitive environment is like war, and internal projects are like commercial flights - they still need to take account of everything else going on.  The video is 15 minutes and explains it in part.

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