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Dr Roy Barton's personal blog. Articles/Papers by Roy Barton. Newer posts →. Complexity of Major Projects – Note 4. December 19, 2014. COMPLEXITY AND UNCERTAINTY. We’re considering the complexity of major projects – what is it? How do we recognise it? How do we deal with it? What effect does it have on planning, design and construction? How does it affect value for money? It’s uncertain because we do not know what length of stay will be required in coming years thus adding an element of complexity ...
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Complexity of Major Projects – Note 10 | Catalyst
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Dr Roy Barton's personal blog. Articles/Papers by Roy Barton. Complexity of Major Projects – Note 10. April 14, 2015. Complexity of major projects – what is it? How do we recognise it? How do we deal with it? What effect does it have on planning, design and construction? How does it affect value for money? In the last couple of notes, I’ve been writing about building shared knowledge and understanding and how important this is in dealing with project complexity. Changing people from being defensive, disi...
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Dr Roy Barton's personal blog. Articles/Papers by Roy Barton. Nothing comes from nothing! Did you ever think about that? For most of us, the idea of something coming from nothing , all by itself, is nonsense and so it is. In the appendix to Professor Anthony Flew’s most revealing book, “There is a God”, Roy Varghese exposes, with great clarity, this nonsense of something supposedly coming from nothing . This is what he says:. The big problem for those who propose the big bang theory is that they are conf...
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Complexity of Major Projects – Note 7 | Catalyst
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Dr Roy Barton's personal blog. Articles/Papers by Roy Barton. Complexity of Major Projects – Note 7. February 22, 2015. In this series of notes, we’re considering the complexity of major projects. What is complexity? How do we recognise it? How do we deal with it? What effect does it have on planning, design and construction? How does it affect value for money? Time for a quick re-cap. Variety is the spice of life and certainly the spice of complexity. Information, Knowledge and Specifications. Informati...
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Complexity of Major Projects Note 6 | Catalyst
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Dr Roy Barton's personal blog. Articles/Papers by Roy Barton. Complexity of Major Projects Note 6. February 6, 2015. INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWLEDGE. We’re considering the complexity of major projects – what is it? How do we recognise it? How do we deal with it? What effect does it have on planning, design and construction? How does it affect value for money? Even asking the question Did you get my email about such and such? Now I am definitely not arguing against having systems in place I am sure that the ...
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Testimonials | Catalyst
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Dr Roy Barton's personal blog. Articles/Papers by Roy Barton. I have had the pleasure of knowing Roy for over 15 years and sought his assistance on a number of complex urban and transport infrastructure projects. I feel I can always rely on Roy to deliver a clear outcome by effectively achieving good ‘buy-in’ from the audience, often out of initial total diversity. Simon Ginn, Transport Planner, Parramatta City Council. Helen Chen, Executive Director, Centre for Public Project Management, Singapore.
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Complexity of Major Projects – Note 8 | Catalyst
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Dr Roy Barton's personal blog. Articles/Papers by Roy Barton. Complexity of Major Projects – Note 8. March 8, 2015. Complexity of major projects – what is it? How do we recognise it? How do we deal with it? What effect does it have on planning, design and construction? How does it affect value for money? You will have gathered by now that I place considerable importance on this notion of shared knowledge and understanding . Two workshops that I’ve conducted spring to mind as I write this note about silos...
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Complexity of Major Projects – Note 9 | Catalyst
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Dr Roy Barton's personal blog. Articles/Papers by Roy Barton. Complexity of Major Projects – Note 9. March 30, 2015. Complexity of major projects – what is it? How do we recognise it? How do we deal with it? What effect does it have on planning, design and construction? How does it affect value for money? Knowledge and understanding, I mean that each player in the project. That allow for sharing of knowledge and understanding across the whole project, not simply within disciplines or discrete groups....
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Dr Roy Barton's personal blog. Articles/Papers by Roy Barton. Complexity of Major Projects – Note 11. May 25, 2015. Complexity of major projects – what is it? How do we recognise it? How do we deal with it? What effect does it have on planning, design and construction? How does it affect value for money? I’ve had a keen interest, if not passion, about this subject of integration for many years. Indeed, way back in 1995, I recall producing the following diagram in an attempt to persuade people of the ...