Managing Complex, High Risk Projects: A Guide to Basic and Advanced Project Management

Introduction to project management.- Traditional approaches and tools for project management.- Understanding the complexity of projects.- Managing complex projects through risks: a change of paradigm.- Conclusions and perspectives.

Franck MARLE (MSc of industrial engineering, Ecole Centrale Lyon, 1997; PhD in project management, Ecole Centrale Paris, 2002) is associate professor in project management at Ecole Centrale Paris for 14 years. He was founder and head of the Project Management Research Group in the Industrial Engineering Laboratory, now transformed into the Risk Management Team. He made his PhD at Ecole Centrale Paris in 2002 about interactions modeling in PSA Peugeot-Citroën internal projects. He is now conducting research works about risk modeling in projects, interactions modeling and assessment, and decision-making in project and multi-projects context.

Ludovic-Alexandre VIDAL holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering. He works as a researcher and teacher (assistant professor) at Ecole Centrale Paris. His research interests are project management, risk management and complex systems. His professional experience includes different industrial domains such as energy, civil engineering, NGOs and the performing arts industry.