Living With the Unknown Unknown: Uncertainty in Projects
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Project Management Journal, 47 (2016) 3: 101-108Abstract
In this article, I explore how the traditional
understanding of uncertainty in project management
can be revised in light of the philosophical
input from Kierkegaard, Dewey,
and Wittgenstein. Planning models of projects
tend to view uncertainty as a threat
to successful project implementation. An
alternative approach can emerge from a
philosophical investigation of the potentials
embedded in surprising turns of events.
It is possible to retain a planning orientation
to projects while also embracing uncertainty
as a potentially energizing dimension
of projects—one that can activate positive
personal and collective drama in project
management.
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