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October 27th, 2007

Complexity and false hope

Posted by Michael Krigsman @ 8:00 pm

Categories: IT issues, Project management

Tags: Complexity, Michael Krigsman

It’s hard to simplify complexity. Sometimes, this painful reality causes managers to grasp at straws and wallow in denial, seeking the allure of easy, yet ultimately pointless, solutions.

The following Geek and Poke cartoon precisely captures this unfortunate, yet all too common, phenomenon:

Complexity and false hope

Michael KrigsmanMichael Krigsman is CEO of Asuret, Inc., a software and consulting company dedicated to reducing software implementation failures. Click here to discuss this post with him on Twitter. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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