winning the complexity battle

  Agile   Complexity   PM Network  

High stakes met high complexity for the three 2012 PMI Project of the Year Award finalists. Yet backed by strong project management practices, they not only conquered that complexity, but changed the face of their organizations in the process.

One project moved a laboratory without disrupting its cutting-edge work for some very highprofile government agencies. Another overhauled the core operations of one of the world’s largest companies while keeping the business running smoothly. The third required destroying stocks of deadly munitions on an unwavering timetable in a strictly regulated environment.

Here’s an overview of the finalists for the 2012 PMI Project of the Year Award. Look for in-depth case studies on each of these projects in the coming months.

Moving Day

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s CAPABILITY REPLACEMENT LABORATORIES PROJECT

Project DELIVERABLE: Relocate 973 staff members and research facilities to new buildings while maintaining work on projects of national importance

Budget: US$224 million for the projects associated with the Physical Sciences Facility Location: Richland, Washington, USA

Key Project Players: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a research laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Highlight: The move was finished on time…

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