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The traditional approach to Project Management focuses on the stability of the project plan as a critical success factor. However the increasing level of complexity and uncertainty in the business context requires a high level of adaptability to changes.
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Caron, F. (2013). Robustness and Flexibility. In: Managing the Continuum: Certainty, Uncertainty, Unpredictability in Large Engineering Projects. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5244-4_6
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