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Ue Aed sjoaloid e6se7 Ayeuiwns oaynoexy The objective of our effort was to investigate factors that resulted in successful delivery of the world’s largest and most complex construction projects We wanted to understand why the world’s largest The ‘Art’ of Project Leadership construction projects kept overrunning despite extensive = The ‘art’ of project leadership refers research, effort, and publications to the organisational and leadership aspects — We analysed 500+ large projects, capabilities, mindsets, practices — required to deliver researched the existing literature, the largest and most complex construction projects and interviewed 27 ultra-large (S project practitioners’ with a = The ‘science’ of project management (processes, panei re erences ence systems, methodologies) is well documented, however in delivering large projects eat the ‘art’ gains importance with increasing project size We found that mastering and complexity the soft aspects, what we term the ‘art of project leadership’, is = From our interviews and research we distilled 4 & critical to delivering the largest mindsets and 8 practices across project setup and and most complex projects, and fs oaee delivery phases that are critical to project success that little had been written previously on this topic Foe ty oo oaTe plel=)(e¥ [R= le\-M-ANv/ peounouue TVTo}TT Tle I Aoyp bak) 1) (0) 0} Celtel ole) i) (vo 1gsni<) siefoud enn pue eBoW ( (us 19 LSSN>) siosfoud sejyews suomin asn zBulpueds uononysuos jeqo|9 spefosdeBew u! payseau! Bulag si jeydeo ajow Ajayeuoodoid :Burseasoul $s} ezis y9lO1g Megaprojects are prone to cost and schedule overruns across all sectors Historical performance for projects with budgets >US$1 bi Cost overrun’ % 0&G Downstream Mining Other Infrastructure Transport O&G Upstream 086 Midstream Real estate lion, N=274 Schedule overrun? % | 38% | MN% Ea meso} ee eas 63% 63% 2b furdung 9 suse 7 —— syedx3 AeSuIyoW ae aa suedx3 Aysnpu| eoualadxe Asaayap yoaloid yo sieak +00 SAjdaI}09 & UYIM SJQUONNOBId yoaloud eByel-e.jjN 1Z PEMAIAJE]U! BAA, Our interviewees suggest that the ‘art’ of project leadership gains importance with increasing project size and complexity and becomes critical for success Organisational capabilities required to deliver Dai! Mindsets Cee nd BEET | Focus of complexity....In a : > this work aad Practices encod emu eet oer) ro rl ay eee esau emis ek! ; deliver. 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