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SPECIAL REPORTMANAGINGCREATIVITYNEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIESUNLEASH THE CREATIVE PROCESSAs globalization continues to dominate the business landscape,the ability to think across multiple boundaries has becomea necessary compon<strong>en</strong>t of international success. At the coreof this strategic shift, the concept of project managem<strong>en</strong>thas evolved into a multifaceted discipline requiring skill sets rarelyemployed in the industrial age. Creativity has be<strong>en</strong> the drivingforce behind a revolution of sorts that now defines the roleof project managem<strong>en</strong>t as trying to bring creative ideas intoan effici<strong>en</strong>t managerial process. BY DAVID PYE“THE CONCEPT of project managem<strong>en</strong>tbegan as a predictive and precise sci<strong>en</strong>cethat was focused on the ultimate goal ofdiminishing uncertainty,” explains Laur<strong>en</strong>tSimon, Assistant Professor in the Departm<strong>en</strong>tof Managem<strong>en</strong>t. “That era produceda traditional project managem<strong>en</strong>t processthat was primarily concerned with analysis,planning and project control.”The limits of creative designTraditional project managem<strong>en</strong>t beganwith a creative idea and was followedby a line of sequ<strong>en</strong>tial processes thatwould ultimately result in the realizationof a project. Following the introduction ofa creative idea, a project manager wouldconc<strong>en</strong>trate on moving the idea towarda prototype stage, ultimately followed bythe production process.“The problem with that approach is thatwh<strong>en</strong> something w<strong>en</strong>t wrong downstream,you were unable to adjust, because thecreative process was already in motion andwas irreversible,” says Patrick Coh<strong>en</strong>det,Visiting Professor at <strong>HEC</strong> Montréal in theDepartm<strong>en</strong>t of International Business and24<strong>HEC</strong> Montréal <strong>MAG</strong> › Printemps 2006

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