ABSTRACT

Mastering Complexity is designed to help readers develop and maintain logical, adaptable solutions to business problems. It demonstrates how to visualize business dependency connections with a square spreadsheet called a Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM). Once the links representing dependencies are visualized in a DSM, it can be used to improve th

section Section 1|28 pages

Work Has Structure

chapter 1|5 pages

What Is Structure?

chapter 2|3 pages

Why a Structural Model?

chapter 3|4 pages

DSM Spreadsheet Process Model

chapter 4|2 pages

DSM Spreadsheet Shows a Plan

chapter 5|3 pages

Putting on My Shoes

chapter 6|2 pages

Reducing Cycle Time

chapter 7|3 pages

Reviews That Add value

section Section 2|21 pages

Business Process Structures

chapter 8|5 pages

Visualizing a Business *

chapter 9|6 pages

Cross-Organizational Collaboration

chapter 10|7 pages

Representing Complexity

section Section 3|28 pages

Building Dependency Maps

chapter 11|6 pages

What Depends on What?

chapter 12|3 pages

Projects and Structure

chapter 13|3 pages

Making Assumptions

chapter 14|4 pages

Manipulating Assumptions

chapter 15|4 pages

Active Risk Management

chapter 16|4 pages

Unwrapping Circuits

section Section 4|28 pages

Exposing Logical Structure

chapter 17|3 pages

Topological Order

chapter 18|2 pages

Partitioning

chapter 19|3 pages

Tearing Circuits

chapter 20|2 pages

Structural Components

chapter 21|3 pages

Configuration Testing

chapter 22|4 pages

Control Dependencies

chapter 23|6 pages

Breakthrough Thinking *

section Section 5|4 pages

Putting DSM Spreadsheets to Work

chapter 24|2 pages

Understanding Structure Essentials

section Section 6|11 pages

Tools

chapter 25|3 pages

Microsoft Excel®-Based Free Software

chapter 26|4 pages

Problematics PSM 32

chapter 27|1 pages

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