How to deliver complex projects: 8 insights from the Olympics

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We recently held the first of a series of interactive sessions for departmental colleagues on how to deliver complex projects, with a focus on learning lessons from the Olympics. The Olympics was a unique project in that it had a fixed deadline, a 7 year lead in time and it became a national endeavor to complete. Many people recognise it as one of the biggest project delivery success stories in recent years; however, it was also a project that started out with great scepticism. Not many people believed it could be successfully delivered. While the principles of successful project delivery are well-rehearsed, this blog provides some key elements the Olympic team identified as ingredients for success.