Agile stylized approach to manage complex project

The paper is devoted to one of the practical approaches to manage complex projects. A case study of complex project management is described. This concerns transforming a Russian IT-company into an enterprise system and system of systems (ES/SoS) at the same time. Main elements of the transformation – the goal, solution, structure, and relations among constituents of ES/SoS, ES/SoS engineering process, and results – are represented. The analysis of the project –environment, constraints, risks, opportunities, and uncertainty – is considered. It is found that it is exactly uncertainty that causes grave problems in complex project management and that is responsible for the main challenges facing the governing body. An “agile stylized approach” to complex project management which was successfully used in the case study is described. The applicability of this approach to manage other complex projects and further research prospects are discussed.