Complexity of the Project Cycle Management and Logical Framework Approach: Challenges or Standards in the EU Case?

Project management for its part, has grown from the narrow execution-oriented management of a single project where the focus is doing the project right, i.e., meeting time, cost, and quality, to a broader, more strategic, and complex management of projects where the focus is doing the right things, i.e., delivering benefits for stakeholders and end-users. Understanding complexity is of significance importance for project managers (in public in private sphere) due to the differences associated with decision-making and goal attainment that appear to be related to complex projects. As projects have become more and more complex, there has been an increasing concern about the concept of project complexity as it influences upon the project management process. The importance of complexity to the project management process is widely acknowledged for several reasons, and especially in the European Union sphere due to its heterogeneity - number of member states, number of policies and topics to be solved by projects. Interestingly, the project management field is more and more looking to address the EU big questions, but the question is if the EU apply, or is able to adapt the best-practice of international projects approach for managing its projects?