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AN UPDATED EDITION OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK ON MEGAPROJECTS
In Industrial Megaprojects, author, founder, and CEO of the world's leading evaluator of billion-dollar "megaprojects" Edward Merrow provides expert insight on how project management practices lead to success in megaproject development and help prevent all-too-common overruns and delays. This book offers clear, nontechnical explanations of why major projects tend to get into trouble, with a comprehensive collection of tools, tips, principles, and frameworks to take a megaproject from start to finish.
New material in this Second Edition helps readers navigate the modern megaproject landscape, discussing sustainability in the forms of renewable energy and decarbonization, along with desirable attributes of modern project organization techniques to support megaprojects.
This book also delves into the critical role of governance in making successful projects, commonly seen hazardous and costly errors in recent megaprojects, technical expertise requirements to ensure efficient function of plants once work is completed, and more, with case studies showcasing how megaprojects can fail and succeed included throughout the text.
Written by world-renowned megaproject consultant and evaluator Edward Merrow, Industrial Megaprojects is an essential resource for engineers, industry professionals, and executives seeking to produce safe, cost-effective, on-time, and successful megaprojects.
AN UPDATED EDITION OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK ON MEGAPROJECTS
In Industrial Megaprojects, author, founder, and CEO of the world's leading evaluator of billion-dollar "megaprojects" Edward Merrow provides expert insight on how project management practices lead to success in megaproject development and help prevent all-too-common overruns and delays. This book offers clear, nontechnical explanations of why major projects tend to get into trouble, with a comprehensive collection of tools, tips, principles, and frameworks to take a megaproject from start to finish.
New material in this Second Edition helps readers navigate the modern megaproject landscape, discussing sustainability in the forms of renewable energy and decarbonization, along with desirable attributes of modern project organization techniques to support megaprojects.
This book also delves into the critical role of governance in making successful projects, commonly seen hazardous and costly errors in recent megaprojects, technical expertise requirements to ensure efficient function of plants once work is completed, and more, with case studies showcasing how megaprojects can fail and succeed included throughout the text.
Written by world-renowned megaproject consultant and evaluator Edward Merrow, Industrial Megaprojects is an essential resource for engineers, industry professionals, and executives seeking to produce safe, cost-effective, on-time, and successful megaprojects.
EDWARD W. MERROW is the founder and CEO of Independent Project Analysis, Inc., the world's leading evaluator of billion-dollar "megaprojects." IPA benchmarks cost, schedules, safety, start-up, and operational performance with megaprojects, and determines whether they are competitive and whether their project management practices are likely to lead to success or failure.
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Why Megaprojects Fail So Often- Seven Key Mistakes 1
Part 1 Success Is Elusive 9
1 Megaprojects- Creators and Destroyers of Capital 11
2 Data and Methods 25
3 Project Outcomes and Trends 45
4 The Roads to Ruin- The Mechanics of Failure (and Success) 71
Part 2 The Three Work Streams 95
5 An Introduction to the Shaping Stream 101
6 Shaping Step 1- Understand the Context 109
7 The Next Steps- From Context Knowledge to Project Shape 135
8 Devising the Shaping Strategy 169
9 Basic Data Are Basic 207
10 Project Definition- Getting the Front- End Right 235
Part 3 People Do Projects 297
11 Megaprojects Teams 299
12 Organizing Megaproject Teams 339
Part 4 Getting It Done 353
13 Contracting 355
14 The Control of Execution Risk 407
Part 5 Finishing Up 435
15 Project Governance 437
16 Focus on Success 449
Glossary and Acronyms 459
Index 463
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Management |
| Genre: | Importe, Wirtschaft |
| Rubrik: | Recht & Wirtschaft |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781119893172 |
| ISBN-10: | 1119893178 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Merrow, Edward W. |
| Hersteller: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 232 x 158 x 34 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Edward W. Merrow |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.07.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,862 kg |
EDWARD W. MERROW is the founder and CEO of Independent Project Analysis, Inc., the world's leading evaluator of billion-dollar "megaprojects." IPA benchmarks cost, schedules, safety, start-up, and operational performance with megaprojects, and determines whether they are competitive and whether their project management practices are likely to lead to success or failure.
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Why Megaprojects Fail So Often- Seven Key Mistakes 1
Part 1 Success Is Elusive 9
1 Megaprojects- Creators and Destroyers of Capital 11
2 Data and Methods 25
3 Project Outcomes and Trends 45
4 The Roads to Ruin- The Mechanics of Failure (and Success) 71
Part 2 The Three Work Streams 95
5 An Introduction to the Shaping Stream 101
6 Shaping Step 1- Understand the Context 109
7 The Next Steps- From Context Knowledge to Project Shape 135
8 Devising the Shaping Strategy 169
9 Basic Data Are Basic 207
10 Project Definition- Getting the Front- End Right 235
Part 3 People Do Projects 297
11 Megaprojects Teams 299
12 Organizing Megaproject Teams 339
Part 4 Getting It Done 353
13 Contracting 355
14 The Control of Execution Risk 407
Part 5 Finishing Up 435
15 Project Governance 437
16 Focus on Success 449
Glossary and Acronyms 459
Index 463
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Management |
| Genre: | Importe, Wirtschaft |
| Rubrik: | Recht & Wirtschaft |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781119893172 |
| ISBN-10: | 1119893178 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Merrow, Edward W. |
| Hersteller: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 232 x 158 x 34 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Edward W. Merrow |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.07.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,862 kg |
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