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Investment-centric project management : advanced strategies for developing and executing successful capital projects /
A comprehensive methodology and management system, this advanced reference offers project owners and developers alike a road map to predictable and repeatable project success, and a guarantee of future investment returns from their assets. --
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Plantation, FL :
J. Ross Publishing,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter Summaries; Acknowledgments; About the Author; WAVTM; Dedication; Part 1-Why; Chapter 1 Introduction; Between Project Success and Failure; The Justification for This Book; Investment-Centric Project Management (ICPM); Elements of Style; Chapter 2 The Point of a Project; Exquisitely Executed Mediocrity; Premise of the Profitably Performing Asset (PPA) Philosophy; The Point of Project Management; The Big Picture of a PPA Schema; Notes; Chapter 3 Leadership; The Primary Cause of Project Failure; Boss Archetypes
- The Job of a Project ManagerChapter 4 Theory; Theoretical Foundation; Axioms of the Theory; The Activity Structure; The Role of Randomness; Approaches to Network Development; Axioms 6 and 7; Chapter 5 Accountability; The Meaning of Accountability; The Nature of Accountability; Team Hierarchy versus Directrix; Chapter 6 Getting to No; Methods of Decision Making; Acceptance Maturity Model; Setting the Stage for Success; Part 2-Where; Chapter 7 The Project Ecosystem; The Notion of Landscape; Looking Through a Glass Onion; Ego Sum Ergo Possum; Notes; Chapter 8 The Budget
- You Can't Afford to Build a Hotel Without WiFiThe Meaning of Spend versus Invest; The Notion of Intrinsic Price; The First Pass to Get to a Budget; Landing the Project Budget; Expense versus Investment; Investing Is the Game; Notes; Chapter 9 The Framework; Failure Is a Mirror; The Construct; Spheres of Influence; Monopsony Slayer; Team Structure; Joint Ventures and Partnerships; Strategy Is Fate; Notes; Chapter 10 Measuring Success; Quantifying Success; Key Performance Indicators; Performance Assessment Metrics; Truths, Darn Truths, and Metrics; KPIs for a PPA Approach; PPA KPI at work
- Houston, Let's Not Have a ProblemNotes; Part 3-How; Chapter 11 The Execution Strategy; The Genuine Meaning of a Plan; The Covenants Guiding the Process; Elements of the Strategy; Strategy Is Prescription; Strategy Is Sequencing; Chapter 12 Work Sequencing; Corralling Execution Risks; Sequencing Risks; Traditional Development Sequence; Esemplastic Key; ICPM Life-Cycle Phases; Accountability Distortions; About This Business of Nucleation; Design on Stilts; The Benefits of Eight Phases; Notes; Part 4-Who; Chapter 13 Teams; Personnel Is Policy; As the Plant, So the Team; Hierarchy Construction
- Staffing StrategiesTeam Structures; Staffing Tactics; Quality Is Not a Function; Cost Savings; Notes; Chapter 14 Personnel; Successful People Succeed; Miscegenation; Offshoring Considerations; Fit-for-Purpose Education; Lessons Learned; Notes; Part 5-When; Chapter 15 3:2:1 Manage!; From Planning to Execution; Collection Substrate; Information Exchanges; Formalizing Decisions; Interface Management; Change Management; Risk Tracking; Risk Analysis; Contracts; PPA Bid Mechanics; Tight Bibs; Onward Toward Off the Rails; Notes; Chapter 16 4:5:6:7:8 Fix It!