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Project feasibility : tools for uncovering points of vulnerability /
This book presents a set of tools that will aid in deciding whether a project should go ahead, be improved, or abandoned altogether by pinpointing its vulnerabilities. It offers a review of project feasibility analysis, and more critically, psychodynamic aspects that are often neglected, including h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Industrial innovation series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations and acronyms; Preface; Author; Acknowledgments; Seven case studies; Notes; Expectations; General introduction; I.1 Definition of vulnerability; I.2 Definition of points of vulnerability; I.3 First law of project feasibility: Law of positive and negative forces; I.4 Three examples; I.4.1 Montréal Olympic Stadium (MOS); I.4.2 Québec Multifunctional Amphitheatre (QMA); I.4.2.1 Plan; I.4.2.2 Processes; I.4.2.3 Power; I.4.3 Mervel Farm project; I.5 Four Ps; I.6 Projects and vulnerabilities; I.7 Need and opportunity.
- I.8 Book layoutI. 9 Conclusion to the general introduction; I.10 What we have learned about POVs: General introduction; I.11 Key managerial considerations: General introduction; Endnotes; Chapter 1 Plan-Project definition; 1.1 Introduction to Chapter 1; 1.2 Toward a definition of projects; 1.3 Completing the definition; 1.4 Documentation; 1.5 Impacts; 1.5.1 Definition of project; 1.6 Intangibles; 1.7 Classification of projects; 1.8 Value; 1.8.1 Errors and risks; 1.9 Innovation; 1.10 Conclusion to Chapter 1; 1.11 What we have learned about POVs: Chapter 1.
- 1.12 Key managerial considerations: Chapter 11.13 Case study Chapter 1: Maine East Pharmacy; 1.13.1 Questions related to Case 1: Maine East Pharmacy; Endnotes; Chapter 2 Plan-Prefeasibility study; 2.1 Introduction to Chapter 2; 2.2 A definition of prefeasibility; 2.2.1 Definition of a prefeasibility study; 2.3 Frame of definition; 2.3.1 Points of vulnerability and the definition frame; 2.4 Contextual frame of risks; 2.4.1 Points of vulnerability and the frame of risks; 2.4.2 An example: A car oil filter; 2.5 Frame of potentiality; 2.5.1 Points of vulnerability and the frame of potentiality.
- 2.6 The parametric frame2.6.1 Points of vulnerability and the parametric frame; 2.7 Frame of key success factors and key failure factors; 2.7.1 NSTP (Sydney) versus Environ (Europe) megaproject; 2.7.2 Summary of KSF and KFF; 2.7.3 Prefeasibility and the Mervel Farm project; 2.8 Conclusion to Chapter 2; 2.9 What we have learned about POVs: Chapter 2; 2.10 Key managerial considerations: Chapter 2; 2.11 Case study Chapter 2: Recycl'Art; 2.11.1 Appendix A of Case 2: Recycl'Art; 2.11.2 Questions related to Case 2: Recycl'Art.
- 2.12 Appendix 2.1: Assumed KSF or KFF based on a modest literature review2.13 Appendix 2.2: Prefeasibility study template; Endnotes; Chapter 3 Plan-Project feasibility study; 3.1 Introduction to Chapter 3; 3.2 Some characteristics of feasibility studies; 3.2.1 Definition of project feasibility study; 3.3 Triple constraints; 3.4 The PRO system; 3.5 The POW system; 3.6 PRO-POW; 3.7 Calendar; 3.7.1 Second law of project feasibility: Dependencies; 3.8 Costs; 3.9 Norms of quality; 3.10 Summative triangle; 3.11 Conclusion to Chapter 3; 3.12 What we have learned about POVs: Chapter 3.