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Rolstadås, Asbjørn, Hetland, Per Willy, Jergeas, George Farage, Westney, Richard E. - Risk Navigation Strategies for Major Capital Projects: Beyond the Myth of Predictability (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering) - 9780857295934 - V9780857295934
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Risk Navigation Strategies for Major Capital Projects: Beyond the Myth of Predictability (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering)

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Description for Risk Navigation Strategies for Major Capital Projects: Beyond the Myth of Predictability (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering) Hardcover. This fresh outlook on planning, managing and leading major projects in an international setting is not a critique of project management per say, but simply acknowledges the fact that, no matter how well we manage projects, overruns and deviations still occur. Series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Num Pages: 182 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMP; KJMV6; KJU; TGPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.

Investors and managers of major projects know how often they result in cost overruns and schedule delays. Risk Navigation Strategies for Major Capital Projects builds on conventional best practice to provide a risk-based view of current practices for planning and executing large international projects.

As economies of scale continue to drive projects to ever-higher levels of scope and complexity, new thinking about strategy and risk is required. Since major projects are highly exposed to external risks, the traditional view of predictability as something that can be mandated and ensured by rigorous application of conventional best practice has become a myth.  Fresh ... Read more

Risk Navigation Strategies for Major Capital Projects is intended for executives investing in major projects, project leaders and managers, as well as those with a teaching or research interest in project and risk management.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Springer Series in Reliability Engineering
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857295934
SKU
V9780857295934
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Rolstadås, Asbjørn, Hetland, Per Willy, Jergeas, George Farage, Westney, Richard E.
Per Willy Hetland is Adjunct Professor and Program Chair in Project Commercial Management at the Norwegian School of Management BI and The University College of Haugesund, Norway. He had a 30 year career with the oil company Statoil where he held project and management positions including Project Director, Finance and Procurement, and Director of Professional Development assigned to the European ... Read more

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