Overview
- Details the special project management skills needed for large-scale projects.
- Offers recommendations and guidance on successfully completing giant projects.
- Includes many real case studies.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Organization and Management Innovation (ORGMANAG)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A New Challenge for Project Management
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Goal Achievement
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About this book
Giant projects often end in giant failures. From the ancient tower of Babel to the recent Transrapid Train, giant projects stumble from crisis to crisis. Based on an analysis of the technical, time, and financial goals from case studies (Olympic Games, university hospitals, and a huge wind energy converter), four success factors in managing giant projects are identified: Formulation and change of goals, basic configuration, socio-political environment, and management structure and capacity. The book focuses on the crucial role of the project owner and the relations among the four success factors. It offers recommendations and guidance on successfully completing giant projects to owners, project managers and contractors.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Taming Giant Projects
Book Subtitle: Management of Multi-Organization Enterprises
Authors: Oskar Grün
Series Title: Organization and Management Innovation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24818-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-21440-3Published: 05 May 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05982-7Published: 05 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-24818-7Published: 11 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 273
Topics: Organization, Management