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1 online resource (xi, 371 pages) : illustrations "Avoid common pitfalls in large-scale projects using these smart strategies Over half of large-scale engineering and construction projects off-shore oil platforms, chemical plants, metals processing, dams, and similar projects have miserably poor results. These include billions of dollars in overruns, long delays in design and construction, and poor operability once finally completed. Industrial Megaprojects gives you a clear, nontechnical understanding of why these major projects get into trouble, and how your company can prevent hazardous and costly errors when undertaking such large technical and management challenges. Clearly explains the underlying causes of over-budget, delayed, and unsafe megaprojects Examines effects of poor project management, destructive team behaviors, weak accountability systems, short-term focus, and lack of investment in technical expertise Author is the CEO of the leading consulting firm for evaluating billion-dollar projects Companies worldwide are rethinking their large-scale projects following the BP's disastrous Gulf oil spill. Industrial Megaprojects is your essential guide for this rethink, offering the tools and principles that are the true foundation of safe, cost-effective, successful megaprojects."--Provided by publisher. Cover; Contents; Title; Copyright; Foreword : James B. Porter, Jr.; Acknowledgments; Introduction : Why Megaprojects Fail So Often; Part One : Understanding the Projects; Chapter 1 : Megaprojects-Creators and Destroyers of Capital; Who Should Read This Book?; What Is an Industrial Megaproject?; Why Study These Projects?; The Organization of This Book; Respecting Confidentiality; Chapter 2 : Data and Methods; The Timing of Data Acquisition; The Data Collection Process; Use of New Technology; Methodology; Some Methodological Notes; Sample Bias; Chapter 3 : Project Outcomes; Cost; Schedule. Edward W. Merrow. Includes bibliographical references and index. Project management Project management BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Project Management TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Project Management Project management HD69.P75 M47 2011 658.4/04 BUS087000 Merrow, Edward W. Hoboke, N.J. : Wiley, 2011 (DLC) 2010054037 (OCoLC)687713572 9781613445181 1613445180 9781118067482 1118067487 9781118067499 1118067495 9781118067505 1118067509 9781119201045 1119201047 FAD76615-F30A-4674-A822-51800F1F73AC OverDrive, Inc. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119201045 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119201045 YDXCP 111114 20171116090311.0 ocn761284019 eng