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Early project appraisal = making the initial choices /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Early project appraisal/ Knut Samset.
Reminder of title:	making the initial choices /
Author:	Samset, Knut,
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2010.,
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 286 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Project management. -
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780230289925 (electronic bk.)

Early project appraisal = making the initial choices /
Samset, Knut,1946-

Early project appraisalmaking the initial choices /[electronic resource] :Knut Samset. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2010. - 1 online resource (xv, 286 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-278) and index.

Attributes of a project -- Successful projects -- Three perspectives on a project -- Three main phases in a project -- Uncertainty, risk and opportunities -- Possibilities of foreseeing -- Strategic guidance and tactical flexibility -- The problem of cost -- The problem of utility -- What is a concept? -- Project alignment : needs, objectives and effects -- Objectives and their formulation -- Methods and analyses in the front-end phase -- Quality of information -- Front-end assessment and the decision to finance a project -- Three steps in front-end assessment : definition, development and appraisal of concept -- Systems analysis -- SWOT analysis -- Strategy analysis : logical framework -- Rough analysis of uncertainty -- Strategic frames for implementation -- Top-down probability-based cost estimation -- Assessing profitability -- Risk analysis -- Probability-based progress analysis -- Evaluating projects -- Boondoggles and white elephants.

What do these things have in common? An airport, the Olympic Games, the development of a new vaccine, or a wedding. They were all organized as projects. Today's major undertakings could hardly be done differently since they all require cooperation across sectors and institutional borders. Project management expertise is therefore much in demand to ensure efficient implementation and avoid large cost overruns and delays. The problem is that many projects fail even though they were implemented successfully, simply because the project concept was wrong. Today's paradox is that we know a lot about how to manage a project - but not enough to ensure that the right project concept is chosen. This book provides some insight into how bad ideas can be avoided and good ideas developed into successful projects.

ISBN: 9780230289925 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 9786612997570

Source: 415562Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

558297
Project management.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD69.P75 / S3238 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 658.4/04

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