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Taming Giant Projects: Management of Multi-Organization Enterprises

By Professor Dr. Oskar Grün (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2004
ISBN
978-3-642-05982-7, 978-3-540-24818-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-24818-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7747024 bytes)
Series
Organization and Management Innovation
Edition
1
Pages
273\274
Time added
2014-01-18 08:00:00
Organization/Planning; Management/Business for Pro

Description

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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