| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 419 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter Summaries; Acknowledgments; About the Author; WAVTM; Dedication; Part 1-Why; Chapter 1 Introduction; Between Project Success and Failure; The Justification for This Book; Investment-Centric Project Management (ICPM); Elements of Style; Chapter 2 The Point of a Project; Exquisitely Executed Mediocrity; Premise of the Profitably Performing Asset (PPA) Philosophy; The Point of Project Management; The Big Picture of a PPA Schema; Notes; Chapter 3 Leadership; The Primary Cause of Project Failure; Boss Archetypes |
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The Job of a Project ManagerChapter 4 Theory; Theoretical Foundation; Axioms of the Theory; The Activity Structure; The Role of Randomness; Approaches to Network Development; Axioms 6 and 7; Chapter 5 Accountability; The Meaning of Accountability; The Nature of Accountability; Team Hierarchy versus Directrix; Chapter 6 Getting to No; Methods of Decision Making; Acceptance Maturity Model; Setting the Stage for Success; Part 2-Where; Chapter 7 The Project Ecosystem; The Notion of Landscape; Looking Through a Glass Onion; Ego Sum Ergo Possum; Notes; Chapter 8 The Budget |
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You Can't Afford to Build a Hotel Without WiFiThe Meaning of Spend versus Invest; The Notion of Intrinsic Price; The First Pass to Get to a Budget; Landing the Project Budget; Expense versus Investment; Investing Is the Game; Notes; Chapter 9 The Framework; Failure Is a Mirror; The Construct; Spheres of Influence; Monopsony Slayer; Team Structure; Joint Ventures and Partnerships; Strategy Is Fate; Notes; Chapter 10 Measuring Success; Quantifying Success; Key Performance Indicators; Performance Assessment Metrics; Truths, Darn Truths, and Metrics; KPIs for a PPA Approach; PPA KPI at work |
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Houston, Let's Not Have a ProblemNotes; Part 3-How; Chapter 11 The Execution Strategy; The Genuine Meaning of a Plan; The Covenants Guiding the Process; Elements of the Strategy; Strategy Is Prescription; Strategy Is Sequencing; Chapter 12 Work Sequencing; Corralling Execution Risks; Sequencing Risks; Traditional Development Sequence; Esemplastic Key; ICPM Life-Cycle Phases; Accountability Distortions; About This Business of Nucleation; Design on Stilts; The Benefits of Eight Phases; Notes; Part 4-Who; Chapter 13 Teams; Personnel Is Policy; As the Plant, So the Team; Hierarchy Construction |
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Staffing StrategiesTeam Structures; Staffing Tactics; Quality Is Not a Function; Cost Savings; Notes; Chapter 14 Personnel; Successful People Succeed; Miscegenation; Offshoring Considerations; Fit-for-Purpose Education; Lessons Learned; Notes; Part 5-When; Chapter 15 3:2:1 Manage!; From Planning to Execution; Collection Substrate; Information Exchanges; Formalizing Decisions; Interface Management; Change Management; Risk Tracking; Risk Analysis; Contracts; PPA Bid Mechanics; Tight Bibs; Onward Toward Off the Rails; Notes; Chapter 16 4:5:6:7:8 Fix It! |
| Summary |
A comprehensive methodology and management system, this advanced reference offers project owners and developers alike a road map to predictable and repeatable project success, and a guarantee of future investment returns from their assets. -- Edited summary from book. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Project management.
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Project management. |
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Project management -- Finance.
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Project management -- Finance. |
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Investments.
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Investments. |
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Capital investments.
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Capital investments. |
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portfolios (financial records) |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Keays, Steven, 1963- Investment-centric project management. Plantation, FL : J. Ross Publishing, [2017] 9781604271423 (DLC) 2017023922 (OCoLC)988766641 |
| ISBN |
9781604277807 (electronic book) |
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1604277807 (electronic book) |
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9781523119813 (electronic book) |
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1523119810 (electronic book) |
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9781604271423 |
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1604271426 |
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