Project Governance [electronic resource] : Getting Investments Right /
Williams, Terry M.editor.
Samset, Knut.editor.
Provides essential insight into what it takes to turn an initial idea into a project with successful outcome in the long term. Fills a gap in current literature on project management and is thoroughly grounded in the latest research in this field.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Influence of Strategic Context on Project Management Systems: A Senior Management Perspective; 2 The Proposal; 3 Assessing the Proposal; 4 Designing the Project; 5 Decision-Making in Organisations; 6 Fading Glory? Decision-Making around the Project - How and Why 'Glory' Projects Fail; 7 Decision-Making in the Political Environment; Concluding Note; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Provides essential insight into what it takes to turn an initial idea into a project with successful outcome in the long term. Fills a gap in current literature on project management and is thoroughly grounded in the latest research in this field.
Operations research.
Leadership.
Management.
Project management.
Economics.
Operations Research/Decision Theory.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Management.
Project Management.
Economics, general.