Project Feasibility

Tools for Uncovering Points of Vulnerability
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4987-5791-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 590 Seiten, Format (B × H): 272 mm x 166 mm, Gewicht: 1008 g

Reihe: Systems Innovation Book Series

This book presents a set of tools that will aid in deciding whether a project should go ahead, be improved, or abandoned altogether by pinpointing its vulnerabilities. It offers a review of project feasibility analysis, and more critically, psychodynamic aspects that are often neglected, including how stakeholders interact. It provides a complement to the common techniques used for analyzing technical, financial, and marketing feasibility. The goal is to identify "hidden truths" and eliminate those gray areas that jeopardize the success of a given project. The focus is on uncovering points of vulnerabilities in four key aspects of a project: People, Power, Processes, and Plan.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mesly, Olivier

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Qualitätsmanagement, Qualitätssicherung (QS), Total Quality Management (TQM)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction and the Notion of Points of Vulnerability. Defining Project Feasibility vs. Vulnerability. Defining Prefeasibility vs. Vulnerability. Cost, Calendar and Challenges (The 4 P’s). Modeling Vulnerability. People and Power. Processes and Plan. Operating Margin and Decision-Making. Measuring Value. General Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Olivier Mesly teaches university courses in Project Feasibility in English, French and Spanish around the world. He is currently associated as a professor with two Canadian universities (one in Québec and the other one in Nova Scotia, Canada) where he teaches six to seven courses a year.
Olivier completed a postdoctoral fellowship at HEC Montreal, has graduated as a doctor of business administration at the University of Sherbrooke, holds an MBA in international marketing from Guelph University and has a BA in Japanese studies from McGill University with honours as well as a diploma in Public relations from the same university. He has seven books, various case studies and more than thirty scientific articles to his credit.
He serves as a consultant on project feasibility for various Canadian companies, small and large, as well as for government agencies.