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Megaprojects, also referred to in the literature as Large
Engineering Projects or Major Projects, are generally defined as
large-scale investment initiatives worth 1bEURO/$ or more and,
facing similar problems independent of the country where they are
implemented and the industry they belong to. The common feature of
most megaprojects is that they are difficult to design and manage
so that their realization and completion is always extremely
expensive, often over budget and delivery deadlines also are not
met. In the worst-case scenario, they remain unfinished. This book,
through its multidisciplinary approach, offers food for thought and
alternative interpretations for the complex world of megaprojects.
While much research has been conducted and differing approaches
have been developed over the last 20 years, there is still a lot of
debate surrounding the topic, and a holistic approach for
effectively managing these initiatives is still missing. What is
clear to all researchers and experts in the field is that a
traditional-linear management approach is simply not sufficient, as
at many stages of a megaproject, iterative and feedback effect
occurs due to stakeholder involvement and increasing and continuous
interaction between them. The book promotes the debate among all
categories of stakeholders involved in the megaproject's supply
chain, in order to increase the awareness of complex phenomena
relating to the critical issues and common problems they face, all
over the world, and to seek performance improvement across the
whole life cycle of a megaproject, including the selection, design,
construction, operation and de- commissioning. The
multidisciplinary approach cultivated in the book conveys an
innovative way to study megaprojects and their inherent
complexities.
This book represents an excellent opportunity for understanding
project management in its new form for professionals, undergraduate
and post-graduate students, and people willing to prepare the
Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP (R)) exam. The distinctive
feature of this book consists in the approach, very pragmatic and
rich in practical examples. In particular, there are several "myth"
and "bad idea" boxes where common problematic scenarios that a
project manager can find in its everyday working life are discussed
and solved according to the book's contents. In addition, the book
includes several original explanations of some business phenomena,
such as the "Leadership of the nun", "The gardener project
manager", "The hamster", "the change-order dragon" and others. Last
but not least, it explores several concepts that aren't included
into most of project management books, such as Sustainability in
triple bottom line, Management for Stakeholders and social network
analysis, and an extensive part on complexity. The last part of the
book is dedicated to concepts that are not properly part of project
management, but are relevant for a project manager to be aware of
in order to be able to interface with colleagues and partners
belonging to these contiguous business worlds.
The book investigates the various aspects characterizing
Megaprojects from numerous perspectives and by integrating
different disciplines: engineering, economics, business
organization, human resource management, law, etc. It represents
the first output of MeRIT (the Megaproject Research
Interdisciplinary Team), and focuses on the intrinsic and
unavoidable complexity of Megaprojects. The chapters have
intentionally not been standardized, and humanistic topics are not
separated from technical ones: this way of reading and interpreting
Megaprojects through the cross-pollination of various disciplines
reflects the MeRIT approach. Addressing the complexity involved in
Megaprojects requires the use of a hermeneutic circle of sorts:
understanding the project as a whole is achieved by referring to
the specific parts, while each part can only be understood in
relation to the whole. This circular approach appears to be the
only one applicable to Megaprojects: no final destination, no final
synthesis can be achieved. This volume consists of eight chapters
written by researchers in law, economics, sociology, business
organization, engineering, architecture and landscaping. The topics
covered will be relevant to researchers, practitioners involved in
the development of Megaprojects, and policymakers at the EU level.
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