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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Ventures, Projects, and the Bottom Line | |
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| Ventures | |
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| The Concept | |
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| The Development | |
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| The Asset in Use | |
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| The Divestment | |
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| Projects | |
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| The Global View | |
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| The Project Bottom-Line Success! Philosophy | |
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| The Project Elements | |
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| The Bottom Line--Financially Speaking | |
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| The Financial Impact of Project Decisions | |
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| Project Origination--Defining the Need | |
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| Project Origins--Determining Need | |
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| Strategic Plan Linkage | |
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| Short-Term Goals | |
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| Living in the Future | |
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| Exit-Shear Installation: "Pay Me Now--or Pay Me Later" | |
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| Justifying Project Need | |
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| Defining the Project--Project Risk Factors | |
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| Scope Definition and Development | |
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| Identify Scope Early, and in Detail! | |
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| Clarify Objectives; Avoid Ambiguity! | |
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| Defining the Degree of Scope Development | |
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| Prioritize! | |
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| Risk Alleviation | |
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| New Coating Line--"One-Stop Shop" | |
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| Basic Questions | |
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| Defining Venture and Corporate Risk | |
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| To Do, or Not to Do--That Is the Question! | |
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| A Case in Point | |
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| Is the Market Assessment Valid? Is the Timing Right? | |
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| What Is the Impact If We Don't Do It Now? If We Do It Now? If We Have Overruns? | |
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| What Is the Impact If Schedule and Budget Are Overrun? | |
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| Is There Some Other Way? | |
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| Finding Alternatives: An Example | |
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| Which Option to Choose? | |
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| Preproject Planning | |
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| The Organized Approach | |
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| Appointment of a Preproject Planning Team Leader | |
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| Identification of the Need; Economic Feasibility | |
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| The Planning Plan | |
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| Gather Information; Obtain Pro-Forma Authorization to Proceed | |
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| Analyzing Available Technology | |
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| Granular Coal Handling System--Unchained Melody | |
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| Develop and Compare Alternatives | |
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| Defining the Preliminary Scope | |
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| Analyze, Prioritize Project Risks | |
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| Select a Proposed Change or Approach; Make Final (Primary) Vendor Selections | |
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| Refine the Scope! | |
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| Budget Development | |
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| Alleviating Risk | |
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| Defining the Schedule | |
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| Defining the Project Approach | |
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| Establishing Project Controls | |
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| Project Funding Approval | |
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| Organizing the Team | |
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| Project Team Organization | |
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| Intracompany Team Selection | |
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| Establishing the Team | |
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| Major Supplier Selection | |
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| Scope Refinement | |
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| Project Partnering | |
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| Selection of Vendors | |
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| Project Execution--Design and Procurement | |
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| In General | |
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| The Design Element | |
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| Input from a Multidimensional Team | |
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| Selection Considerations | |
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| Incentives and Labor Relations | |
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| Initiation of Training Program Development | |
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| Procurement on a Quality Basis | |
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| Primary and Secondary Contractors | |
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| Planning for Procurement | |
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| The Case of the Troublesome Roll Grinders | |
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| Off-Site Integrated Tests and Inspections | |
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| Start-up Plan Revision and Refinement | |
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| Project Execution--Construction and Installation | |
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| Responsibility | |
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| Key Considerations | |
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| Modernization of the Continuous Annealing Line | |
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| On-Site (Preoperational) Testing | |
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| In General | |
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| Testing and Start-up Manual (Table of Contents) | |
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| Development of Preoperational Testing Procedures | |
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| Testing Definitions | |
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| Cooling the Achilles' Cone | |
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| Commissioning! | |
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| Key Considerations for Commissioning | |
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| Development of a Commissioning Plan | |
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| Start-up of Ancillary and Support Systems | |
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| Commissioning: The Introduction of Feedstock | |
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| Turnover of Documentation | |
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| Gauging the Success of the Start-up | |
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| PLTCM and CA Line--"Where Did We Go So Wrong?" | |
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| Project-Related Training | |
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| Key Considerations in the Development of Effective Training | |
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| The Training-Needs Assessment | |
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| Development of the Training Program | |
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| Training Objectives | |
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| Organize and Schedule the Training Program | |
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| Implement and Coordinate the Training Program | |
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| Evaluate and Adjust as Required | |
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| Operator Training: Are They Ready? | |
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| Provide for Ongoing Training | |
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| Solution to Blast Furnace Training Problem | |
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| The Smaller Projects | |
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| Justification | |
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| Scope Definition | |
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| In-Depth Preproject Planning | |
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| On the Links: Birdie or Bogey? | |
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| Risk Assessment and Alleviation | |
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| The Autoweld System--Upgrade or Masquerade? | |
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| Design and Procurement | |
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| Construction/Installation | |
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| Key Considerations for Construction/Installation on the Small Project | |
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| Development of a Construction Plan | |
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| In Summary | |
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| The Environmental Project | |
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| It's a "Different" Project | |
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| The Forces at Work | |
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| The Origin of the Project | |
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| Interim Work | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| The Re-Engineering Project | |
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| A Time of Change | |
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| Treat It as a Project! | |
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| Identify the Goals | |
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| The Mission Statement | |
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| Reapplying Material to Maximize Profits--or Emotionally Yours | |
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| Project Organization | |
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| What It Finally Takes | |
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| Before the Concrete Sets | |
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| Observations | |
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| Project Closeout; Make-Good Analysis | |
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| In General | |
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| Make-Good Analysis--Closing the PBLS Loop | |
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| Summary | |
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| Measuring Project Success | |
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| Traditional Criteria for Measuring Project Success | |
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| Project and Venture Success | |
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| Judging Project Success by PBLS Principles | |
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| A PBLS Guarantee | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Forms | |
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| Procedures | |
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| Index | |