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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 | |