Managing Project Risk and Uncertainty : A Constructively Simple Approach to Decision Making


Chris. Chapman
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Hoboken : : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2003.
Omfang
1 online resource (514 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Managing Project Risk and Uncertainty A Constructively Simple Approach to Decision Making; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Nicola's tale: sizing inventories and other buffers; 3 Martha's tale: setting bids and other pricing decisions; 4 Eddy's tale: estimating measures of uncertain performance; 5 Ian's tale: aligning buyer and supplier motivation; 6 Roger's tale: assigning ownership of project uncertainty; 7 Sarah's tale: facilitating the precautionary principle; 8 Norman's tale: discounting future performance measures; 9 Tess's tale: making decision analysis practical. - 10 Sam's tale: concepts and issues in portfolio management11 Conrad's tale: formulating strategy; 12 From concepts to culture; Bibliography; Index. - This title confidently puts forward a practical, new approach to decision making in an uncertain business world.Many variables are accounted for and the authors are innovative in integrating previous types of decision-making approaches with a more fluid, and therefore realistic model that can be applied across a wide range of contexts and decisions.A new title on a important topic that not only stands well on its own, but also complements Chapman and Ward's previous title Project Risk Management. This book is practical and rigorous yet written in an engaging way.It is p
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ISBN
0470847905

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