Leading Extreme Projects: Strategy, Risk and Resilience in Practice

Author:   Alejandro Arroyo ,  Thomas Grisham
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781472463128


Pages:   194
Publication Date:   24 April 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Alejandro Arroyo ,  Thomas Grisham
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781472463128


ISBN 10:   1472463129
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   24 April 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction How Extreme conditions challenge traditional project methodology Chapter 2 – Mining and Extreme Transport: why stakeholders should look twice before committing Chapter 3 – Mining and Extreme Infrastructure: what shareholders, directors, and management should look twice to before committing Chapter 4 – Mining Operations in Uncertain Environments: what executives and investors should take good care of well in advance Chapter 5 – Mining Operations in Uncertain Environments: what operations executives should first consider when deploying resources Chapter 6 – Ocean and River Logistics in Emerging Contexts: what variables should PMs pay special attention to in order to accomplish a sustainable operation Chapter 7 – Mining Operations in Emerging Asia and Oceania: what variables beyond the ordinary should PMs render a special look before committing technology and financial resources. Chapter 8 – Mining Operations in Emerging Eastern and Western Africa: where to keep a sharp eye on the operations and how to balance global context variables with those of a project in extreme settings. Chapter 9 – Suggestions for Practice Index

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Alejandro Arroyo has more than 30 years experience as operator and consultant in global project logistics, stakeholder management, environmental management, and strategic contextual assessment with respect to mining, oil and gas, hydropower, nuclear power and alternative energy projects. Alejandro has worked for and cooperated with a long list of well-known companies in both the natural resources and global transportation industries, such as Pan American Silver; Silver Standard; Aura Minerals; Talisman Energy; Talon Metals; AECL-CANDU; ABB; Alstom; FMC Lithium; ZIM Israel Navigation; and many others. Thomas Grisham has 40 years of project management and PMO experience gained on projects across a variety of business models and sectors, including medical, infrastructure, transportation, commercial, communications, finance, consulting, utilities, manufacturing, business development and more. Thomas has gained this experience in 73 countries, with expat assignments in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Japan, Korea, China and Hong Kong, and has experience with over 400 companies globally from Abbott Labs to ZTE.

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