Athens Metro can be certainly considered as a Mega-Project. It is a high cost infrastructure project, it took many years to develop and build, it involved many public and private stakeholders and it changed the life of many Athenians and the public transportation network of Athens. Furthermore, around some metro stations the urban weave infrastructure transformed from its previous condition Public transportation in Athens Athens is the capital of Greece and the largest city in the country.
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3) 1. Why do large projects sometimes fail? A project is considered a failure when it has not delivered what was required, in line with expectations. Therefore, in order to succeed, a project must deliver to cost, to quality, and on time; and it must deliver the benefits presented in the business case. The requirements for success are clear and absolute – right? Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Because the second part of our definition of success is that the project must be delivered "in line
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Introduction The company CCS Logistics recently completed a project at their Maydon Wharf Cold Storage (MWCS) branch. In this assignment I have commented on the fundamentals of the project The Company is a division of Commercial Cold storages which is a division of the Oceana Group of companies. The core business of Commercial Cold storage is the handling and storage of frozen goods. The company has a total of twelve branches across South Africa and Namibia making them the largest cold storage
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electrical contractors had to be licensed by the state of California. Often, electrical contractors were called to a job by a general contractor who had overall responsibility for constructing a building or remodeling it. But they could also bid on projects independently, especially in the public sector. By May 2006, John and Jean had successfully grown J&J from a company of three electricians to one of fifty-four employees. They took the company to 2005 revenues of $5.22 million, a 75 percent growth
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Loveryx Galaxy Associates(LGA) is a veteran army of thoroughly independent project handling professionals who are avidly dedicated to the support of capital projects management and development world over. They are always at the nerve center of the grandest industrial concerns across the globe. They tackle vital utilities and heavy industrial technicalities. LGA are masters in capital estimate consulting counsel and are superb project controllers. They lead while others follow. They stand out from the clutter;
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CanGo is a fast growing Internet business that retails variety of products and services, ranging from books, music, and services. They are now in the process of implementing the online gaming systems to their company. When Liz, the CEO of the company, was invited to speak at the local Hudson Chamber of Commerce meeting to discuss her strategic management process that contributed to the success of CanGo, she realized that the strategic planning process of her company was haphazard and emergent. Its
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia When estimating the cost for a project, product or other item or investment, there is always uncertainty as to the precise content of all items in the estimate, how work will be performed, what work conditions will be like when the project is executed and so on. These uncertainties are risks to the project. Some refer to these risks as "known-unknowns" because the estimator is aware of them, and based on past experience, can even estimate their probable costs
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Creme de la creme 1 For the project management profession there are a number of standard bodies of knowledge (BOK). What is a BOK and what is the purpose of it? Name at least two BOKs and discuss their underlying assumptions. (4 points) • Basis for Project Management Systems • Guidance for common ground between projects (for PM and Team) • Framework of best practices • APM • Project management in context • Planning/Executing strategies • Techniques
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