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Appendix C Characteristics of Successful Megaprojects or Systems Acquisitions
Pages 106-114

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... Checklists are reminders for good managers. The following checklist can be used for all important projects when the project is being prepared for the development of baseline parameters, as a post-mortem for identifying lessons to be shared with other project managers, or at any other time to check the health of the project and identify likely sources of problems.
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From page 107...
... are experienced professionals dedicated to the success of the project. Each demonstrates leadership, is a project team builder as well as a project builder, possesses the requisite technical, managerial, and communications skills, and is brought into the project early.
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From page 108...
... Therefore, owners bear the risks related to site conditions, external factors, and overall scope of the work; contractors bear risks for their own efficiency and performance in fulfilling the terms of the contract; owners and contractors work together to minimize total project risks rather than shifting them from one to the other.
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From page 109...
... 17. Good labor relations and training programs ensure an adequate supply of skilled workers and lessen the chances of unjustified work stoppages, jurisdictional disputes, and other personnel issues.
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... 7. Actual cost and schedule performance are compared periodically with planned performance through an earned value method system and performance indicators that report trends in both current and projected costs and schedules.
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From page 111...
... Conditions Important to Success 1. Planned rates of work are not constrained by the vagaries of annual appropriations or payment authorizations, which could increase contingencies in subcontract costs, disrupt the orderly flow of work, and generally increase costs.
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From page 112...
... All parties actively participate in a lessons learned program to improve productivity, safety, and overall performance. Conditions Beneficial to Success 1.
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From page 113...
... and record of decision precede project initiation, each and every environmental action noted in the EIS is translated into specific mitigation plans attached to each work package to ensure compliance. Condition Beneficial to Success 1.
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... TECHNICAL CONDITIONS: SCHEDULE Conditions Essential to Success 1. Schedules and cost estimates are prepared together based on the work breakdown structure and production rates, crew size, physical constraints, and other time-impacting issues.
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Key Terms

  • project management
  • work breakdown
  • project success
  • project team
  • breakdown structure

  • control process
  • change control
  • design development
  • explicit contingencies
  • cost estimate

  • conditions essential
  • half life
  • successful projects
  • external factors
  • project performance

  • conditions beneficial
  • contingency sums
  • risks inherent
  • report trends
  • improvement program

  • confidence factors
  • ensure compliance
  • completed project
  • contracting party
  • earned value

  • public information
  • labor force
  • integrated project
  • funding authorizations
  • close coordination


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