Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments CHAPTER ONE: Ventures, Projects, and the Bottom Line CHAPTER TWO: Project Organization--Defining the Need CHAPTER THREE: Defining the Project--Project Risk Factors CHAPTER FOUR: Defining Venture and Corporate Risk CHAPTER FIVE: Preproject Planning CHAPTER SIX: Organizing the Team CHAPTER SEVEN: Project Execution--Design and Procurement CHAPTER EIGHT: Project Execution--Construction and Installation CHAPTER NINE: On-Site (Preoperational) Testing CHAPTER TEN: Commissioning! CHAPTER ELEVEN: Project-Related Training CHAPTER TWELVE: The Smaller Projects CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Environmental Project CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Re-Engineering Project CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Project Closeout; Make-Good Analysis CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Measuring Project Success Definitions APPENDIX A: Forms APPENDIX B: Procedures Index

About the Author

William J. Pinkerton, (Pittsburgh, PA) has over thirty years of experience in many of the worlds major projects. This experience includes projects that range from the original Apollo moon-shot series (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Sky-Lab) to a breeder-reactor in Washington state; from a billion-dollar nickel mine and refinery in Indonesia to an iron-ore pelletizing plant in Brazil.