1st Edition

Leading Extreme Projects Strategy, Risk and Resilience in Practice

By Alejandro Arroyo, Thomas Grisham Copyright 2017
202 Pages 62 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 62 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 62 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Leading Extreme Projects explores the challenges, obstacles and techniques associated with running large projects in some of the most challenging environments and economies in the world. From an oil and gas program in the Amazon with a background of drug trafficking, delicate indigenous communities and some of the most challenging logistics; to a mining project in West Africa involving a... Read more



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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Biography

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.