Project teams can improve results by recognizing that the future is inevitably uncertain and that by creating flexible designs they can adapt to eventualities. This approach enables them to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid harmful losses. Designers of complex, long-lasting projects--suc...

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1. Verfasser:	De Neufville, Richard, 1939-
Weitere Verfasser:	Scholtes, Stefan
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:	Engineering systems.
Schlagworte:	Engineering design. Modularity (Engineering) Engineering economy. Flexible manufacturing systems. Manufacturing industries > Risk management. Conception technique. Conception modulaire (Ingénierie) Systèmes flexibles de fabrication. Industrie manufacturière > Gestion du risque. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General) TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference. Engineering design Engineering economy Flexible manufacturing systems ENGINEERING/General ENGINEERING/Systems Science & Engineering Electronic book.
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Zusammenfassung:	Project teams can improve results by recognizing that the future is inevitably uncertain and that by creating flexible designs they can adapt to eventualities. This approach enables them to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid harmful losses. Designers of complex, long-lasting projects--such as communication networks, power plants, or hospitals--must learn to abandon fixed specifications and narrow forecasts. They need to avoid the "flaw of averages," the conceptual pitfall that traps so many designs in underperformance. Failure to allow for changing circumstances risks leaving significant value untapped. This book is a guide for creating and implementing value-enhancing flexibility in design. It will be an essential resource for all participants in the development and operation of technological systems: designers, managers, financial analysts, investors, regulators, and academics. The book provides a high-level overview of why flexibility in design is needed to deliver significantly increased value. It describes in detail methods to identify, select, and implement useful flexibility. The book is unique in that it explicitly recognizes that future outcomes are uncertain. It thus presents forecasting, analysis, and evaluation tools especially suited to this reality. Appendixes provide expanded explanations of concepts and analytic tools
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-287) and index.
ISBN:	9781613444115 1613444117 9780262303569 0262303566
Zugangseinschränkungen:	Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff.