Capital Projects

Index

A

• Accountability
  • creation of
  • at stage-gate
  • steering committee
  • in value delivery
• Accuracy range
• Assess stage
  • approach to
  • estimates
  • options in
  • problems in
• Asset performance
  • problems with
  • project definition and
• Assets
  • better performing
  • expected costs of
  • higher quality
• Authorization
  • decisions and
  • project definition and

B

• Base case
• Boundary conditions
  • establishment of
  • meeting
  • objectives and
  • strategies and
• Business
  • Knowledge of
  • objectives
  • risks
  • stage-gate questions for
• Business case
  • contents of
  • definition of
  • money and
  • ownership of
  • robust, project sponsors and
  • uncertainty in

C

• Capital costs estimates
  • accuracy of
  • commitments based on
  • cone of uncertainty in
  • in decision making
  • definition of
  • investment analysis and
  • project definition and
  • understanding of
• Capital investment decisions
• Capital projects
  • complexity of
  • definition of
  • failure of
  • spending, control of
  • value from
• Cone of uncertainty
  • definition of
  • development of
  • narrowing of
• Contingency
  • cost increases and
  • project controls in
  • project definitions and
  • risks based
  • rules for
  • scope changes in
  • setting
• Contractors
• Core project team functions
• Costs
  • actual, tracking of
  • fast schedules
  • increases in
  • project definition
• Current condition

D

• Decision making
  • capital costs estimates in
  • steering committees
• Define gate
• Define stage
  • challenging aspects of

E

• Escalation process
• Estimate accuracy
• Execute stage
• Execution
• Executives
  • Assess stage and
  • boundary conditions and
  • capital costs estimates ...