Investment-Centric Project Management: Advanced Strategies for Developing and Executing Successful Capital Projects

The persistent failure rates of complex industrial and large capital investment projects are a clear indication that traditional project management is not sufficient to deliver these types of project consistently and successfully. A new thought process needs to emerge. Investment-Centric Project Management is a comprehensive methodology and management system for the controlled execution of complex industrial and capital projects that unifies an organization's project resources into a single framework designed to prevent projects from failing and blowing budgets or schedules. This one-of-a-kind guide shows how to develop projects into profitably performing assets that yield valuable sustained ROI to its shareholders over its economic life, and how to execute projects to achieve speed to market, cost and risk containment, security of supply, and certainty of quality. Written by a leading expert in the aerospace, defense, manufacturing and oil and gas industries, this advanced reference offers project owners and developers alike a road map to predictable and repeatable project success, and a guarantee of future investment returns from their assets.

Steven Keays, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., is a 30-year veteran of the aerospace, defense, manufacturing and oil and gas industries. He is the founder and CEO of NAIAD Company, a project consulting firm that specializes in the management of large and mega industrial projects with an international footprint. He is a graduate of Royal Military College of Canada (B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering) and the University of Ottawa (M.A.Sc., turbulent fluid mechanics). He is a specialist in large-scale project management, global execution strategies, construction and modularization, and has held leadership roles on projects in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Steven is a registered professional engineer in Canada, a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), and a patent holder of industrial equipment. Mr. Keays is a noted thought leader, published author, and active speaker around the globe with a very popular blog. He resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with his wife Margaret and their three children.