03008nam 22006135 450 991036724980332120240627165707.09783030330354303033035410.1007/978-3-030-33035-4(CKB)4100000009940188(MiAaPQ)EBC5987661(DE-He213)978-3-030-33035-4(PPN)242826326(Perlego)3492643(EXLCZ)99410000000994018820191130d2020 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierManaging Transformation Projects Tracing Lessons from the Industrial to the Digital Revolution /by Mark Kozak-Holland, Chris Procter1st ed. 2020.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,2020.1 online resource (138 pages) illustrations9783030330347 3030330346 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. The Challenge of Digital Transformation -- 2. Adapting Project Management to Meet This Challenge -- 3. Chapter Case-Study 1 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway -- 4. Chapter Case-Study 2 - The Transcontinental Railroad -- 5. Chapter Case-Study 3 - The Manchester Ship Canal and the World's First Industrial Park -- 6. Conclusions.This book examines the management of three projects from the nineteenth century which led to substantial business transformation: the Stockton to Darlington Railway, the US Transcontinental Railroad and the Manchester Ship Canal. The lessons learned are of great relevance to contemporary project management, particularly those concerned with disruptive technology. The book addresses a wide range of project management topics associated with transformation. These include value management, sponsorship, governance, partnerships, opportunity management, project culture and morale, project complexity, uncertainty, prototyping and piloting, agility, innovation, risk and knowledge management.Project managementTechnological innovationsEconomic historyProject ManagementInnovation and Technology ManagementEconomic HistoryProject management.Technological innovations.Economic history.Project Management.Innovation and Technology Management.Economic History.658.406658.514Kozak-Holland Markauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut977164Procter Chrisauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910367249803321Managing Transformation Projects2226089UNINA