Pascal Bohulu Mabelo

Operational Readiness

How to Achieve Successful System Deployment

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a guide on how to prepare business and operational environments to safely receive and effectively utilise systems, to prevent successfully completed systems from failing to add value to their intended environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 106
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780367903343
• ISBN-10: 0367903342
• Artikelnr.: 59773253

Autorenporträt

Pascal Bohulu Mabelo has more than 20 years of professional experience and possesses a wide range of technical and managerial skills pertaining to projects. He has previously served as the national chairman of Project Management South Africa (PMSA) and is a regular speaker at Project Management conferences and seminars. He promotes the application of Systems Engineering concepts to unravel complexity in Large Infrastructure Projects.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
About the Author
About this Book
Foreword
Acronyms
1 Introduction
2 Systems
Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking
3 System Deployment and Impacts on Environment
4 Necessity of Operational Readiness
5 Scope of Operational Readiness
6 Operational Readiness and Project Lifecycle
7 Focus of Human Capital Readiness
8 Re-engineering Business Processes
9 Operational Readiness Implementation
10 Post-Implementation Review
11 Conclusion
12 Practical Operational Readiness Applications
12.1 Large Infrastructure Projects - Putting Empathy into Operations
12.2 Sustainability Article (Excerpt only)
12.3 Practical Exercise No 1
12.4 Practical Exercise No 2
12.5 Practical Exercise No 3
12.6 Practical Exercise No 4
Personal Reflections
References
Index

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List of Figures,

List of Tables,

About the Author,

About this Book,

Foreword,

Acronyms,

1 Introduction,

2 Systems, Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking,

3 System Deployment and Impacts on Environment,

4 Necessity of Operational Readiness,

5 Scope of Operational Readiness,

6 Operational Readiness and Project Lifecycle,

7 Focus of Human Capital Readiness,

8 Re-engineering Business Processes,

9 Operational Readiness Implementation,

10 Post-Implementation Review,

11 Conclusion,

12 Practical Operational Readiness Applications,

12.1 Large Infrastructure Projects - Putting Empathy into Operations,

12.2 Sustainability Article (Excerpt only),

12.3 Practical Exercise No 1,

12.4 Practical Exercise No 2,

12.5 Practical Exercise No 3,

12.6 Practical Exercise No 4,

Personal Reflections,

References,

Index

Rezensionen

"This book will help many people and organisations ... in a simple way, it makes the reader understand the risks of bad project management decisions and gives a complete ... understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in projects." - Sergio P. Capitine, Mechanical Engineer, Project Manager at BP Mozambique

"The concept of Operational Readiness lies at the heart of systems development. Awareness of it should be maintained throughout the SDLC ... A book that is easy to read and a 'must-have' for system developers from all walks of life." - Tapiwa Bande (MEng), Managing Director of African Hard Systems (Pty) Ltd

"A comprehensive treatise on Operational Readiness ... OR and PIR Planning are indeed business activities ... operability failure may lead to business failure." - Saseka Vara, Chartered Accountant, Senior Manager at Transnet SOC