Large infrastructure projects generally involve multiple stakeholders such as government parties, local communities, and private organizations. New projects can create tensions between different stakeholder groups because different groups naturally have different interests and opinions. This...

1. The nature of projects and their management -- 2. Factors for project success or failure -- 3. Project definition -- 4. Strategic decisions -- 5. Estimating the project costs -- 6. Evaluating an aviation investment project and preparing a business case -- 7. Project authorization -- 8....

"Providing a fascinating view into the creation of CubeSats, this book outlines their metamorphic role in democratizing space exploration. Paris Chrysos and Francesco Paolo Appio delve into the novel world of satellite innovation, showcasing how revolutionary CubeSats have been in shaping the...

The aim of this publication is to provide information on research projects that have been financed in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) within the field of Aeronautics. While Volume 1 of the project synopsis covered the project selected in the first calls for proposals, this second volume...

This paper develops a Bayesian real options model to determine the optimal amount of sampling information to acquire before project activation. The approach is then applied to evaluate parts manufacturing approval (PMA) licenses for an aerospace firm in the maintenance, repair, and overhaul...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify, prioritize and categorize the critical success factors (CSFs) for configuration management (CM) and devise a CM activity model to help practitioners in the effective implementation and continuous improvement of the process....