Navigating Project Selection and Execution for Competitive Advantage

John E. Triantis is a retired business consulting economist, strategic planner, international business development leader, and former forecasting expert. He has a track record of introducing effective processes and practices to develop successful projects. He is an experienced and a trusted new business development advisor in large projects, international infrastructure, financing, licensing, and organizational restructuring projects. His passion is helping clients minimize decision uncertainty and project risk. He integrates sound processes, best practices, and sound analytics with strategic planning and business development principles to maximize project value. His unique methods create world-class organizations, introduce value realization processes, and apply best practices to create successful projects. To address needs and fill gaps in client understanding, he authored numerous position papers and published the books Creating Successful Acquisition and Joint Venture Projects: A Process and Team Approach; Navigating Strategic Decisions: The Power of Sound Analysis and Forecasting; and Project Finance for Business Development as well as articles in professional domestic and international journals and books. He is currently working on a manuscript for the book Ethics in Large Project Development Decisions. John holds a Ph.D. in macro and international economics and a master’s degree in statistics and econometrics from the University of New Hampshire. His bachelor’s degree is in economics and mathematics from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

PREFACE PART I - PRECURSOR Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Project types – How Different Are They? Chapter 3. Project Idea Evaluation – What Is It All About? Chapter 4. Project Rationale – Why Are We Doing This? PART II – ANALYTICS AND ASSESSMENTS Chapter 5. Organizational Factors – Political Support is a Must Chapter 6. Internal Assessment – Resources and Capabilities Chapter 7. External assessment – Uncertainty Management PART III – MAIN AREAS OF ATTENTION Chapter 8. Project Development – Basis of Value Creation Chapter 9. Risk Mitigation – Priority with Idea Potential Chapter 10. Project Management – Driving project Ideas Forward Chapter 11. Idea and Project Marketing – "Selling the Project" PART IV – VALIDATIONS AND VERIFICATIONS Chapter 12. Project Modeling – Determining if it is for Real Chapter 13. Project Contractual basis – negotiations are key Chapter 14. Project Due Diligence – AN INTERIM PROJECT Appraisal Chapter 15. Checks, Audits, tests – Business Case Requirements PART V – FROM PLANS AND EVALUATIONS TO ACTION Chapter 16. Project Implementation – Driving to Completion Chapter 17. Responses to Threats – Value Realization Planning Chapter 18. Project Restructuring – Flexibility is Required PART VI – PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Chapter 19. project performance evaluation – make it useful Chapter 20. project Success Evaluation – best at the idea stage Chapter 21. Summary and Conclusions