Strategic Project Risk Appraisal and Management

Elaine Harris is Professor and Head of Department of Accounting and Finance and Head of Leicester Business School's Graduate Centre at De Montfort University, where she teaches Project Management. Elaine has been Chair of the British Accounting Association (BAA) Committee of Departments of Accounting and Finance (CDAF, formerly known as CHA), and secretary of the Management Control Associaion (MCA). She is a member of ACCA's Research Committee, CIMA's Lifelong Learning Policy Committee, Managing Editor of the Journal of Applied Accounting Research (JAAR) and a reviewer for the ESRC and Leverhulme.

• Contents: Introduction; Part 1 Background to Project Risk Appraisal: Context for project risk appraisal; Project risk appraisal techniques. Part 2 Strategic Project Risk Case Illustrations: Business development projects; Systems development projects; New site projects; New product development projects; Business acquisitions; Compliance projects; Event management. Part 3 Project Risk Management ; Post-project reviews. References. Index.

'...Elaine Harris's volume is timely. In a world of books by "instant experts" it's pleasing to read something by someone who clearly knows their onions, and has a passion for the subject...In summary, this is a thorough and engaging book.' - Chris Morgan, Head of Business Assurance for Select Plant Hire, Quality World 'As soon as I met Elaine I realised that we both shared a passion to better understand the inherent risk in any project, be that capital investment, expansion capital or expansion of assets. What is seldom analysed are the components of knowledge necessary to make a good judgement, the impact of our own predjudices in relation to projects or for that matter the cultural elements within an organisation which impact upon the decision making process. Elaine created a system to break this down and give reasons and logic to both the process and the human interaction necessary to improve the chances of success. Adopting her recommendations will improve teamwork and outcomes for your company.' - Edward Roderick Hon LLD, Former CEO Christian Salvesen Plc