“We are very pleased to announce today that Professor Virginia Greiman, a veteran of Boston’s Big Dig project and a leader in the field of project management, has agreed to be our first speaker in this series of public lectures,” said County Executive Mahoney. “Our community can learn a great deal from simply listening to others who have struggled with and overcome similar challenges that we now face. I look forward to welcoming Professor Greiman to Onondaga County and learning from her all that we can to help inform our own decision-making process,” Mahoney continued.
“Determining what to do with Route 81 will be one of the most significant planning decisions for Syracuse of the next half-century,” said Mayor Miner. “It is imperative that citizens in our community have as much in-depth information and perspective as possible when considering the sort of future they want for our city. Hearing from experts like Professor Greiman helps illuminate important facts and issues and elevates the local dialogue. Decisions of this magnitude should be made with sound data and reasoned discussion.”
Professor Greiman holds academic appointments at Boston University, Harvard University Law School, and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and is a recognized expert and scholar on megaprojects, project complexity and governance, public private partnerships, cyber security and international law and development. She has published extensively on megaprojects and project management and is the author of the definitive book on America’s largest megaproject, Megaproject Management: Lessons on Risk and Project Management from the Big Dig. She has held executive and advisory positions with several of the world’s largest megaprojects in the United States, Europe, Canada, Africa and Southeast Asia.
Professor Greiman reveals in Megaproject Management the numerous risks, challenges, and accomplishments of the most complex urban infrastructure project in the history of the United States. Drawing on personal experience and interviews with project engineers, executive oversight commission officials, and core managers, Professor Greiman describes the realities of day-to-day management of the project from a project manager’s perspective. The book, published in 2013, incorporates both theory and practice and is highly recommended to policymakers, academics, and project management practitioners.
In her remarks Professor Greiman will help to define megaproject characteristics and frameworks, as well as review the Big Dig’s history, stakeholders, and governance with a focus on examining the project’s management scope, scheduling, and cost management—including the management of project delays and cost overruns.
Professor Greiman will deliver her remarks at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 2, 2014 at the Carrier Theater at the Onondaga County Civic Center. Dates and times for future speakers will be announced at a later time.
