Mur Mitoyen
École des sciences de la gestion (ESG)
Présentation 1: Est-ce que l'ignorance est bonne ou mauvaise pour les projets (Is ignorance good or bad for projects) ?
Ignorance can be bad because it leads to starting projects that should not have been started, some argue. Ignorance can be rather good because if people had known in advance the real costs and difficulties of the project, no project would ever be approved, others suggest. Who is right? Who is wrong? And why?
Présentation 2: Pourquoi se méfier de l'analyse coûts-avantages (The case against Cost-Benefit-Analysis in megaprojects) ?
There are many iconic projects that would never be built now with Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA). Indeed it would be hard-pressing finding that their benefits exceed their costs either then or now for these projects. This presentation focuses on what is wrong with CBA.
Lavagnon Ika is Associate Professor of Project Management (PM) and Program Director for the MSc in Management at the Telfer School of Management of the University of Ottawa. He holds a joint affiliation with the School of International Development and Global Studies of the University of Ottawa . Over the past 18 years, he has taught PM at the B.Com and MBA/EMBA levels in both the French and English languages, mainly in Canada but also in Europe, Africa, and the Middle-East. He is currently teaching in the Telfer’s executive Master of Business in Complex Project Leadership.
