The Handbook of Project Management, 6th Edition

Chapter 3 Linking strategy and projects through strategic initiatives

Vadake K. Narayanan

DOI: 10.4324/9781003274179-4

Introduction

• Eighteen Canadian major ports, all members of Green Marine (GM) a North American voluntary environmental certification organization for the marine industry, have been working proactively to improve port sustainability through a variety of initiatives, which have been considered important for the success of the ports (Hossain, Adams, & Walker, 2019).
• ALPHA, a rollout of an electronic road-tolling scheme, was a joint venture with three principal stakeholders (a mobile telephony provider, an automotive company, and an infrastructure firm) striving to enter the rapidly developing telematics market in the first few ...