New modes of project delivery : complex projects -- Understanding the challenges of managing complex projects -- Exploring complex projects -- Clarke chapman: the port facilities project -- Alstom : the Pendolino project -- Northumbria water : the regional sludge treatment centre project -- The...

Analysis of potential risks is fundamental to technology development, but the definition and control of such risks are often problematic. This paper examines the issues concerned, aiming for an improved understanding of how the evaluation of risk shapes the emergence of new technology. The paper...