Planning

30

May

Planning, Shapingfront-end loading, planning, studies

Writing study reports

Every project is answerable to its stakeholders: regulators, investors, owners, community groups and others. Study reports present the complete technical, commercial and environmental case for a project at the appropriate level…

22

Dec

Initiation, Scopeauthority, consultant, management, principal, scope, services, work

Scoping management services

Most project engineers consider themselves competent to write the technical scope of work for a work package. But scoping the provision of project, study or engineering management services requires different…

04

Mar

Doing, Planningpmbok, procurement, procurements, project, review

Book review – Project Procurement Management: A Guide to Structured Procurements

     Most suitable for single procurements or small projects   There are not that many books out there for the project procurement practitioner, so I was pleased to find…

27

Dec

Doing, Initiation, Planning, Scope, Selection, Shaping, Strategyconstruction, contract, contractor, design, scope, technology

The reluctant constructor

As a project manager, you are considering the sole-source appointment of a contractor with a unique technology and construction methodology. You have commissioned work from this contractor before and you…

24

Mar

Change, Doing, Planning, Teamscompetencies, experience, financial distress, improvisation, intuition, weak signals

“I have a bad feeling about this…” – Why experience matters

Jumping to conclusions is efficient if the conclusions are likely to to be correct and the costs of an occasional mistake acceptable, and if the jump saves much time and…

23

Mar

Doing, Planning, Scope, Selectionconstruction management, contractors, incentives, information asymmetry, moral hazard, remuneration, risk

Getting the right incentives into construction management agreements

Poorly-designed incentives may encourage a contractor to behave in unexpected and unpleasant ways. And construction management is a form of contract that is especially vulnerable. The Construction Management Association of…

05

Feb

Change, Doing, Initiation, Planning, Scope, Selection, Shaping, Strategybid management, contractors, developing economies, incentives, local content, qualification, remuneration, risk, Strategy, suppliers, work packaging

Creating local content opportunities in major projects

With careful planning and management, you can not only find and grow capable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but also give them real opportunities in major projects. And with smart planning…