Shaping

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…

Shapingcomplex, lifecycle, procurement

The complex procurement lifecycle

It's common to have a narrow focus in procurement. People specialise in areas such as logistics, market analysis, bid management, and metrics. It's easy to lose your sense of the big…

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…

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…