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Research shows that where employees contribute to projects they are more than 3 times as successful as those that are purely driven top down.
Formally or informally, the backbone of these more successful projects, involves a network of stakeholders who work together to overcome the challenges faced by projects throughout their journey from investment concept to beneficial operation.
Together the network provides a conduit to communicate, collaborate and sustain a creative pressure for change to shape project outcomes.
This improvement network impacts on project results and future operational performance through a closer integration between Commercial, Operations and Process Technology functions. The gains come from
- Closer feedback links to understand where the opportunities are
- Iterative testing of ideas
- Feedback to make the business adaptive and resilient to change
- Meet the challenge of exploring how to reduce green house gas emissions to progress towards net zero environmental goals.
Those closest to where the value is created are the ones who understand what it takes to achieve the biggest gains so it is wise for project managers to put them in the driving seat when it comes to:
- Identification, review and justification of new thinking,
- Testing and proof of concept in pilot applications,
- Changes to work routines and workflows,
- Daily management of the new front line reality,
- Transitions from project to full operation and defect prevention.
That includes the impact of any change on processes such as:
- Performance management
- Work planning, scheduling and control
- Real time task execution
- Work routine and task design
- Logistics
- Material Control
- New Product Design
Developing the capability of the internal network to develop Factory Readiness Plans in each area is an essential foundation for delivering better projects faster.
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