Aspen Enterprises Ltd Management, coordination, communication and IT support - Specialising in pan-european collaborative enterprises

Aspen Enterprises Ltd


Management, coordination, communication and IT support

-Specialising in pan-european

collaborative enterprises


Location & Contact detailsAspen Enterprises Ltd,Aspen House, Burton Row, Brent Knoll, Somerset, TA9 4BW. UK

Electronic mail General Information: [email protected]: [email protected] Support: [email protected]: [email protected]

Telephone +44-1278-761000 (switchboard)

FAX +44-1278-760006

Red = location of Aspen Enterprises; Green = major airports (in order of convenience and driving time – Bristol (25 mins), Cardiff (1 hour 30 mins), Birmingham (1 hour 45 mins), London Heathrow (2 hours), London Gatwick (3 hours)

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Scope of Services


Our Key StaffTony Gore BSc

Position - Managing Director and principal consultantResponsibilities - Managerial, financial, consulting, IT development and support.

Mark Swabey BSc

Position - ConsultantResponsibilities - Project Management, Business Management, Bid management, Web development and support.

Lynn Templeman – Clerical Assistant

Beverly Gore – Company Secretary


Bid Management

• Influencing and interpreting customer requirements• Creation of Unique Selling Points (USP's), win

themes, storyboards, subliminal messages • Bid team management• Risk identification, assessment, limitation and even

elimination • Contingency analysis • MoD bid management & processes • Defence Standards including Safety & Hazard

Analysis.

Based upon over 30 man-years success in bids ranging from £10K to £25M+.


Project Management Support

• Compatible Consortium Partner Selection• Creating realistic project plans • Defining the Work Breakdown Structure • Realistic Resource allocation • Task Allocation • Risk Management • Managing Customers • Managing Subcontractors • Managing Staff

Based upon over 40 man-years experience in managing high-technology projects


EU Project Management

• “Like herding cats!”• Unique project management issues for EU collaborative

projects– Not “Project Manager” – more “Project Coach”– Loosely-coupled, dispersed project– Ever-changing and varying goals & pressures on the partners– Very strict financial controls – change has to be “sold” very carefully to

the EC– Linguistic & Cultural differences– Technical problems – requires interest and understanding of the

detailed technical issues to resolve problems to all collaborators’ satisfaction

– Exploitation problems – ensuring that each collaborator’s exploitation goals do not create conflict or tension within the project

– Changing partners during the project

Based upon more than 20 man-years experience of EU RTD projects, from ESPRIT 1 onwards.


Business Management

• Training & Consultancy in:– Producing Business Plans – Analysing Business Structures and Refocussing Business – Managing Change in Business

• Key aspect - catering for the human element at all stages

• Based upon more than 35 man-years experience, including– business consultancy supplied to a range of companies, – setting up companies, – working as directors in young, developing companies, building

business, – adapting the business to changing market demands, – managing redirection and relocation – managing business closure.


Project Risk Management

• Comprehensive support for risk management. This includes: – Process from bid to project completion– risk identification & risk assessment– defining preventative and limiting actions – risk and action prioritisation & allocation – contingency analysis, providing potential financial and

timescale impacts – risk management plan production – a comprehensive risk management support database – risk monitoring and action decision analysis.

Based upon 12 years experience of project risk management for MoD projects, and risk methods research


Example Projects & Services

Project Customer Country Service From ToMicroCircuit Engineering MicroCircuit Engineering UK Web site development & support Mar-97 PresentK2 EC EC Accompanying Measure, knowledge management,

newsletter, Web site & servicesOct-01 Sep-04

ESTA PACT UK Project Management Jan-02 Jun-04TEMPO TRL Ltd UK Web site & services May-02 Dec-03* Confidential * Bristol University UK Proposal Management Jan-03 Apr-03* Confidential * Swedish Inst. Of Computer ScienceSE Proposal Review Mar-03 Apr-03ARTTIC ARTTIC B Web site & services Jun-01 Feb-03G3 Card ARM Ltd UK Project Management Apr-01 Feb-03IPPA5 EC EC Project reviews and Proposal Assessment Jan-02 Dec-02Prometeus EC EC Accompanying Measure, Web site & services Oct-00 Oct-02Chippenham Schneider Electric UK Relocation & Change management Mar-02 Mar-02IPPA4 EC EC Project reviews and Proposal Assessment Jan-01 Dec-01* Confidential * ASITA Technologies Ltd UK Project Management Jul-01 Aug-01* Confidential * BATM IL Project Proposal May-01 May-01IPPA3 EC EC Project reviews and Proposal Assessment Jan-00 Dec-00SWIFT Netwiz IL Project Management Sep-98 Dec-00SWIFT PACT UK Project Management Nov-98 Dec-00ESTA BATM IL Project Proposal Oct-00 Oct-00* Confidential * IPRIAS UK IP & Patent management system (web-based) Feb-00 Sep-00TTN-T TTN-T D Web site development Jan-00 Jun-00Danhit Danhit DK Web site development Jan-00 Jun-00HPCN-TTN ARTTIC F Project management Sep-99 Apr-00Market Development Tachys Technologies F Management & Sales support Dec-99 Apr-00TRACE Applied Visuals Ltd UK Project Management Sep-98 Feb-00HPCN-TTN Smith System Engineering UK Project Coordination, Website development &

servicesApr-98 Aug-99

OMI Standards 1 & OMI Standards 2

OMI MO B Project Management, strategic planning & web site services

May-94 Nov-97


Web Services

• Comprehensive Web sites offering:– Collaborative community interactive facilities– News, – Events, – Knowledge Resources, – Discussion groups, – Libraries– Combined web/email discussion forums– Project Management Tools– On-line Surveys– Conference Registration & management tools– Multi-level and domain security models– Comprehensive site statistics with drill-down to detail

• Web Site Hosting– Scalable server capacity– List Server facilities– High-bandwidth (Gigabyte/sec) gateway

Based upon 10 man-years experience of developing web sites and web-related technologies

Examples:

Prometeus:

www.prometeus.org

K2:

www.know-2.org

Learning Futures:

www.learningfutures.co.uk


Web Sites

And more…..


Why are we successful?

• We – believe that we should learn every day– listen, watch, analyse, use best practice– are very practical – we implement solutions– are hard-working– bounce ideas off each other, our customers

and our suppliers– enjoy helping and working with others– enjoy challenges– have a good sense of humour– have wide-ranging experience.


Project Risk ManagementRisk Identification & Assessment Process


Project Risk Management Database


Project Risk Management Database

• Features– support for the whole Risk management process – an easy to use, flexible user interface – the right tools at each stage of the risk processes. – all the reports required for the Risk Management Plan

and Risk Reviews – comprehensive contingency calculation estimates for

cost and programme delay, even taking liquidated damages into account

– historical data on projects, risks and actions, allowing trends to be spotted and acted upon.

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Aspen Enterprises Ltd Management, coordination, communication and IT support - Specialising in pan-european collaborative enterprises