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Audience Poll Academia - Is capital project management
training part of your curriculum?
eparate course Integrated with another course
Industry - What type of projects are you leading?
Retrofits and revamps
Greenfield
Size of project team
About Me
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NewTools Multidiscipline Interface Management Matrix
Project Pre-Mortem
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) New Skills
Working with Generation Y
Social and Emotional Intelligence
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New interface management tool presented inHarvard Business Review article:
AreYour Engineers Talking to Each Other ..
November 2007 Authors researched failure on complex
projects such as Airbus Super Jumbo Applicable to complex mega capital projects.
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Conducted at start of project Group session with key team members from
ALL levels
S ou e in epen ent y aci itate Attendees are asked to complete the
statement
The project failed because . Results should be analyzed using an FMEA
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Six Sigma tool to develop a risk managementplan for project execution
Categorize negative project outcomes
(impacts) on: Severity of impact
Ability to detect
Likelihood of occurrence
Enables formal risk planning and monitoring
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Category Risk Impact S (severity rating)
Schedule Availability of reactor designspecialist
Reactor design and procurement isdelayed
9
Procurement Qualified fabrication supplier for
reactor is booked with other orders
Reactor fabrication and project
completion is delayed
9
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Cause(s) O (occurrence rating) Current controls D (detection rating)
Failure to request specialist time inadvance to work on reactor design 3 Requesting specialist time is amilestone on the project schedule
which is reviewed weekly for
upcoming activities
1
Failure to commit and reserve shop
space in time
9 Request advanced funds to commit
reactor purchase order and priortize
completion of reactor design
3
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RPN (risk priority number) Recommended actionsResponsibility and target completion
dateAction taken
27 Continue current control Project Manager
243 Biweekly communication meeting
with supplier to understand the shop
workload
Procurment Manager
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Category Risk ImpactS (severity
rating)Cause(s)
O
(occurrence
rating)
Current
controls
D (detection
rating)
RPN (risk
priority
number)
Recommend
ed actions
Responsibili
ty and
target
completion
date
Action taken
Schedule Availability
of reactor
design
specialist
Reactor
design and
procuremen
t is delayed
9 Failure to
request
specialist
time in
advance to
work on
3 Requesting
specialist
time is a
milestone
on the
project
1 27 Continue
current
control
Project
Manager
reactor
design
schedule
which isreviewed
weekly for
upcoming
activities
Procuremen
t
Qualified
fabrication
supplier for
reactor isbooked with
other orders
Reactor
fabrication
and project
completionis delayed
9 Failure to
commit and
reserve
shop spacein time
9 Request
advanced
funds to
commitreactor
purchase
order and
priortize
completion
of reactor
design
specifications
3 243 Biweekly
communicat
ion meeting
withsupplier to
understand
the shop
workload
Procurment
Manager
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Who is Generation Y? Graduating college in 2000 or later?
Experienced an explosion in Technology,
Media, Telecommunications (TMT) Generation Y myths
Not hard working
Unreliable
Not willing to put the time in
Short attention span
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Attracting Company career sites on social networks e.g.
Company profiles on Vault.com Training
Mentorship (traditional and reverse)
Rotation programs
Electronic courses
Team based training
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Retaining Managing expectations
Company culture
Career path Organizational hierarchy norms
Coaching not babysitting
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Technical excellence is not the only criteriafor great project managers
Do you to have to manage ..
Global teams? Less face-to-face meetings?
Diversity?
If so, are you the socially intelligent projectmanager who succeeds in these situations?
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Empathy Do you understand what motivates other people,
even those from different backgrounds?
Are you sensitive to others needs? Attunement
Do you listen attentively and think about how
others feel? Are you attuned to others moods?
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Organizational Awareness Do you appreciate the culture and values of the
group or organization?
Do you understand social networks and knowtheir unspoken norms?
Influence
Do you persuade others by engaging them indiscussion and appealing to their self-interests?
Do you get support from key people?
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Developing Others Do you coach and mentor others with compassion
and personally invest time and energy in
men or ng Do you provide feedback that people find helpful
for their professional development?
Inspiration Do you articulate a compelling vision, build group
pride, and foster a positive emotional tone?
Do you lead by bringing out the best in people?
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Teamwork Do you solicit input from everyone on the team?
Do you support all team members and encourage
cooperation?
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