Category: Change Management

Asset Management, Business process management, Change Management, Operations Management, Planning, Preventative Maintenance, program management, Project Management, Routine Maintenance, Scheduling, Turnaround Management, Work Management

Are You Playing Baseball on a Dodecahedron?

If covering the bases, in your project, program or event, seems hard, it is because those bases are on different fields! The dodecahedron shown here represents 12 different fields. And, some of those fields are not visible! This list of 12 different functional systems commonly used to manage your project, program or turnaround event indicates … Continue reading Are You Playing Baseball on a Dodecahedron?

business process, Business process management, Change Management, Cloud Computing, Cost Control, End-to-End Project Management, Integrated Project Management, Turnaround Management

Introducing the new Standard for Capital Projects, Turnaround Management and Maintenance Programs

Make the right strategic moves to get your capital projects, turnaround events and maintenance programs off on the right foot. The common platform supports: 5 Stages of work flow (Strategic, Tactical, Logistical, Execution, Completion): 100% Coverage5 Cost Categories (Labor, Equipment, Materials, Services, Indirect work): 100% coverage4 Levels of Procedure Management (Stage, Deliverable, Process Step, Assignment): … Continue reading Introducing the new Standard for Capital Projects, Turnaround Management and Maintenance Programs

Business process based, Change Management, End-to-End Project Management, Integrated Project Management, Planning, Scheduling, Strategic Operations Management, Turnaround Management, Work Management

Progress Reporting

Stage Flow Diagram It's time to improve your progress reporting game. And it's not hard to do.  You rightly spend a lot of time preparing to do the work in the 3 preparation stages ahead of the execution stage.  Your current work flow, as shown in the diagram, includes: 1. Strategic Stage - review whether … Continue reading Progress Reporting

Asset Management, Budgeting, Business process management, Change Management, Integrated Project Management, Manpower Time Assignment and Scheduling

From Project Scheduling to BPM – an Organic Evolution

One step at a time "How did you guys go from Project Scheduling to BPM (Business Process Management)?"  This is a logical question. This post illustrates the logical steps that pushed us from Project Scheduling to BPM.  We had no idea at the outset that this would happen.  In hindsight, it seems logical that it … Continue reading From Project Scheduling to BPM – an Organic Evolution