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We provided comment in March on measuring project delivery against three criteria: time, cost and performance (i.e. adherence to specification / user requirements ). The Guardian identifies the current problems that Network Rail are experiencing (link at the end) and classifies these performance issues in the time and cost category. It should be noted, in a positive way, that there is no mention of shortfalls in the performance of the delivered outputs of the projects. Furthermore, as safety is a fundamental element to performance the performance of Network Rail in providing the safest rail network in Europe should be recognised. Time - Milestones (30 missed out of a possible 84)   Cost - Increase debt of 16% in a single year (an increase of £5bn to £37.8bn) Perhaps most worryingly are the major projects, such as the electrification of the Great Western line, which are witnessing massive increases in costs. The Great Western has risen in cost by 50% and it ...

We look at the three specific performance management measures to help gauge progress in projects.  We look at time,  cost and performance.  Please get in touch for more details on this article or on any project or procurement matter.

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The text from our latest article is below.  View it on line at  this  Link   Organisational Structure and Process Structure Organisational Structure - Project management methodologies are built upon structures that review and report progress, provide direction and represent the business. By establishing an organisational structure, with senior management representation and a governance board effective management of the procurement activity in line with the corporate expectations is enabled.  Furthermore this provides a clear way for assessing progress, addressing priorities and is a tool for suitable decision making with suitably empowered individuals that represent the business and user community.  It also provides the mechanism by which priorities can be identified and acted upon.  Providing a management structure that meets regularly greatly assists in reviewing and evaluating the key risks and issues; this is especially important when it i...

This week has seen widespread coverage of the former BBC Director General, Mark Thompson, being interviewed by MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the failure to deliver the Digital Media Initiative (DMI).  Apart from the detail of the report from PwC what is staggering are the costs associated with this project. Project budget spent - £100m Project failure report - £263k Chief Technology Officer (CTO) salary, who has ben suspended on full pay - £280k This doesn't include the cost of the PAC and the costs associated with bringing Mark Thompson back to the UK.  What must not be forgotten is that all of the money detailed is public money; obtained either through the TV licence fee in the case of the costs listed above or via taxation in the case of the PAC.  Putting aside the gargantuan costs being suffered by the public purse the report has some salient project management reminders. Lack of appropriate oversight. Ineffective governance, r...

Our new website is now live at: http://www.pppmanagement.co.uk/ # It gives a flavour of our professional offering, please feel free to come and visit our site and all feedback very much appreciated. We are very pleased with the website and would like to thank the team from Discerning Digital for an outstanding job.  Ian Patterson the Project Director was incredible and the support the team provided was unbelievable - thank you.

We have just launched Professional Procurement & Project Management (PP&PM) and would like to thank everyone for their kind words and generous sentiment wishing the business every success.   We will be updating the blog with topical comments on news and developments in the disciplines of procurement and project management. During the coming weeks we will be providing comment and advice on topics including the importance of workscope definition, supplier engagement, incentivisation and the link between effective procurement and successful contract management. We do hope that you will visit the blog to read our articles and see how PP&PM are doing. All our posts will be publicised through Twitter so it would be a great idea that if you are interested in our updates that you follow us on Twitter.   Our website is due to launch very shortly and we are very excited by this fantastic opportunity to bring you more on PP± if there is anything ...