#379 – PROJECT ASSURANCES – MALCOLM PEART

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We have many kinds of assurance in the project management world.  These, generically include business assurance to track the economic viability of a project, technical assurance for the technical integrity of a product, process or system, and user assurance to check that specified requirements have been met.  Assurance demonstrates compliance to a project’s business case, meeting end user’s operational requirements, and that there is technical compliance against codes, standards or specifications. Continue reading →

#379 – EFFECTIVE SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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Recently, I was talking to the Managing Director of a large recruiting firm for safety professionals in Toronto about the importance of communication skills.

It was very clear that safety leaders are just expected to be experts in the technical aspects of safety, but it’s the ability to communicate about safety that sets apart the great safety leaders from the mediocre. Continue reading →

#378 – BARRIERS FOR ORGANIZATIONS GROWING AND IMPROVING – MARK MOORE

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Many organizations get so caught up in what they currently do and how they do it, that they cannot find ways to effectively improve how they operate and experience the growth that stems from that kind of change. Plotting a path to organizational growth, especially based on the projects it chooses to execute, can be a challenge. The fundamental elements are not overly complicated, but the work to make the change is hard. Continue reading →

#378 – FACILITATION SKILLS FOR ENGINEERS – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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We facilitate. As reliability professionals, we often lead teams to identify risk. We help cross-functional teams find and implement solutions. We bring people together and ease their ability to communicate clearly with each other.

Whether a leader or participant we have a role to achieve the desired goals. Our ability to facilitate enables us to work with others to get things done. Understanding how to facilitate well permits us to add value when leading or participating on a team.

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#378: TROUBLE SHOOTING OR SHOOTING TROUBLED PROJECTS – MALCOLM PEART

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The project hasn’t been going too well; KPI’s indicate problems, staff are demotivated, the customer is complaining, the schedule is in double digit revisions, rework and resubmissions reflect quality, and you may be on your third or even fourth project manager, and cash is all but flowing.  Phew…what will happen next? Continue reading →