Posts Tagged ‘Project Management’
How Project Management Skills Impact Your Career Part 2
Most professionals regard project management as a technical skill – something you use to keep a schedule on track or a budget under control. In my experience, it is something far bigger than that. It is one of the few skill sets that directly reshapes your career horizon – how far, how fast, and how…
Read MoreHOW PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS IMPACT YOUR CAREER
There is a quiet ceiling that stops many talented professionals from advancing – and it is not intelligence, work ethic, or technical ability. It is project management. Over three decades of executing complex EPC/EPIC projects for major operators, I have watched brilliant engineers and other professionals plateau at the same career stage – not because…
Read MoreOne Misread Requirement, Millions Lost: The Hidden Cost of Contract Illiteracy
In offshore oil and gas projects, technical excellence alone is never enough. A contractor can have capable welders, experienced supervisors, and a good fabrication yard, and still walk straight into a financial disaster if the project team does not properly understand the contract. That is exactly what happened on one of our offshore wellhead piping…
Read MoreINTRODUCTION TO EPC CONTRACTS Part 1
In this series of essays on Introduction to Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contracts, I intend to discuss the basics of Engineering and Construction contracts. I hope they will help you if you are new to project and construction management, and provide fresh insights to experienced project professionals.
Read MoreFundamentals of Project Management
I am developing a project management course to help project professionals bridge the theoretical gap, for those who have only experience, and the practice gap, for those who know only the theory.I am drawing from my 30+ years of oil and gas project experience both onshore and offshore, in Africa and the Middle East, working…
Read MoreI Need Your Help!
I am preparing a project planning course for project managers, project engineers, planning engineers and other project personnel. I would like to know what you would like to see in such a course to give you maximum value. Please, take a few moments to respond to this short survey. Your opinion is important to me…
Read MoreLessons From Project Management Part 5 – Celebrating Small Wins in Goals Setting
In this concluding essay, I discuss another lesson from the project management profession that is not widely applied but is nonetheless quite effective in attaining goals. It is the subject of celebrating small wins. Scientific research shows that it improves individual wellbeing, team spirit, and productivity. Prior to this, in the first four parts of this series…
Read MoreLessons from The Project Management Profession 3 – Accountability Partnership
In this third post on lessons from the project management profession, I wish to discuss accountability partnership and its critical role in helping you accomplish your goals. I do not know about you, but I have been part of some successful project teams. There is that special feeling of accomplishment and fulfilment, when the final…
Read MoreLessons From The Project Management Profession – Goal Setting 1
This series of essays, beginning today, is to draw from some of the practices in the project management profession, lessons we can apply to our goal-setting process to improve our chances of attaining them.
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from the Project Management Profession Part 5 – Celebrating Small Wins
The first four parts of this series addressed the need for Detailed Execution Plan, Goals Visibility, Accountability Partnership and Risk Management as key success factors in achieving our goals. I strongly suggest that you read those posts, if you have not done so already, to gain deeper insight into the subject. In this concluding essay,…
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