by Paul Turner | Oct 5, 2023 | CSU
What makes commissioning (and projects in general) successful? Is it the tools you use? Is it the processes you follow? Is it the industry or specific technical details that you’re working on? Nope. None of these! What makes projects successful is the people working...
by Paul Turner | Oct 4, 2023 | CSU
While managing capital projects can be challenging, particular attention needs to be placed on the last stages of projects during on-site commissioning and startup, since this is when all parts of the project come together. Projects always start with the best...
by Paul Turner | Oct 3, 2023 | CSU
Nine out of 10 capital projects are late and over-budget (Bent Flyvbjerg, How Big Things Get Done). This benchmark is pretty low in any industry, and the construction industry has lots of room for improvement. Yet the construction industry has not improved in the last...
by Paul Turner | Oct 3, 2023 | CSU
Capital projects are by definition finite games – they have a defined start, a defined middle, and a defined end. This creates a problem though, because finite games typically have a winner and a loser. So how can you have successful project collaboration when someone...
by Paul Turner | Oct 3, 2023 | CSU
A Moloch Trap is a situation where an individual or group is compelled to make a particular short-term decision to protect their own self interest, despite being aware of the potential impacts of their decision on the bigger picture. This isn’t anyone’s fault, I’ll...
by Paul Turner | Sep 23, 2023 | CSU
The key to managing commissioning is excellent process design and control. The problem is – lots of projects are missing the project management processes to manage commissioning and have limited ability to control the processes they are using. This may be because...
by Paul Turner | Sep 20, 2023 | CSU
If you manage projects and need to understand the project management steps to manage commissioning, then this is for you. I’m willing to bet this is how your projects unfold: Nobody pays too much attention to commissioning during design and construction phases –...
by Paul Turner | Sep 15, 2023 | CSU
Project Managers have frameworks to start capital projects – a framework for project charters, frameworks for cost and schedule estimates, frameworks for risk analysis, etc. But too often Project Managers are missing the project management frameworks to finish...
by Paul Turner | Sep 10, 2023 | CSU
Capital projects typically waste time and effort during construction completions and commissioning due to inefficient project management processes that make it challenging for Project Managers to manage and coordinate the work. Process tailoring of construction...
by Paul Turner | Sep 5, 2023 | CSU
Project Managers stop losing time during Capital Project Completions and Commissioning when they implement CSU Frameworks through all stages of projects. If your projects lose time during construction completions and commissioning, then I’m willing to bet: You don’t...
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