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Welcome to Project Planning Advisory

We are dedicated to providing early high-level technical and engineering advice to initiating and planning projects to set them in the right direction for success.

Our experience is applied to the planning of projects in the following areas:

Project Inception

As the first phase in the project lifecycle, inception is about understanding the project scope and objectives, and getting enough information to confirm that the project should proceed – or not. This phase seeks to achieve agreement among all stakeholders on the following parameters of the project:

 

  • an overall vision of what to build, its scope and boundaries, and their success criteria
  • the functionalityof the project, and the requirements that are critical
  • one possible solution, and verifying that it is technically feasible and
  • understanding of the high-level estimate of cost and scheduleand the associated risks.

Project Definition and Planning

Project definition and planning involves gathering information from many sources with each having varying levels of completeness and confidence. As new project information is discovered, additional dependencies, requirements, risks, opportunities, assumptions and constraints will be identified or resolved. The multi-dimensional nature of project management causes repeated feedback loops for additional analysis via concept studies and consideration of alternatives. Iterations of the planning processes will explore in progressively greater detail all aspects of project scope, technology, risks and costs.

Project Development

During the development phase, everything that will be needed to implement the project is arranged. This may mean ensuring public and stakeholder consultation has identified issues and they have been resolved, that statutory and other approvals are in place, land areas and corridors are defined and secured, a project execution plan is finalised and agreed, finance is secured, consultants are engaged to design and project manage the project, and major equipment items are ordered.  The development phase is complete when implementation of the project is ready to commence.

Point of Difference

Forty years’ experience on projects large and small, complex and straightforward, have revealed some key considerations that often don’t receive the attention they deserve in the early stages of scoping and planning a project.  Such considerations are:

  • Capacity of each project element, which needs to be realistic and match the capacities of related project elements, and generally be expandable.
  • Connectivity of the project elements, which needs to recognise their spatial relationships, and be robust in the event of an interruption of performance of one project element.
  • Configuration of the project elements, which needs to optimise their spatial relationships for construction, operational, and safety reasons.
  • Constraints, physical, operational or environmental, which need to be recognised early in the planning phase to avoid unrealistic assumptions becoming embedded in projections of the project’s overall performance.

APPROACH

Forty years’ experience on projects large and small, complex and straightforward, have revealed some key considerations that often don’t receive the attention they deserve in the early stages of scoping and planning a project.  Such considerations are:

  • Consultation with stakeholders, who may include potential users of the completed project, neighbouring landholders, community groups, industry associations, and local governments.
  • Collaboration between parties with a common interest in the project’s success.
  • Communication with those affected by or with an interest in the implementation of the project.
Project Planning Advisory
Project Planning Advisory
Project Planning Advisory
Project Planning Advisory