As projects have expanded in size and complexity, the need to
proceed in a regulated and progressive sequence using a set of
project controlled management techniques and disciplines is
essential to success. Projects that are not controlled using strong
management and leadership quickly degenerate into escalated cost,
compounded by delays, poor quality and failed functional and
compliance requirements.
The success of any given project will ultimately depend
upon:-
- Accurately establishing and maintaining the clients brief in
terms of performance, time and cost
- Ensuring roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and
understood for each member of the project team
- Each team member having the required chemistry to gel
together as one successful team
Each project will have a single person to act as liaison with
the Client, acting on behalf of the team. Depending on the type of
the project, this person may come from any member of the
Professional Team but will always be at Partner or Director
level. The team then works with the Client and within itself
as a partnership of firms with a definition of tasks and
responsibilities all directing the many and varied talents towards
a common goal.
Working closely with the Spokesman is the senior management of
each firm on the team. For each project, each consultant firm works
under the leadership of a partner/director and a senior
associate of that firm. These people, along with the Spokesman, are
responsible for the overall administration and control of the
project from it's inception to its completion. Other staff members
will change through the life of the job as the work stage progress,
but the senior administrative staff must stay with each job to
ensure continuity and adherence to the goals of the
project.