74: Judge & Jury
March 29, 2008
The ProjectIt was quite an effort getting ones mind back on work after the Easter break, particularly as in my case my son got married on the Saturday. But back to reality and the effort of evaluating the supplier proposals and presentations. Making decisions... Read more...
73: Freedom & Responsibility
March 21, 2008
The ProjectBack from skiing and time to catch up with the project again. We had received tenders from sufficient suppliers to make it a contest and received presentations from them all over a three day period. So now it is time to make decisions, first... Read more...
72: Spiritual Awareness
March 16, 2008
The ProjectI spent this week away cross country ski-ing in Les Estables, in the Auvergne and never once thought about the project. Being in the mountains always seems to give a greater sense of awareness of where you are in relation to the whole. The... Read more...
71: All the Answers
March 7, 2008
The ProjectAnother week another revision to the Investment Appraisal, but now I’ve submitted it to SPaRC (lovely acronym that) and no doubt they will ask me to revise it again before it goes to Council, but we are getting there slowly.The suppliers... Read more...
70: There is Nothing New
February 29, 2008
The ProjectWell the good news is that Roger is back and well up to speed after his vacation. Just as well as we are into the ducking and diving stage now. Actually things are going quite well. Of the eleven suppliers who expressed an interest in tendering... Read more...
69: A Fight
February 22, 2008
The ProjectWell the PID, Investment Appraisal & Request for Authority seem to be accepted by everyone now so I’ve finalised them and re-submitted then to the Infrastructure Strategy Group (Feb), Strategy, Planning and Resources Committee (Mar) and... Read more...
68: Opportunities
February 16, 2008
The ProjectAnother heavy week, re-writing the investment appraisal for the umpteenth time. It has been fairly frustrating but there is no point getting worked up about it and pushing, the process will take its own time and we will get there in the end.... Read more...
67: Three Leadership Qualities
February 8, 2008
The ProjectThis week has been a bit painful. I’ve had to do lots of re-wording of documents to try and get everyone’s buy-in. I think we are nearly there as there can’t be much more to change now. I’ve one person reviewing one document over the... Read more...
66: Open and Supportive
February 3, 2008
The ProjectWe’ve now produced the draft Requirements Spec, the revised Project Initiation Document and documented the business case. I just need to revise the Investment Appraisal to bring it into line and we are ready to resubmit the documents. Unfortunately... Read more...
65: Theory and Practice
January 25, 2008
The ProjectI was saying last week that project start up is fairly straight forward, and indeed it should be if we follow the correct process. That process starts, before anything else, with establishing the justification (or business case) for the project.... Read more...