Selecting the framework for a business project
is the first challenge to the project manager. Competing project management
methodologies can get in the way of putting the emphasis on project
approach. Popular approaches include Six Sigma, Business Process Management,
PMI Body of Knowledge, project software, client’s capital project approach
and other approaches. This comes at the expense of diluting the goal of
solving the critical business issue. An actual successful project $100
million cost reduction case study from an oil & gas offshore
production/drilling logistics project will be used to critique the value of
the integrated solution approach.
Key lessons learned at the conclusion of this review will be
- Popular project management methodologies have similar concepts.
- Differences are in the names of processes versus substance.
- An integration of methodologies is more effective than the sum
of the parts in delivering projects and business solutions.
- A game plan for the project manager
Stephen Desirey, CFPIM, PMP
Steve is a chemical engineer that served as a manager/business
practitioner with DuPont serving in multiple businesses in manufacturing,
maintenance, marketing, and in information systems as a corporate process
owner for business planning. He retired from DuPont in 2006 and joined
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as a Managing
Consultant to apply these skills of business processes in the oil and gas
industry. Today he continues to consult part time with SAIC and also is an
independent contractor. He has achieved APICS life-time recognition of CFPIM
and is a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management
Institute. He is also active in the Philadelphia Chapter of Association of
Business Process Management Professionals where he was a co-founder of this
chapter.
