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Large, Complex Projects:
a different ball-game
Jeremie Averous
September 2012
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3. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
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4. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
• What is the difference between day-trekking and
climbing Mt Everest?
ORGANIZATION / SYSTEMS / PROCESS
TEAM EQUIPMENT
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5. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
Running a Successful
Large, Complex Projects
Company is
fundamentally
different
from running a Successful
Simple Projects
Company
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6. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
• What is a Large, Complex
Project?
• Convergence process
Contents • Organization
• Survival
• Project Controls
• Systems
• Project Soft Power: Project
LEADERS
• Conclusion
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7. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
What is a Large, Complex
Section Project?
1 About size and complexity
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8. What is a Large, Complex Project?
• What is complexity?
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9. What is a Large, Complex Project?
• Complex System = System with many independent
components and strong interactions
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10. What is a Large, Complex Project?
In the Offshore Construction Industry
• Complex ~ EPIC project
• Sizeable Complex Procurement & Fabrication & related
engineering (30, 40%+ of revenue)
• Large
– ~ 300 MUSD+ in offshore industry
– ~ 200 MUSD+ in onshore industrial construction
• Risk ownership varies – not important
– lump-sum projects = risk & opportunity with
Contractor = higher potential margins
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11. Large, Complex Projects
Business Benefits
– Leverage revenue / asset base
– Lump sum – higher potential margins
– Multi-year predictable activity / revenue / cash
– Market premium & market leverage
– Increased organization capabilities allows to
tackle new developments
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12. Large, Complex Projects
• MINDSET ISSUE
• How do you recognize easily a company which
mindset is only one of Simple Projects?
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13. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
Convergence process
Section
2
The Key To Successful Large,
Complex Projects
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15. Convergence process
Project Performance Driver
(or, what kills a project)
Simple project Large project
Efficiency Convergence
+20%
±10% Potential upside/
downside
- 30, -50, -100%
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16. Convergence process
• For Complex Projects, the focus of project
management needs to be on convergence
– Main driver: avoid standby of project & major
assets
– Project management is geared on timely delivery
of all required deliverables
– This might require investment = additional cost
upfront
• Very different project management focus & process
than Simple Projects
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17. Convergence process
• Real life examples
– Africa, 2006: A late 0.5MUSD item causes a
60MUSD loss on a 800MUSD contract
• Delay impacted First Oil: huge organizational disruption
• Loses next contract with same Client
– Numerous examples of lump sum projects
finishing at cost x2 or x3
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18. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
Organization
Section
3
Large, Complex Projects Require
Specific Organization Patterns
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19. Organization
• An integrated team
– Geographically
regrouped
– Team effectiveness
• Direct report to top
management
No Part-time job!
• Functions support project Integrated team
– Resourcing
– Processes and tools
away from
departments!
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20. Organization
• An experienced Project Manager of Simple Projects
is not necessarily suitable to lead a Complex
Project
– Different skills required
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21. Organization
• Different skills required also for
Procurement
Engineering
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22. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
Survival
Section
4
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23. Survival
• With a Large, Complex
Project, the very survival of the
company is at stake.
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Mt Everest claimed 219 lives… so far 23
24. Risk Pattern of Complex Systems
• In Complex Systems, freak
events happen regularly
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25. Risk Pattern of Complex Systems
IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
• Freak events happen
much more often than
you would expect
• Their intensity/
consequence is much
greater than expected
normal distribution range
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26. Failure rate of mega-projects
65%
• New Technology +10%
• Remote site +8%
Main failure factor: operability
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27. In Large, Complex
Projects, one
single project that
gets bad can
kill your
company
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28. Project risk management is
key to understand
the current environment
– Identify all relevant risk & opportunities
– Prioritize
– Take action
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29. Minimizing Risk in Complex Projects
• 2 specific ways of diminishing risk
–Diminish Complexity
–Diminish Natural Variation
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30. Minimizing Risk in Complex Projects
• Diminish complexity
– Minimize the number of contributors
• Integrated teams
• Integrated work package / subcontractors
– Diminish the number of convergence ‘meeting
points’
– Improve contributors’ alignment
• Familiarization, alignment workshops
• Incentive schemes
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31. Minimizing Risk in Complex Projects
• Diminish the effect of Natural
Variation
– Start as early as possible the most variable
activities and protect convergence point with a
buffer
– Minimize variation in the process
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32. Project Controls
Section
5
Where are we?
Where are we heading?
From the past to the future
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34. In projects, we are
exploring new
territories
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36. A mega-project is always highly
A project is disruptive DISTRUPTIVE
The environment will
FIGHT change
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37. We need
to
anticipate
and react
38. What is Project Controls?
Project Controls is about building
information sensors, and making
sense of the information that is
generated so as to pilot safely the
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39. The Three Fundamental Questions
WHERE ARE WE?
(ARE WE ON COURSE?)
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO BE BACK ON
COURSE?
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40. In Manufacturing,
the future is
an extrapolation
of the past
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41. In Projects,
the future
needs to be
re-forecast
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42. Cost control is not accounting
• TWO VERY DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES
COST CONTROL ACCOUNTING / FINANCE
- Focus on the future - Focus on the past
- Understands the business - Same for any business
- Follows commitments - Follows invoicing and
payment
- Fixed exchange rates - Variable exchange rates
- Cash flow management
- Focus on project end - Focus on reporting period
point end point (PoC accounting)
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43. • Cost control is fundamentally about
NO SURPRISES
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44. Organization
• PVD recommends that Complex Projects be
executed in a different Business Unit than Simple
Projects
– Complex Projects have different drivers
compared to Simple Projects
– It is a consistent mistake to try to manage both
types of projects in the same organizational
structure, with the same processes
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45. Project success is determined at
the beginning.
The first year Project Controls
setup is critical
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46. Project Control key
• Management
of Change (and
interfaces) is
key to effective
Project Controls
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47. • Lack of interface
management can be a
disaster
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48. Project Control traps
Too much detail!
Not enough time for
analysis
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49. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
Systems
Section
6
Large, Complex Projects Require
Another Realm Of System
Capabilities
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50. Large project = large number
of parameters to control
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51. The Three Fundamental Questions
WHERE ARE WE?
(ARE WE ON COURSE?)
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO BE
BACK ON COURSE?
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52. Summary
Project Controls is
about Navigation
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58. You can’t control
a large, complex project
with an Excel spreadsheet
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60. Systems
• Manual systems are overwhelmed, high error rate
• Need to:
– manage inter-office remote work, remote sites
– guarantee data correctness and accurate
reporting
– have sound forecast over project span
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61. Systems
• What systems?
– Cost control
– Commitments
• SCM
• Logistics
• Travel, HR
• Timesheets
– Scheduling & convergence planning
– Document control & Correspondence control
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63. Systems: the WBS is key
COST CONTROL ACCOUNTING
SCHEDULE
1
PROCUREMENT
WBS
TIME CONTROL
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64. Project Soft Power
Section
7
Large complex Projects
require Project LEADERS
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66. More on the Fourth Revolution?
• Book
• Blog:
www.TheFourthRevolution.org
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68. Industrial Age = rational IQ
1920’s
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69. Collaborative Age = EQ
Emotional Work
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70. Project Manager vs Project Leader
Doing things right
Vs
Doing the right thing
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71. SOFT
ENTREPRENEUR TEAM
COACH
PROJECT SPIDER POWER
KUNG FU
PEOPLE
MASTER
CATALYST
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72. The SPIDER
• Develop a specific
network for your
project
• Cover relevant
stakeholders /
priorities
• Maintain and
develop…
At an emotional
level
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75. Focus:
Theory of constraints, 80/20 rule
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76. Project Control traps
Too much detail!
Not enough time for
analysis
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77. The KUNG FU MASTER
• DISCIPLINE: run the
project management
processes against all odds
• FOCUS: the 2+1 rule:
– 1 medium term
objective
– 1 long term objective
– Always enhance the
team
WHAT ARE YOU READY TO STOP DOING?
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78. Invest at the beginning
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79. The ENTREPRENEUR
• Don’t hesitate to invest early
– Systems and processes
– Anticipate convergence
early and invest if
necessary
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81. What makes an effective team?
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82. What makes an effective team?
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83. The TEAM COACH
• Build an effective team
– No divas
– Emotional connection
– Creative conflict
– Tough discussions
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84. The PEOPLE CATALYST
• Know the people
• Use far more of people’s talents
• Leverage on people’s talents
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86. What does it take to become a
GREAT project manager?
TRAIN HARD
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87. GIVE A GIFT: Feedback technique
1. Be present
2. Ask permission
3. State purpose and
positive intention
4. Share personal perception
of performance or behavior
5. Provide suggestions for improvement
6. Ask open question to get remarks
7. LISTEN attentively
8. Jointly decide action
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88. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
Large Complex Projects
Transformation:
Conclusion Hard and Rewarding
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89. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
On average, people spend
more than 1 year to prepare
for an Everest climb
More than 3,000
people have made it
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90. Tackling Large, Complex Projects
• To tackle Large, Complex Projects
– Transform the organization and its mindset / focus
• Corporate and governance level
• Project leadership level
– Invest in the right tools, processes and people
• It is possible to do it with the right process,
organization and tools
• It takes effort and practice
• It pays off
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91. Tackling Large, Complex Projects
• PVD recommendations
– It is an investment over several years. Are you
ready for it?
– Change the organization’s mindset first
– Change the organization structure: specific B.U.
and career path for Complex Projects
– Implement specific Processes for Complex
Projects in particular in scheduling &
convergence
– Implement appropriate Systems that can also be
used for other activities
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92. Specifics of Large, Complex Projects
• Welcome to the top!
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93. Project Value Delivery
THANK YOU!
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94. Project Value Delivery
Intercultural leadership Project Soft Power Team effectiveness
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