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What did Jim miss in helping you have a successful capital project?

In my column last week, we asked "What did I miss this month in helping you have a successful capital project?"

Responses:

Scope creep...I don't think you talked about this one and it can be deadly. Adding complexity, costs, delays, etc. For the contractors this is wonderful but for the owner not a good thing. You need a well defined project scope at the onset and stick with it unless there is a VERY compelling reason to "deviate from the plan".

I think it might have been good to quickly touch on "macro & Micro" or "Strategic and tactical". By this I mean you hit all the "big" ideas, but sooner or later, "the devil is in the details", and you need to, sooner or later, dig into the details. It's getting to know your planners, CAD detailers, etc who deal with them and they need to be good as well. I was just at a recently installed machine, the entire dryer end was painted "dark blue". It made everything look very dark and additional lighting was needed. It was very obvious and you had to wonder who picked that and why? Almost like 1970's!!! I could only think as they struggled seeing properly, need more lighting, then we are back to safety. Picky detail? perhaps.

Tough to bring a large project down to a few words and yours go a long way; I especially like the inclusion of incentives; in many mills the operators that will run the project are out of the loop. I do think that communications are worthy of top billing. Vision covers the start and the broad thrust but making sure all the threads know how things are going is vital. I especially include the suppliers of "technical" equipment and processes - the hardware and chemical systems - as they can contribute so much. While supplying chemicals I have often come into a project late on where they told me "we thought we could do without chemicals". Again there is the need for an independent consultant that understands the chemistry and the papermaking (my role). Thanks for a great read each week.

Realistic savings calculations

Nice articles, I am a project manager that is not active in capital projects but I saw a lot of overlap with the projects I do. One difference - in the Lean Six Sigma projects I work on, people resources is one of the most difficult parts. Getting the right people working on your project, with enough time to execute what is necessary to succeed, is one of the biggest challenges I face.

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