Proceedings of government/industry forum : the owner's role in project management and preproject planning / Committee for Oversight and Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Project Management, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Oversight and Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Project Management.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Energy--Congresses.

United States.

Project management--United States--Congresses.

Project management.

Public-private sector cooperation--United States--Congresses.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Facility management--United States--Congresses.

Facility management.

Industrial productivity--United States--Measurement--Congresses.

Industrial productivity.

Process control--United States--Congresses.

Process control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Owner's role in project management and preproject planning

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recurrent problems with project performance in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the 1990s raised questions in Congress about the practices and processes used by the department to manage projects. The 105th Committee of Conference on Energy and Water Resources directed DOE to investigate establishing a project review process. Many of the findings and recommendations in this series of reports identified the need for improved planning in the early project stages (front-end planning) to get the project off to the right start, and the continuous monitoring of projects by senior management to make sure the project stays on course. These reports also stressed the need for DOE to act as an owner, not a contractor, and to train its personnel to function not as traditional project managers but as knowledgeable owner's representatives in dealing with projects and contractors. The NRC Committee for Oversight and Assessment of Department of Energy Project Management determined that it would be helpful for DOE to sponsor a forum in which representatives from DOE and from leading corporations with large, successful construction programs would discuss how the owner's role is conducted in government and in industry. In so doing, the committee does not claim that all industrial firms are better at project management than the DOE. Far from it-the case studies represented at this forum were selected specifically because these firms were perceived by the committee to be exemplars of the very best practices in project management. Nor is it implied that reaching this level is easy; the industry speakers themselves show that excellence in project management is difficult to achieve and perhaps even more difficult to maintain. Nevertheless, they have been successful in doing so, through constant attention by senior management.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction to the Government/Industry Forum""; ""2 DOE's Role as Project Owner""; ""3 DOE Project Management Accountability and Process Improvement""; ""4 The Elements of Project System Excellence""; ""5 DuPont's Role in Capital Projects""; ""6 Weyerhaeuser Capital Management Process""; ""7 ChevronTexaco Project Development and Execution Process""; ""8 Question-and-Answer Session""; ""9 Wrap-Up Observations""

Notes:

At head of title: Proceedings of government/industry forum.

"The Government/Industry Forum on the Own'ers ROle in Project Management and Preproject Planning, held on November 13, 2001, served as a venue for exchanging lessons learned in successful project management between major industrial corporations and the DOE."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610246489

9780309169691

0309169690

9781280246487

1280246480

9780309501972

0309501970

OCLC:

923254760