Assessing your project
Project Management is a very large and wide-ranging subject and because it covers such a diverse spectrum of activities we do not intend to be specific. Instead we set out below our basic principles of approach. Firstly, whatever the requirement of scale of the project, we look into its historical background to see if anything can be learnt from the past. In many cases, as progress rushes onwards, it passes by original common sense solutions based on historical knowledge. Sometimes the information points the way towards the correct decisions to make. Secondly, we look at its impact on the environment.* Will it have profound detrimental affect?
* Can this be overcome?
* What would be the cost implications over a period of time?
* What would be cost effective and enhance the environment?
Thirdly, over the next few decades increasing stress will be imposed by our species on the major support systems of this planet, i.e. water, power, pollution etc. The use or re-use of these will have design, planning and other cost implications. So to reach the correct financial returns, assessment must be made between capital expenditure and projected maintenance and running costs. How also to make all of this environmentally friendly but still get a good return on capital and perhaps some returns you never thought of.
These are the first three fundamental questions we ask before we deal with any project in detail. We can advise and guide you through this until you are satisfied you are on the right course. Then we can deal with specifics and project management if you so require.