In a recent Project Management Institute® (PMI®) report, only 68% of energy industry projects were deemed successful, with only 50% and 55% meeting schedule and budget. $115 million (11.5%) of spending was seen as waste. Essential elements, they conclude, are increased attention to formal project management, including high organizational agility, stakeholder alignment and a culture accepting of change.
The challenge is to implement the formal process into an action oriented team of many stakeholders, both on- and off-site. It is complicated and challenging, especially considering the many deliverables and priorities the team is balancing.
We have the solution and we call it Project Excellence™, or Px for short. This provides a comprehensive approach to working alongside your project planning and execution teams to address common problems, like:
- Scope gaps and creep
- Sub-optimized schedules
- Schedule compliance
- Project team availability
- Contractor accountability
- Better control over execution
With enhanced planning, schedule optimization and execution coordination, project risk is mitigated. Project results are clearly improved; and scope accomplished with reduced time and budget.
Px provides the valuable “how” to the PMI “what” in each phase of the project. Starting with an assessment of your team and processes, we can pinpoint the gaps and opportunities that are holding you back. Then, depending on the phase of your project, we engage with your project team to address gaps using 10 Project Excellence tools in Planning, Schedule Optimization and Execution.
Results: The goal of every Px™ implementation is to improve project performance by enhancing our clients existing processes and behaviours to produce more rigorous planning, schedule optimization and execution. Here are some recent results:
| Location | Industry | Application | Improvement |
| Houston, US | Offshore Drilling | Major overhauls | 96% |
| Saskatchewan, Canada | Mining | Turnaround | 94% |
| West Coast, US | Refinery | Turnaround | 51% |
| Darwin, Australia | LNG plant | Turnaround | 50% |
| Brisbane, Australia | Gas field gathering | Capital project | 43% |
| Ryazan, Russia | Refinery | Turnaround | 22% |
"It is a jungle of consultants out there. I get calls every second day from consultants saying they can help. We did our homework before selecting RLG. You guys actually come in, and not only tell us where we need to improve but provide value and solutions at the same time."
– VP Manufacturing, European Refinery