During project execution, it is important that sufficient controls and monitoring activities are deployed so that organisations and project participants are provided with accurate accounts of the project status, health, and how any benefits or success criteria set out in the business case or early planning are being realised.  As a minimum, the project delivery team provides such reporting, but for high profile and complex projects and programs, an additional layer of assurance is often sought.  We are experienced in providing independent third party assurance where we utilise objective metrics to provide true and accurate accounts of status as well as pragmatic and sensible recommendations as to the required management action to address any identified areas of concern.

We recognise that in addition to utilising external professional service providers to deliver projects, our Clients may also seek independent third party assurance services in relation to the overall health of projects as well as specific areas (cost, time, quality, governance etc.) where there may be existing concerns.  Utilising our experienced cost management and project management practitioners, as well as project control specialists, enables our advisory team to integrate real, and localised project experiences and lessons learned, with industry best practices, to provide valuable insights and recommendations for our Clients.

We recognise that as there are many participants in a project, with varying investment and interest, which emphasises the need for qualitative accounts of project performance to be coupled with quantitative analysis such as to provide a completely independent, consistent, and an objective basis for measuring and reporting key project parameters, namely cost, time and risk.  To this point, our team includes specialists in quantitative analyses, including quantitative risk analysis (QRA) and assessment techniques consistent with ISO 31000 and ISO/IEC 31010.  We have found that this level of insight is particularly useful when setting project contingency levels to better reflect project status and remaining activity.

All projects will experience stresses and strains over the project lifecycle, and when this happens, it is often advantageous to use an independent third party advisor to provide a fresh and impartial outlook on the key challenges.  Ideally project risks and issues will be addressed in a timely and collaborative fashion, benefiting from independent advice.  However, unfortunately some projects are not able to achieve this, resulting in adversarial behaviours and relations.  In the event formal dispute resolution procedures are activated, we are well positioned to provide expert witness reports in relation to cost and time matters, using our experienced senior advisors.

Many of our Clients are amid digital transformation, which includes the way they use and interact with data such as to inform their business decision making and practices.  In keeping with this broader transformation, is the use of digital tools and data analytics in relation to capital projects and asset development.  We work with our Clients to generate, maintain, and transform project data into meaning insight that helps senior leadership make informed decisions where the basis of decision-making is objective and without ambiguity.  In addition to more informed decision making, after the initial investment in setting up the digital reporting, we also observe better efficiencies in the overall reporting process, allowing more time for management action.  We employ digital reporting tools that are tailored to the specific needs of our Clients, that collect and consolidate data from multiple sources, and provide visual presentation of key information that can be easily understood, interpreted, and fully utilised.

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