The Major Projects Association's seminar on "Managing the Resource Gap" highlighted the increasingly high-profile risks around the ODA's programme to deliver the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The process of translating the original construction concepts into detailed designs which can be built within budget, resource and time constraints has been fraught with re-work, trade-offs and re-negotiation between the ODA and contractors. The UK's expertise and reputation are on the line, following the difficulties around the launch of Heathrow's Terminal 5.
KorteQ-led research has identified a set of powerful techniques to mitigate risk through deployment of effective knowledge transfer methods in the course of programme planning and execution.
Overview of Key SectorsFacing unprecedented strain on their business, leaders in engineering, design, support and technology firms, from nuclear energy and utilities to aerospace and construction, have turned to us for help with
effective knowledge transfer as they re-organise and strive for improvement.
Within major programmes, executives are accustomed to dealing with process, plant and technical risks across the supply chain. However, the gaps around human know-how and scarce skills may pose the greatest challenges. The workforce is being stretched to the limit due to the global downturn, budget constraints, tough customer deadlines and demographic changes.
Resurgent industries such as Nuclear Power, which are scaling-up engineering capability after years of contraction, now seek to accelerate the development of a new generation of staff, to fulfil highly challenging roles.
Our services are in keen demand within these mission-critical, process-intensive and programme-driven environments. As clients re-think their succession plans, supply chain, facilities, processes, risk management and key capabilities, we help them to get the most from their critical expertise, accelerating both learning and collaboration.
What's more, our willingness to guarantee business outcomes for improvement projects is changing the way executives think about knowledge transfer.