Processing Purchase Orders Efficiently
If you work on an alliance project or any project where some tasks are done by a collection of organisations, make sure there is a clear and simple procedure for …
Cost
Time Charge Codes
Send time charge codes with meeting and function invitations. If you send an invite/schedule booking to team members for a meeting, staff function, training etc, you should send the time …
Consider Overall Costs
Remember in your planning that the costs of materials are often less than the labour costs to install them. Consider the ease and speed of installation even if the materials …
Don’t Email Messages to All
Although this is an organisation issue, not just a project issue, it is important to make sure your team does not send messages to all for something that is specific …
Eliminate Unnecessary Features
Eliminating unnecessary features in design will give the largest savings in a project. If your client wants costs cut, look for the most costly features (in design cost and construction …
Learn to Say No
You must learn to say no to some requests from clients If change requests from the client will make the design unsafe or unusable, you should refuse to change it. …
Reward System for Ideas
Some companies have idea boxes or systems for employees to share their ideas for improving an organisation or project. Yet they can often find it difficult to get people to …
Check the Status of the Supplier
Before the final signing of a contract with a supplier or contractor, review their status to make sure they are still capable of delivering as originally discussed. They may have …
Know Why the Project Was Initiated
Find out why a project was started. Some reasons could be different to just business as usual, and these may affect the priority on time, cost, or quality Was it …
What is Most Critical
Find out what is most critical for a particular project – Time, Quality, or Cost For example, a sports event launch is not time negotiable. It must be on time, …